The following contains YMMV items to the A Grimm Quest series.
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- Alternative Character Interpretation: Was Dresnik a similar psychopath to Ringalay, or did he honestly believe the world needed saving from Ash? Amy definitely views him as the former while Remmington’s dream frames him as more of a Well-Intentioned Extremist.
- Captain Obvious Reveal: Giselle is heavily foreshadowed to be Ash’s mother; from her French nicknames for Amy to Ash not remembering her name.
- Complete Monster: Ringalay tried to murder Ash when he was young, torchures Keriagon, and just HAD to let Amy know she was about to die before killing her.
- Genius Bonus: The fairy who helped the Grimm Brothers create their first fairytale book was Perrault as in Charles Perrault who the real life Grimms borrowed from when writing "Children and Household Tales".
- The strong emphasis on language through the story may also count, as the Grimm brothers were actually language experts before they became known for their fairy tales.
- Iron Woobie: Cody, so, so, much. He was abused by his biological father as a child, and even saw Stephan’s body after Michael had murdered him. As a result, he’s implied to have grown up with a barrage of behavioral problems, and now sees himself as the screw up to Amy’s The Chosen One. Considering that Big John, who is engaged to Cody’s ex-girlfriend, managed to paint Cody as the problem to everyone in their friend group, except Tyler and Amy, when he agreed to become Cody’s new babysitter, he also has shades of being The Friend Nobody Likes. Although Amy’s threats and Tyler’s taunts to Big John, imply that they’d have sided with Cody if he’d bothered to tell them the full story.
- Les Yay: Amy and Capricorn have a Does This Remind You of Anything? moment, when escaping from the roof.
- Like You Would Really Do It: Comes in a third of the way through the book when Ash, who has been left by himself, goes silent on Amy’s chain. Could also apply to him pulling from the Fade since Amy’s dreams show him alive and kicking when he hits the spike.
