A GRIM Blog Tour

I'm excited to be on the Grim Blog Tour, especially since I loved this creepy anthology so much! (Check out my review here) 

This was, probably, one of my favorites stories in the anthology! While dark and creepy is something I love, there's something about a romance that stems from hate, especially if there's still some dark and creepy in it and if it's as compelling as this short was! 

So ever since I was a kid, Beauty and the Beast was always my favorite Grimm tale (East of the Sun, West of the Moon which is pretty much the same thing, my ultimate favorite, and Cupid and Psyche my favorite Greek myth.) So yeah, I'm pretty obsessed with the story and it mayyy have something to do with me loving Beast/Beast so much! I used to scour my library for B&B retellings and ended up rereading each one every time!
Funnily, now that I'm talking about it, I remember something from preschool. We were allowed to pick two tiny story books (Really they were only maybe 10 tiny little pages, 3x2 each) that held a illustrated story in each and I practically shoved all the other kids away from the Beauty and the Beast one so I could have it.

We all know how big a Kagawa fan I was, so I was absolutely ecstatic when I saw she wrote a story in this anthology! And leave it to her to pick the story that's so hard to write a YA retelling for, short story or not--The Three Little Pigs. Then again, this is Kagawa, and she made it as creepy and horrendous as a regular Grimm tale. I'm thoroughly impressed! And if I didn't already love the anthology, this would sort of seal the deal.

Now, if you've never heard of the children's story book The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs I don't know if I can talk to you anymore. My teachers have read this to me at least 5 times throughout my years as a preschooler to a 2nd grader and when I realized that The Brothers Piggett was a story on the Three Little Pigs...well I was a bit hesitant, because this was, legit, the only Three Little Pigs retelling I could think of.
Somehow though, Julie Kagawa manages to rework her magic with words and creates a more complex story while sticking true to the important bits of the Three Little Pigs. How the heck does she do that again?

Untethered had an unbelievable twist that I honestly didn't see coming, surprising, especially for a short! I loved it so much though and was absolutely surprised. Not to mention how touching and heartbreaking the story was and how, in the end, it was just so beautiful. I think I actually got a bit misty eyed by the end of it. There's no way you can't love this story!

This one isn't a retelling, or not one I can think of at least, and I don't really think I can say anything without spoiling it. But I'm going to say that it sort of reminds me of one of my favorite books: The Catastrophic History of You and Me, but I'm going to zip my lips after that.
I don't really have a story related to this, but I'll leave you with this: the second story of my house used to be an attic and sometimes I hear creepy noises coming up from there. Also, once you walk up the stairs, there's a door that leads to a closet and in that closet there's a door that's maybe a foot and half by a foot and a half that is creeeeeppppyyyyyy. Do I need an exorcist?

About GRIM

Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today:

Kimberly Derting | Sonia Gensler | Tessa Gratton | Claudia Gray | Rachel Hawkins | Amanda Hocking | Ellen Hopkins | Shaun David Hutchinson | Julie Kagawa | Malinda Lo | Myra McEntire | Saundra Mitchell | Jackson Pearce | Sarah Rees Brennan | Dia Reeves | Jon Skovron | Jeri Smith Read

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Follow the Tour 

• Monday, February 17th - Harlequin Paranormal Blog
• Tuesday, February 18th - Stories 1, 2 and 3 - Two Chicks on Books
• Wednesday, February 19th - Stories 4, 5 and 6 - Book and A Latte
• Friday, February 21st - Stories 7, 8 and 9 - Fiction Freak
• Monday, February 24th - Stories 10, 11 and 12 - Mundie Moms
• Wednesday, February 26th -  Stories 13, 14 and 15 - Bumbles and Fairytales
• Friday, February 28th -  Stories 16 and 17 - Fiktshun

Giveaway

Giveaway is US/Can

Each tour stop is offering up a copy of GRIM, and one winner will receive a fantastic Grand Prize Package including the following Harlequin Teen titles: 2 copies of GRIM, a copy of WHITE HOT KISS by Jennifer Armentrout, THE SECRET DIAMOND SISTERS by Michelle Madow, THE QUEEN’S CHOICE by Cayla Kluver and an ARC of  LET’S GET LOST by Adi Alsaid.

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