This series is the ultimate in fractured fairy tales. The fairy tale characters are all alive and well together in a place called FairyPort Landing, USA where they have taken up residence under the supervision of Wilehm Grimm's family. Over the generations, the Grimms who are human, pass down the responsibility of caring for the ever afters. This is the 4th book I've read and obviously I missed one because apparently there are five. Two little girls, the Grimm sisters come to live here because their grandmother came and got them out of foster care after their parents had disappeared. There is magic of course, although the grandmother prefers to think, plan and develop relationships rather than use it as a matter of course. In this book, there is a rip in time and the characters are thrown back and forth trying to find out what is happening and fix it. They are detectives after all. The plot keeps you connected all the way through because it is fascinating how Buckley is able to weave and maintain the personalities of the various characters together while placing them in modern settings and cross fairy-tale relationships. For example, Sleeping Beauty is upset because Prince Charming has disappeared so the story finds Rappunzel, Cinderella, Snow White and Beauty sitting in a coffee shop talking over what he was like as a husband and how he always did love her...etc. And...you should see what's inside that magic mirror. What a kick!
This series is labeled as mystery and is in the Young Adult section of the library. I have thoroughly enjoyed each one and can't wait until the next is ready for publication. I enjoy particularily the twists of characterization. It all seems very real and uncontrived.
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