Title: Fairest 2: Hidden Kingdom

Author: Bill Willingham

Publisher: Vertigo 2013

Genre: Fantasy Comics

Pages: 160

Rating:  5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Mount TBR; Seriously Series; 52 Books - W29

And then, in a 6-part epic, Rapunzel lives one of the most regimented lives in Fabletown, forced to maintain her rapidly growing hair lest her storybook origins be revealed. But when word of her long-lost children surface, she races across the sea to find them--and a former lover.

Oh! I really really enjoyed this volume.  Rapunzel was always a small side character in the original series; it was nice for her to get her own story.  And what a story it is!  This volume got dark and then just when you thought it couldn't, it got even darker.  A very interesting storyline about Rapunzel's past colliding with her present featuring some well-known characters (Bigby, Tottenkinder) and some new ones (Tomoko, Mayumi {so creepy!}).  A great addition to the Fables universe!

Fairest:

• #1 Wide Awake
• #2 Hidden Kingdom
• In All the Land
• #3 The Return of the Maharaja
• #4 Cinderella - Of Mice and Men