I'm kinda glad that just as Snow has become a little too dull and non-existant in this series, Cinderella has become even more kickass. Also - yay, Bigby isn't gone for good!

This collection wasn't too bad. Shorter than previous installments, I mostly cared about getting back to Bigby's story. Cinderella's adventures was pretty entertaining too! I'll have to start looking into the spin-off series.

3½ stars.

I just read some of the other reviews for this book from this series I feel so lukewarm about, and I realized that a big part of the issue is - I don't care about these characters. I don't particularly like any of them. maybe old king cole and the unnamed witch who helps them defeat the djinn in the previous volume. the characters don't bring much with them from their original stories. red riding hood brings innocence, snow white efficiency, prince charming is a player. that's about it. I have u...

Brilliant continuation of a truly wonderful series.This gorgeous hardcover edition contains a decent amount of added material in the back. The script for the main story, artwork, alternative covers.. it's beautiful and I love it.In addition to continuing the main thrust of the Fables series plot this volume contains two additional tales. One is from the perspective of a Wooden Soldier, which adds an interesting depth to the enemy that hasn't been previously seen. The other is another Cinderella

The shortest deluxe fables so far at slightly under 200 pages.Bigby returns and we get to attend his wedding to Snow White.All in all very good stuff

Fables continues ever onward, this oversized hardcover collects Fables 46-51. To start, we get a two issue story revolving around a pair wooden beings of the Adversary. It's a pretty nicely told romance story considering its length, and I feel it'll play into future arcs. Jim Fern's artwork was gorgeous, and fit the love story feel perfectly. The next few issues focus on Mowgli's search for Bigsby, a secret mission Prince Charming sends him on, and Bigsby's return and the effect it has on Snow a...

Finally, Bigby is back! We got a bigby return, a bigby secret mission, a bigby marriage, small bigbies :D Another 5/5 vol. of Fables collecting issues #45-51. It had a super-cringy moment with the Israel reference (issue No. 48 i think?), that was some poorly placed and unnecessary bit of propaganda that we could do without in this otherwise great series that doesn't need to concern itself or take sides with real-life "mundane" politics. ;) Come mr. Willingham, you already proved you're better t...

3.5 stars

Binge-reading. Series review to follow.

Smaller than most of the deluxe editions so far, I found this one to be a little bit disappointing, but it's probably because it's a transition book into the next phase of the series. First, there's a mysterious story about Rodney, a wooden soldier in the Adversary's army. He falls in love with June and they journey to ask if they can be made human. The ending leaves their story unfinished and I'm sure they'll play a role in events to follow. The second main story is about finding Bigby wolf and...

I understand the frustration a lot of people are having in regards to this deluxe edition which, at only 7 issues (and a bunch of extras), is not really all that "deluxe" at all. The cool thing, for me at least, is that the trade ends right around the same time that I originally stopped reading however many years ago. It's a good point for me to have gotten reacquainted.So yeah, the "deluxe" part is disappointing, but I always loved the "Mogqai searches for Bigby" storyline, and the way it ends

Now this just hit all the feels and i'm so happy

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The first story is fantastic. You can see the overall arc and direction of this story and the author strays from the type of story you would expect, telling the tale of two wooden people on the side of the enemy falling in love and wanting to be together like humans. We also see a wedding between a couple of significant characters that helps this book be mostly positive.

I have to admit, I was all ready to give up on this series, as the last few books I'd read weren't all that great, with one, Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland being downright awful!Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book 6 collects Fables issues #46-51, the threat of the Adversary looms ever closer as the drums of war begin their steady beat. The Fables prepare for battle, but first they must find their would-be commander: Bigby Wolf!I liked it, it brings together quite a few plot holes that had appe...

The Ballad of Rodney & Junes (46-47). This story gives some nice insights into the Wooden Soldiers and has a great ending. However it's overall too slow (and probably should have been just one issue long), and it's also held back by weak, pale artwork [6/10].Wolves (48-49). A nice return to the Snow & Bigby plot. Though the hunt for Bigby is the theoretical center of the plot, it's really the evolution of the cubs that's the heart of the story [7/10].Happily Ever After (50). This is really two s...

In this volume:The battle with the Adversary heats up (literally). Bigby is tracked by Mowgli and begged to return to Snow and the kids. The kids are growing fast and trying to control their shape-shifting abilities, otherwise they'll never be allowed to leave the farm. Finally, a compromise is reached wherein Bigby may be able to live with his family after all.This volume does feel really short compared to previous deluxe editions, but it's a fantastic installment just the same.

Lots of Snow and Bigby in this one, so I really enjoyed this volume. I really love what Willingham has done with Bigby's mythology in this series. His being the son of the North Wind, as well as the runt on the litter (later becoming a GIANT wolf compared to his older brothers), really adds to the character and makes his storylines fascinating.

The sixth hardback collection of Fables collects three story arcs (maybe four, but the middle two are linked). The first takes us into the occupied Homelands, and tells the story of two of Geppetto's wooden people who fall in love and petition him to make them flesh, and the price that is extracted from them. This is interesting as it's the first time we've had a story from the point of view of the occupying forces of the Homelands. It's nominally tangential to everything else that's going on, b...