The Daughters Grimm

by Minda Webber

Book Overview

When the Sisters Grimm are invited to the Black Forest by their eccentric aunt, little do they know they will soon be finding marriage matches beyond their wildest dreams. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0505527715
• ISBN13: 9780505527714
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant says it all!!

I am not going to write anything about the content of "The Daughters Grimm", that is for the reader to enjoy!! This book is an absolute jewel, from the first page to the last, it is will capture your imagination and make you wish you could live in the magical world of "The Black Forest"!!

The Daughters Grimm

Hmmm, how to describe "The Dughters Grimm"? I'm STILL laughing my a** off! Can I just say that Minda Webber apparently never met a fairy tale, spoonerism, sexual double entendre, or adage that she didn't like! They're ALL here, interlaced in a wacky romance about two sisters in the late 1700s looking for husbands (and creatures from lore). DON'T expect this book to be historically accurate. DON'T expect this book to have even one full chapter of seriousness. And DON'T expect not to enjoy the hilarious, crazy, and mixed-up antics of these two Daughters Grimm. Rae is the beauty...and she sure knows it. For half of the book, she's not very likeable. But she is the poster child for blonde jokes everywhere! And her hero? Well, she doesn't get exactly what she thought she wanted, but she does get exactly what she needed to be happy. Greta is the smart one. She's also the one who's dedicated to discovering the realities of things that go bump in the night. She's much more interested in her invesitgations than in finding a husband. So it's a good thing her future husband is happy to hunt for her! Is this book silly? Yes. Is this book entertaining? Absolutely. Will you laugh? Without a doubt. This author's linguistic gymnastics will amuse and amaze you. Any author who can use all the language tricks and ancient tales while still turning out a very readable plot is a genius in my book. I LOVED it!

amusing historical

In spite of her husband being a baron, the Grimm family matriarch is concerned with the prospects of her children as they lack funds. She pushes her oldest daughters to make a good match, which means title and wealth not love. However, every Tom, Dick and prince who comes by, all prefer blonde heiresses as none choose either Greta or Rae. Even the frogs they find dumped in their beds alas remains amphibians. Their Prussian bully Aunt Vivian invites Rae and Greta to visit her at her barony Snowe Manor in the Black Forest, which they do. Rae meets a widowed Baron and his horde of children and Greta falls in love with an obnoxious Prince not charming. However, with their aunt acting amorally abhorrent, each sister still wonders if they found their fairy tale romance or are they going to end up like the ogress in a nightmarish fable. The latest fractured fairy tale romance from Minda Webber Here (see THE REINVENTED MISS BLUEBIRD, THE REMARKABLE MISS FRANKENSTEIN and THE RELUCTANT MISS VAN HELSING) is an amusing historical. The story line is lighthearted fun with most of the amusement coming from Aunt Vivian. Fans of Ms. Webber will enjoy her latest jocular jaunt as THE DAUGHTERS GRIMM seek happily ever after. Harriet Klausner