Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow White Sorrow | 2013 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 2 | Cinderella Dressed in Ashes | 2013 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 3 | Blood, Milk & Chocolate - Part 1 | 2015 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 4 | Blood, Milk & Chocolate - Part 2 | 2016 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
The Grimm Diaries is the main series in Cameron Jace’s fairy tale retelling universe. The four books — Snow White Sorrow, Cinderella Dressed in Ashes, and the two-part Blood, Milk & Chocolate — take Brothers Grimm characters and drop them into a world where the fairy tales are real, messy, and dangerous. Published between 2013 and 2016, the series builds on the foundation laid by the twenty-six prequel stories.
Jace’s approach to fairy tale retelling leans dark. Snow White’s story involves genuine sorrow. Cinderella’s involves ashes in a more literal sense. The Blood, Milk & Chocolate chapters push into territory that mixes fairy tale logic with horror sensibilities. Readers who want their fairy tales sanitized should look elsewhere.