I had to read this for a kid lit class in our fairytale unit and I really enjoyed this! I loved Hansel & Gretel and the references to Grimm fairytales. The writing was beautifully descriptive and it doesn’t shy away from the truly dark material in the Grimm fairytales. A lot of times people want to protect their children from stories about hell and beheadings and beasts...but this one does not hold your hand. There are usually warnings from the narrator (yes the fourth wall is broken a lot in this book to give useful commentary that I actually enjoyed cuz its exactly what I was thinking) before any of the gory or slightly scary things. I loved how descriptive the writing was and I really enjoyed the characters outside of Hansel and Gretel as well. I would recommend this to 10-13 year olds who have a taste for the dark and macabre.