However, Gilpin a strange dwarf with big floppy ears and the inability to speak shows kindness and loyalty with his actions. Most avoid him because of his temperament.

It really bothers me that his parents thought they were curing him of being spoiled and got him enlisted decades earlier than expected to work one of the deepest mines in their territory which was really a sentence to misery for him.Īs the seventh dwarf on his crew, all the others have the right to boss him around and make him do anything they like. I feel sorry for the way Borlen is an outsider and receives so little empathy from the rest of the dwarves. He suffers physically the further down he goes and his disposition suffers from it, making it to where he is not well-liked and is considered a grump. Borlen is a dwarf born underground, but unlike his kind, he does not enjoy being underground and dreams of the surface. This Snow-White retelling is quite different from the Disney version. What I Liked: Liesl Shurtliff has created a fun fairytale world where favorite stories get a new spin and Grump is another addition to her other books, Red, Rump, and Jack. As if that wasn't stressful enough, the queen keeps bugging him for updates through her magic mirror! He'll have to dig deep to find a way out of this pickle, and that's enough to make any dwarf Grumpy indeed. He's bound by magic to help the queen, but also to protect Snow White.

When the queen commands him to carry out a horrible task against her stepdaughter Snow White, Grump is in over his head. But as time goes on, Grump starts to suspect that Queen E.V.I.L. Queen Elfrieda Veronika Ingrid Lenore (E.V.I.L.) is the best friend Grump always wanted, feeding him all the rubies he can eat and allowing him to rule at her side in exchange for magic and information. F rom the New York Times bestselling author of Rump, comes the true story behind another unlikely hero: a grumpy dwarf who gets tangled up in Snow White's feud with the wicked queen.Įver since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed 'Grump') has dreamed of visiting The Surface, so when opportunity knocks, he leaves his cavern home behind.Īt first, life aboveground is a dream come true.

Red the fairly true story