I know the book club kids read and loved this book. I know lots of younger then me people who have loved this book. But not I. The story is interesting but overly dramatic and entirely predictable. I will give it credit for the kids. They wanted to talk and nit pick every detail of this book, and for them I say yeah. For me I say "oh please".

I will probably give the same review for all of the short stories in this series. They are meant to give you a little bit of background on the kids of our favorite fairy tale characters. These kids all go to the same school, and their sophomore year they have to relive their parents fairy tale. The premise is really cute, and I see it as the anti Monster High. I have even touted it that way for parents who want something like Monster High with the dolls and cartoons, but do not want monsters a part of their kids up bringing.

Mirror Mirror on the wall, if your mom is the Evil Queen, then who are you? You are the Raven Queen. Destined to visit your mother once a year, but remember - DO NOT touch the mirror. After all, who wants to go to prison.

This is a fictionalized history of artist Vasily Kandinsky. When he heard music he saw paintings. He is now known as one of the first abstract artists. If you choose this book, go with the print edition and leave the digital edition alone.