I have been looking forward to reading the Transplanted Tales series for a very long time. I finally collected all the physical books, and downloaded the one tale that is digital only, and felt prepared to begin.
All your favorite fairy tale characters have been taken out of the fantasy worlds they live in and have been forced to live amongst ordinary, mortal humans in the real world. It all started when a few magical beings were messing around, causing a spell to go wrong. The Little Red Riding Hood we grew up reading about is now Enforcement Officer Tess “Red” Little working for the Chicago branch of the Fairytale Management Authority. She is all grown up, and is as tough as the leather jacket and combat boots she wears make her look. The story begins with Red trying to bring in a tale that was breaking his parole, nothing she hadn’t done before. After things don’t go as planned, her bad night becomes even worse when she is put on a new case. A few tales have been murdered recently, and the top three suspects all happen to be former lovers of Red. Even though she considers investigating her former flames to be a conflict of interest, her temporary partner, Nate Grimm, believes her connection to the suspects is exactly what will lead them to getting the answers they are looking for. They are strapped for time, as there are more attacks and murders happening by the day, and it takes a physical and mental toll on everyone involved.
I loved that the characters in this book didn’t consist of only the very well known fairy tales that nearly everyone knows of, such as Cinderella. There were also characters from classic literature and Medieval legends and other children’s stories. It made the story all the more interesting to have some less well known fictional characters, like throwing in a mention about a random sailor from Moby Dick for instance. This was an amazing thriller style mystery, with just the right amount of magic and romance. Yes, it does get a little spicy. It was very mild compared to what I usually get into, but I cannot fault it at all due to how great the story was. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to reading the next tale in this series, of which Detective Grimm seems to be the main character. I am very much going to enjoy seeing more of him and you can see what I have to say about Grimm Consequences next week.
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