History Literature / TheLandOfStories

* FirstEpisodeTwist: It’s hard to talk about the plot of the books past “The Wishing Spell” without mentioning [[spoiler: the twins’s dad is from The Land of Stories and their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother.]]

* FirstEpisodeTwist: It’s hard to talk about the plot of the books past “The Wishing Spell” without mentioning [[spoiler: the twins’s dad is from The Land of Stories and their grandmother is the Fairy Godmother. Also, knowing that makes it pretty easy to guess the author of the book they’re following is their father.]]

* BalefulPolymorph: Froggy is a human that turned into a large frog by a wish. [[spoiler: He's actually the missing Charming prince, and is briefly returned to his human form, but later discovers he's actually better off as a frog, and decides to stay as one.]]

** [[spoiler: Connor’s children are also this, as he, a half-human half-fairy, as children with a human, making them 3/4 human and 1/4 fairy.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Queen of Hearts is played a lot more seriously than in [[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland her original story]].

''The Land of Stories'' is described by Creator/ChrisColfer (yes, ''[[Series/{{Glee}} that]]'' Chris Colfer) as a "modern day fairytale," following twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they fall from the real world into a world full of fairytales they have only ever read about before. But after run-ins with trolls, goblins, wolves, and witches, getting home might be more difficult than they previously thought. The series currently has five entries: ''The Wishing Spell'', ''The Enchantress Returns'', ''A Grimm Warning'', ''Beyond the Kingdoms'', and ''An Author's Odyssey''.

%% * AbhorrentAdmirer: Princess Trollbella to Conner.

%% * DecemberDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:Merlin and Mother Goose, who fall in love and decide to stay together in ''Beyond the Kingdoms'']]

* KinghtOfCerebus: The series starts to move into darker territory once General Marquis and the Masked Man show up. Morina and the Queen of Hearts are looking to take things further.

%% * ActionGirl: Goldilocks and the Huntress.

** The twins' grandmother is literally the Fairy Godmother and head fairy in the fairy tale world.

%% * DeadpanSnarker: Conner, who snarks in almost every single scene he's in.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only does the Fairy Tale world incorporate all of the various fairy tales, but later books also incorporate works of classic literature such as ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', and ''Literature/PeterPan''.

** The fifth book also incorporates several short stories written by Conner and Bree.

%% * TitleDrop: The book ''The Land of Stories'', and the world of the same name.

The fifth book also incorporates several short stories written by Conner and Bree.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The Masked Man's first "death" involves the flying monkeys

* GossipyHens: The four members of the Book Huggers - Cindy, Lindy, Mindy, and Wendy - are a cross between this and {{ConspiracyTheorist Conspiracy Theorists}}, to the point where their parents take them to see a psychologist.

* MassiveCrossover: Not only does the Fairy Tale world incorporate all of the various fairy tales, but later books also incorporate works of classic literature such as ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', and ''Literature/PeterPan''.

** The Masked Man for ''Beyond the Kingdoms''.

* SadistTeacher: Mrs. Peters, at least in the first book, and at least towards students other than Alex. She blatantly favors one student above all the others, although [[spoiler:when Alex leaves for the Land of Stories,]] she begins to begin character development into a SternTeacher instead and comes to enjoy Conner's stories.
* SiblingYinYang: Where Alex is an overachieving "A" student and an optimist in love with fairytales, Conner is extremely lazy in school and a sarcastic skeptic.

''The Land of Stories'' is described by Creator/ChrisColfer (yes, ''[[Series/{{Glee}} that]]'' Chris Colfer) as a "modern day fairytale," following twins Alex and Conner Bailey as they fall from the real world into a world full of fairytales they have only ever read about before. But after run-ins with trolls, goblins, wolves, and witches, getting home might be more difficult than they previously thought. The series currently has four entries: ''The Wishing Spell'', ''The Enchantress Returns'', ''A Grimm Warning'', and ''Beyond the Kingdoms''.