The Witch in the Woods
Grimmworld #1
by Michaelbrent Collings
Published: March 5, 2024
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Genre: Children's Folk Tales & Myths, Children's Fantasy, Magic
Blurb:
Strange
and terrifying things are suddenly happening in a mysterious town
where people are disappearing and changing into characters from the
Grimm fairy tales.
Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords.
Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins' house. Their school building transforms around them, becoming a medieval castle--complete with moat, drawbridge, and a dangerous giant who looks strangely like the school's overly aggressive hall monitor.
Barely managing to escape before a massive beanstalk lifts the castle above the clouds, Willow and Jake learn that their ancestors, the original Brothers Grimm, were more than storytellers. They were Grimmwalkers, able to travel from our universe to Grimmworld: the universe where all fairy tales are born.
Somehow, Willow and Jake have been transported to Grimmworld as well. But before the twins can figure out how to get back to their own universe, they discover that their best friends, Hank and Pearl, have morphed into the fairy tale characters Hansel and Gretel and been captured by a candy-obsessed witch deep in the Cursed Forest.
Now, aided by a mysterious wizard with shimmering golden eyes and a befuddled, talking naked mole-rat named Chet, the twins must trust in each other, believe in themselves, and find the courage to face their darkest fears in order to save their friends, return to their family, and maybe--just maybe--save the world.
My Review:
The Witch in the Woods is the first book in the Grimmworld series by Michaelbrent Collings. The Witch in the Woods is unlike anything that Michaelbrent Collings has written before or at least anything that I have read. The Witch in the Woods grabbed my attention from the first page and never let up. There was not a dull moment to be had anywhere in the story.
Twins Willow and Jake Grimm grabbed my heart right away. I loved their personalities. When The Witch in the Woods begins Willow and Jake and their parents are on their way to a new life in a new town. Their troubles start before they even get out of their old home and start on the road to their new life.
Willow and Jake try their best to tell their parents about the man who was bothering them at their home but their parents either don’t hear them, aren’t listening, or ignoring them.
Willow and Jake have to move because their parents got a new job working at the top-secret Think Tank in New Marburg. Their parents are scientists. Willow and Jake are both very smart themselves.
Willow and Jake meet some new friends, Hank and Pearl, at their new school. Not long after they arrive at their new school strange and bizarre things start to happen all around them. Like their school turning into a castle. Wait, what?
Willow and Jake’s world has been turned upside down. What is happening? The world as they know it is no more. They have stepped into the world of fairy tales. Their new friends Hank and Pearl are now Hansel and Gretel. They have been captured by the evil witch who has locked them in a cage.
Can Willow and Jake save themselves and their friends not to mention the world before it is too late?
Grab a copy of The Witch in the Woods today to find out if they can beat the evil witch plus what is waiting for them in the Cursed Forest.
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