After the mysterious death of their best friend, Ella, Yuki, and Rory are the talk of their elite school, Grimrose Académie. The police ruled Ariane’s death as a suicide, but the trio are determined to find out what really happened.
When Nani Eszes arrives as their newest roommate, it sets into motion a series of events that no one could have predicted. As the girls retrace their friend’s final days, they discover a dark secret about Grimrose— Ariane wasn’t the first dead girl.
They soon learn that all the past murders are connected to ancient fairytale curses…and that their own fates are tied to the stories, dooming the girls to brutal and gruesome endings unless they can break the cycle for good.
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Content warning: suicide mention, depiction of anxiety and OCD, parental physical/emotional abuse, parental death, light gore.
Grief, identity, and friendship intersect in this enthralling mystery with dark magical undertones that ingeniously plays with fairy-tale tropes to tell a feminist story about empowerment and grappling with how to break away from the confines of societal expectations of girls. Fans of empowering feminist fairy-tale retellings will love this.
The isolation of the school and dark fairy tale references make for an unsettling backdrop.
The fun of Pohl’s murder mystery lies in uncovering the connections between the characters and their fairy tale antecedents, as tensions rise and the killer, or curse, seems to circle closer and closer to the friends. Chapters alternate perspectives between the four girls, allowing their unique stories to develop.
Pohl skillfully twists magic and mystery together to produce a story that slowly builds in suspense.
Though the story starts slow, it gains momentum in a gruesome final act, careening toward a dramatic finale that provides fertile ground for a sequel that is poised to be just as inclusive and fiercely feminist as this empowering series opener.
Pohl weaves a suspenseful, thrilling tale full of all the dark magic, swoonworthy romance, and courageous heroines we know and love from our favorite fairy tales. Sink your teeth into this story and let it carry you through the woods.
A twisty sapphic reimagining of all of your favorite fairytales, THE GRIMROSE GIRLS is darkly haunting and achingly romantic. In an exploration of grief and love, Pohl weaves a magical mystery of a murder most foul. These aren’t the fairytales you remember, and certainly not ones you’ll forget.
GRIMROSE GIRLS takes the classic thriller story and fantastically twists it. For fans of classic murder mysteries, strong friendships, and shows like LOST GIRL and GRIMM, this is the series for you.
Mysterious and magical, GRIMROSE GIRLS turns classic tales upside down and then some. Fans of Once Upon a Time and anyone who likes their happily ever afters with a side a murder will love this fantasy thriller!
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