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I have a gap in between the last story of Fables I've read (Rose Red I believe) and this latest in the Unwritten series, which is from Netgalley.
Still a great story line, I was surprised it went on with Mister Dark for this long, but a strong enemy can't be easily defeated. Even though I haven't been keeping up, the story is easy to follow and I could pick up on pieces that were missing.

Finally coming to a conclusion with Mister Dark, well, MAYBE a conclusion, Carey rips your heart out before giving an ending that can only leave you with hope. ( )

Tom is attempting to heal Leviathan but is diverted into land of Fables and sounds final trumpet

I don't know what's so fun about taking beloved characters, corrupting them (in Snow White's and the cubs' case, to a ridiculous extreme), mangling them, and killing them off, taking an entire book to do it, and then saving the last couple of pages to cancel it all out with a do-over.

I'm giving this 2 stars instead of 1 because I liked the crossover idea. I pretty much hated every second of the story, but I kept reading in hopes that things would somehow turn out right in the end or that this whole scenario would be explained. The way they righted things was cheap, and it just made me mad.

Just seemed like the authors got bored and wanted to do some damage for damage's sake.
It wasn't fun to read, and what they did to the characters was criminal. ( )

Not what I was expecting. I had high hopes but it was a jarring departure from both stories. We went back in time in Fables and jumped "ahead" in The Unwritten. I would have been happier with the storyline if they had just completed the move away from both worlds and done something entirely different. Instead they seemed to go halfway and it just didn't work.

Better luck next time. ( )