This book is the grimm, but true story of Hansel and Gretel. Travel with Hansel and Gretel as they run into eight other gory fairytales. Hansel and Gretel leave their home because their parents do something so cruel to them that Hansel and Gretel had leave for their own well-being. So the two of them set of on a journey to find a better family.
Some of the many things I enjoyed about this book was the suspense for the reader. The author created suspense by always making the reader believe it was the end of the story, however, there was always more twists and turns to come. I also liked how the author didn't add one extra fairy tale but added eight extra fairytales within the book. There were multiple stories within the same book for the reader to get their thrills from.
If I had to change a couple things in this book, I would change how the author continue to tell the reader "The End"(p 15) because it kept on interrupting the story when it was getting to the very important parts in the book. I would also consider changing how the author would state "Are there any small children in the room? If so, it would be best if we just let them think this really is the end of the story and hurried them off to bed."(p 16) I found this really annoying because it interrupted the eagerness within the story line and the author would do this multiple times within the book.
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