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Blood Apples (2000)

by Cameron Jace(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Romance

series

The Grimm Diaries Prequels

review 1: Blood Apples: The last story in this anthology of prequels is told by Prince Charming. While Charming isn't totally clueless, he's not the brightest crayon in the box, but really what more would you expect from someone enthralled by a monstrous beauty. This story details the origin of why apples are red, which seemed a bit weird to explore, but it made for a good story, so I'm not upset by it. We also get to see Rapunzel, and learn about Jack and the Beanstalk and there's a mention on Pan and his own monstrous Beauty. What I didn't enjoy however was there wasn't too much connection to the overall arc, or really any continuation of it, making this the third novella in a row that omits the storyline that was progressing with the first three novellas. While there is of course... more connection with the other stories themselves, I really wanted a bit more knowledge of where this story is heading. Also, while I said I'm fairly comfortable with the Devil being portrayed in these stories, I am fairly hesitant when the author brought in the mention of Adam and Eve, while I'm not opposed to Biblical reinterpretations, I am a bit hesitant when they are mixed with classics and fairytales.Rating:I was a bit torn on how I was going to rate this, on one hand it's a great tale, on the other it's been so long since there was any real progression in the present day plot that my enjoyment of the backstory and connections has dwindled a bit.
review 2: NOTE: This review contains some spoilers though the ending won't be spoiled at all! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!The above warning is to notify that I will no longer be writing this cryptic reviews for these prequels. I cannot just write a review on how good (or bad) a book, short story, novella, *Insert Form of Writing HERE!* anymore unless I do some spoiling. In that case, my reviews from this point on for these books will be given a lot of justice where I feel the first five are just whatever but at least more than single sentences or one-word exclamations such as "AWESOME!" or "RADICAL!".Now that is out of my system, onward to the review. This prologue is written through the eyes of Prince Charming who is the prince who falls desperately in love with Snow White in this story and in every version of "Snow White" that I know of. In the first prequel, there was a prince who was bitten by Snow White and almost died. Prince Charming is that same prince...and he has fallen in love with his assailant. Love is murderous right? Anyways, throughout their upbringing, the prince tries his best to appease and love Snow White despite her being a vampire. Snow White's mother (The Queen of Sorrows) is driven by every rumor and dark magic to heal her daughter and thus will do almost anything to save her.This is when stories mix from the previous sequels as well as traditional stories mixing too. The dynamic between characters is amazing and how one event seems to spark another event has a lot to do with the direction this series is going. Without going into further detail of the plot, I will say that I like Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk and how he plays an intricate role in the progression and the same goes with Marmalade. There are also strong undertones of Romeo and Juliet in this prequel too.In the end, I have to go with my original concepts of reviewing and ask everyone to read this story in order of the prequels. Some aspects will make sense since there are many references to the first five prequels in this sixth installment. less

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