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The Grimmfair Trials
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 22 2026
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In Grimmfair, folklore isn't bedtime comfort-it's the law.
And every year, the town demands blood to keep the stories alive.
Seventeen-year-old Vespera Blackwood has spent her life memorizing Grimmfair's rules: never whistle in the woods, never accept a stranger's gift, and never step off the marked paths after dusk. But rules don't protect you from being chosen.
When Vespera's name is pulled for the Grimmfair Trials, she's thrown into a deadly competition where teenagers are forced to reenact twisted fairytales-complete with cursed objects, enchanted traps, and monsters that remember the old versions of the stories. Only one winner earns what the town promises as the ultimate prize: a Happy Ending-wealth, safety, freedom, and a future untouched by the darkness that swallows everyone else.
But the Trials are stranger than anyone admits. The townsfolk watch with hungry devotion. The stories rewrite themselves. And the closer Vespera gets to winning, the more she realizes the truth isn't buried in the woods...
It's built into the crown.
Because in Grimmfair, Happy Endings aren't given.
They're stolen-ripped from someone else's life and handed to the victor.
To survive, Vespera must outwit rivals who will gladly cut her throat for their own salvation-including Lucien Ashborne, the town's golden boy with secrets sharp enough to draw blood. Forced into uneasy alliances and dangerous bargains, Vespera uncovers a web of lies tied to the town's founding, a missing girl no one is allowed to name, and the monstrous force that feeds on Grimmfair's devotion.
And when the final Trial demands the ultimate sacrifice, Vespera faces a choice no fairytale prepares you for:
Claim your Happy Ending...
or break the story entirely.
The Grimmfair Trials is a dark YA fantasy packed with lethal challenges, rivals-to-lovers tension, mystery, and folklore-driven horror-perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Caraval, The Cruel Prince, and House of Hollow.
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