It also results in the relationship between Elena and Clay being somewhat unhealthy. Beginnings, like Men of the Otherworld, also shows how Clay has a hard time being human, and how the results can be interpreted as awkward or rude. It was particularly interesting to read this after the most recent Otherworld novel, Frostbitten, which features the same characters roughly twenty years later, but in very different emotional states.
It follows their relationship as it grows from friendship to love, and the ends on the event that leads to where Elena ultimately ends up in Bitten. The novella tells how us how Elena and Clay met while Elena was still in college. Four stars.īeginnings is probably my favorite piece of the enter collection. "Birthright" is a relatively straightforward short story that it features a character that we don’t know too much about, although it lacks a bit in originality. "Birthright" features the character Logan, and shows how he discovered his werewolf heritage. This is the second novella featuring Eve to be published in the past year (the first being the stand alone, Angelic) and I find I like this one the best. Bewitched is a very character based story, and I really enjoyed watching the ways that Armstrong developed the relationship with Eve and Kris. This novella was particularly interesting as we got to see Eve when she was just starting off, and didn’t have the fearsome reputation that she ended up with in Haunted. Four stars.īewitched tells us the story about how black witch Eve Levine met and fell in love with the sorcerer Kristof Nast. Although there were places where I wish this story had been expanded upon a little it’s a well written short story that I enjoyed reading. This story is unique, as Armstrong doesn’t tend to focus on her vampire characters too much.
"Rebirth" is Aaron’s history story, telling us how he became a vampire and the first year of his vampire existence. For a paragraph on each piece, please check under the cut. The stories cover a wide amount of territory, giving us stories featuring major characters (such as Elena, Lucas and Clay) and characters that have so far played only supporting roles (such as Aaron, Logan, and Sean). Five are prequels to the Otherworld series, while remaining three take place during the actual series. Like Men of the Otherworld, the short stories and novellas are arranged chronologically. Tales of the Otherworld is a little closer to what you’d expect from such a collection, delivering us the stories that couldn’t fit in the Otherworld novels. The first collection, Men of the Otherworld, was unique as it almost read like a novel, telling us the history of the werewolf pack, while focusing on the characters of Clay and Jeremy. Tales of the Otherworld is the second collection of short fiction which takes place in the Otherworld universe.
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