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 I have a tendency to place more on my reading plate than I can actually handle, so naturally, I placed this little tale on hold at the library, and had to consume it once it was FINALLY available (all whilst reading a BAJILLION other books I have for review). 
 I took interest in this after reading a review for it by Karen on Goodreads (who is an AMAZING reviewer, and you must check her out, the amount of titles she's read is staggering). I have mixed feelings about this book, it started off a tad corny, and, I would say for perhaps a good 25-30 pages, it stayed that way. But I really started getting into it as it progressed from there. Side Note: I've never read any of Grimm's fairytales, so that most likely played a huge role in how much I enjoyed this book vs. how much I could have loved it (or perhaps it would have only made me dislike it more, who knows). 
 This book is essentially the fairytale of Hansel and Gretal, but then goes on to incorporate the two characters into other well-known Grimm tales, and I must say, the result was rather entertaining and humorous-aside from being completely disturbing at times (there are some pretty graphic scenes, which, being 26 years old, even I couldn't really handle lol). I loved the aspect of Hansel and Gretal getting a chance to expand and grow from the young and naive children they are in their tale, into courageous and practical young warriors. By the end of the book, I was rooting with all of my might for their victory, and felt like I was reading a completely different book-so wonderous was their growth. 
 This book received 3 stars because I grew tired very quickly of the author interjecting the story with his own thoughts and backstories- it seemed clever and witty at first, but by the middle of the book, I just wanted to read the tales. I will definitely, however, be picking up the next book in this series. Hopefully we read less from the author, and more from his characters.