Huh. As far as endings go, this wasn't a great one. There were some good stories in the Fairest series - this one wasn't one of them. However, I did love Mrs. Pussy Cat and Mr. Web (not together, mind you) - they're small stories were woven into the larger plot, and their characters were sweet and heartbreaking.

I am so happy Reynard got a story in this. It was absolutely adorable. In fact, all tales in this were adorable, and well told. I am going to miss this series so much.

2.5 stars!What. The. Hell. Well, ok, Reynard's story was entertaining if a bit implausible. But overall this didn't really add to my Fables experience. The only significant section is the one at the end about Goldilocks since it ties up to another story arc. Otherwise, I could've done without this. Also, I thought Fairest is supposed to be about the female Fables? This one definitely isn't. There's so many female Fables that they could've chosen for this final volume and they decided to feature

I have mixed feelings about this book. Aside the whole fact that this book was released after the end of the Fables series despite the events in this volume happening before the end, there are two major issues with this book. Now, mind you, I enjoyed the story of glamour and the animals wanting glamour, but wasn't this series meant to focus on the women of Fables and explore their backgrounds?The first book revolved around Sleeping Beauty and to a lesser extent the Snow Queen, and was the best i...

In which the non-human Fables demand 'Glamours' to make them look human; In which cunning Fox Reynard is seen to be not so smart in his Glamoured human form; In which the last Farm story is told; In which the fate of Goldilocks is decided. The last Farm story and it's written by Fable artist Mark Buckingham! It's OK, but you can see how it was agreed that he couldn't use any of the main characters. I do like how Mr Sunflowerhead is the narrator though, a nice touch! The sad thing about this volu...

No idea why but this volume didn't keep my attention like the previous ones did. Not sure if it due to where the story line was going or if my focus just wasn't there. Personally I'm thinking its due to both problems. Hopefully future volumes will be back to the previous amazing caliber and will be much more interesting to read again.arc from NetGalley

Reading this after finishing the core Fables series was a little bit like eating some stale bread at a gourmet restaurant right after you threw a juicy steak and some delicious chocolate torte down your gullet. Or, like shaking hands with someone after engaging in copious amounts of fornication in manners strange, wonderful, and forbidden with them.In other words, it just felt a little off. As I’ve made abundantly clear, I love Mark Buckingham. The guy’s an amazing artist, and THE artist on my f...

Firstly, it's weird this came out after the final Fables, so it's out of order. Second, isn't Fairest supposed to be about the women of the Fables universe? NOT the animals. Though I will grudgingly admit it handled the muddy world going magical better than the end of the Fables comics did. The only part I actually liked was Goldilocks being her usual bitch self. But it was the Scottish bears I loved best. Sassenach!

And verily did the Fables saga end, not with a bang but a long drawn-out fart.

I probably waited too long to read this, but I could kind of follow where it was in the larger Fables timeline. One of my complaints toward the end of the main series was all the back and forthing with plotlines. There were only two plotlines in this one, and I was still jerked around every couple of pages. I also thought it was bollocks that Meghan’s uncle and cousin were horrible and abusive at the beginning of the book, but then portrayed later as really loving her and secretly getting a surp...

The final volume of Fairest is definitely the worst. I'm not saying you definitely shouldn't read it, because it concludes Reynard the Fox's story and gives you a peek into what's happening to some of the Fables you maybe haven't thought about much. But. None of it is important to the main storyline at all.It starts with Reynard bragging to the other farm fables about his adventures as a human knight in Rose's new Camelot. Doubtful any of these stories are true, but it causes a lot of resentment...

Requesting and getting volume 5 in a series I haven't read before (well I think I may have started reading this series, but stopped reading for some reason) may seem to be a bit foolish and I was a bit worried that I wouldn't understand much and have trouble getting into the story.But when I started reading this one was it hard to stop reading it. I will just read a couple of pages...oh the first issue is already finished? I made a heck of a lot of screen caps, but I don't want to spoil the fun

Reynard the Fox creating problems. Lots of trouble on the Farm.Overall, a fun and light read but not as high quality as the original series. OVERALL GRADE: B.

Of the five volumes of Fairest this is the only one that comes close to the the creative quality of the original early Fables books by Willingham & Buckingham.

OH. MY. GOD. That was painful. And it added almost nothing to the ongoing narrative.

Quite a stale finale to a stale series.

This was another good volume of Fairest, mainly because it was basically a volume of Fables in disguise. It's also the last volume in the series. This one involved a "glamour lottery" for the animal fables living on the Farm where a few of them would get to be glamoured as human for a while. Of course, things never work out as planned. Reynard the Fox also has a new adventure (and a kid, long story) and a few interesting mundy characters are introduced. We also get to see what Goldilocks had bee...

Sigh, the Fairest series just bounces all around in terms of quality.Again, we get a largely male-focused arc where the women are either players or plot points and not capable of any agency in the story. If that's what I wanted I would have kept reading Jack of Fables, which also got pretty terrible in the end.

Well that was bland and hackneyed. I'm never a fan of stories that feature pregnancy, and this one doubled-down by making it an accelerated pregnancy, which wasn't fast enough to not irritate me. The way that Mehgan just jumped not only into bed with Reynard, but also into an entire life on the run was completely unbelievable, even given this is a fantasy story. Her brother and father were initially presented as complete assholes, and then the author pulled a 180, making them actually nice and c...

This was kind of a disappointing wrap up to the Fairest series. All the other stories in this series have been about the kick butt ladies of Fabletown and this one was about Reynard and the wrap up story for The Farm.