MY REVIEW
Grimmworld: The Big Bad Wolf by Michaelbrent Collings is Book II in the Grimmworld fantasy trilogy for middle graders, but, I enjoy a good fantasy novel no matter what reading level.
Grimmworld is not known for happy ever afters, but Willow and Jake did leave a little goodness behind in their first visit. Their father is still missing, so we will be making a return trip to Grimmworld. They had been on the outs since their return from Grimmworld, but they will need to work together to meet the challenges they will face. The danger is amped up and the twins will be tested. Who can they trust? The fairies? The wolves? Things are not always as they seem, and help will come from unexpected places.
Michaelbrent Collings’ writing style brings to life, in vivid detail, his fantastical creation of Grimmworld. The novel has some wonderful illustrations. I love that I am unable to see what is coming next and not all surprises are good ones. Like all fairy tales, bits of morality are sprinkled throughout the fantastical story.
There is a reading guide and discussion questions at the end of the book.
The final book in the Grimmworld series is coming in 2026 and I can hardly wait.
GOODREADS BLURB
Jake and Willow return to the fairy-tale realm of Grimmworld to look for their missing father, only to find themselves battling the Big Bad Wolf in a world on the brink of war.
Willow and Jake have done the impossible and brought the first “happily ever after” to Grimmworld. But in the real world, their father is still missing, and the boundary between universes has grown even more fragile.
Determined to reunite their fractured family, the twins return to Grimmworld, only to be captured by fairies and forced to make an impossible choice: Steal the Wolf King’s gold claw and return it to the fairy queen in exchange for information about their father, or refuse and become the fairies’ eternal, soulless slaves.
But to steal the claw, Jake and Willow will have to undergo the Wolf Trials, a perilous series of tests and traps that will push the twins to their limits and beyond. It will take Willow’s strength, Jake’s intellect, and the love and friendship they share—and maybe a few treats from Red Riding Hood’s magical basket—to defeat the Big Bad Wolf, find the next clue to their father’s whereabouts, and perhaps even bring another “happily ever after” to Grimmworld.
- Genre: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade
- 320 pages, Hardcover
- Published March 4, 2025 by Shadow Mountain
- Series: Grimmworld #2
ABOUT MICHAELBRENT COLLINGS
Michaelbrent Collings is an internationally-bestselling novelist, multiple Bram Stoker Award nominee, produced screenwriter, and one of the top indie horror writers in the United States.
He hopes someday to develop superpowers, or, if that is out of the question, then at least to get a cool robot arm.
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MY MICHAELBRENT COLLINGS REVIEWS
- Scavenger Hunt
- Strangers
- Stranger Still
- Stranger Sins
- Stranger Danger
- Into The Forest
- Synchronicity
- Malignant
- Future Tense
- The Deep
- Lost Girl
- Grimmworld: The Witch In The Woods
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