Bad Yeti
by Carrie Harris
Kate Grable series
Jonah Grable hasn’t minded living in the shadow of his older, zombie fighting
sister Kate, but this weekend he’s definitely raising his profile. A weekend of
epic epicness—waving swords and flirting with girls in elf ears at his LARP club
event—is totally up Jonah’s alley. But when his alter ego, Sir Talatien
Maguirier, Nightdark Clanlord, comes face to face with a real, live Yeti,
Jonah—or, rather, Tal—has to take matters into his own hands. So he sets off
with gamer goddess Lady Amethyst, brown-eyed Europa, and Calamity, a
braid-wearing barbarian in fur into the great unknown on a search for
yeti-related awesomeness. . . .
(description from Amazon.com)
SUPER FUN. I love this series hardcore and to have this little glimpse into that world from Jonah's perspective? So much awesomesauce. I love the geekiness and the bravery and the general paranormalness of this series.
The Grimm Diaries Prequels Volumes 1 - 6
by Cameron Jace
The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale
character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two
centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm
buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is
broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years.
They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic
conflict between fairy tale characters. (description from Amazon.com)
While the premise for this series is very intriguing and each short story had a compelling set of characters and circumstnaces, I was SO distracted by the poor writing technique in these stories that it was all I could do to finish them.
Tortured
by Caragh O'Brien
Birthmarked series
"But what about Leon?" Now, in this new story that bridges the gap between
Birthmarked and Prized, Caragh M. O'Brien answers her readers'
most common question with a tale of suffering and determination from Leon's
perspective. (description from Amazon.com)
I really wish I had read this one before I read Prized, but you don't have to... it was so good to delve back into Gaia's world. It was very interesting to see things from Leon's more privledged perspective, too. I can't wait to read Promised and find out how their story finally ends.
The Witch of Duva
by Leigh Bardugo
The Grisha Trilogy
There was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls…or so the story goes. But
it’s just possible that the danger may be a little bit closer to home. This
story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo’s debut novel, Shadow and
Bone. (description from Amazon.com)
I loved this the same way I loved Sarah Maas' novellas. While they do not actually progress the story already written in the first book in each series, they are wonderful for fleshing out the fantasy world that each is set in. Here, this is a folk tale, similar to Hansel and Gretel, that exists within Alina's world. It really helped to flesh out the darkly Eastern European feel of the world she lives in.
Full disclosure: All enovellas purchased for either my Nook or my Kindle App
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