Review: Amazing prequel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2014
Fallen is a free prequel in The Transformed series that I grabbed on Story Cartel because ... well it was a vampire short with a pretty cover.  So sue me.When I started reading more about it and the series, though, I was honestly concerned that I was going to hate it with a passion.  I mean, there's no possibility for a happy ending.  Surely this will all end in tears.  Why do I do this to myself?Well, quite simply, because sometimes the stories that end in tears can be wonderful and moving and ... well hell, sometimes you just need to cry so why not read a sad story so you have something to blame it on?What I liked:I really enjoyed Samantha.  I thought I wouldn't, but I couldn't seem to help it.  She's just ... real ... Well, as real as a vampire can get, anyways.  And over the course of 75 pages you watch her grow and develop because of her feelings for this human boy.What I didn't love:The fact that I now HAVE to read this series, because I must know what becomes of Samantha and her human love.  My to-read list was already precariously stacked, thanks a lot.Who I'd recommend it to:Well, obviously, anyone who's interested in reading "The Transformed" series.  Beyond that, anyone who's interested in a sad but sweet vampire short.