Review: Wow...best short I've read in a long time
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2010
"Winter's Passage" is incredible for what it is.  A short story (this isn't long enough to be novella) that is offered for FREE on Kindle.  The story is the 'in between' that links "The Iron King" and the "Iron Daughter".  Megan Chase just learned that she is half human and half fey.  In "The Iron King", Megan goes into the Fae world to find her human brother.  There are more adventures there than I can recount and I don't want to spoil a thing if you haven't read it yet.  This short story, tells the tale of Megan (of the Summer fae) being led back to the court of the Unseelie, the Winter, fae.  Accompanying her is Winter prince Ash, who has feelings for Megan but is promise bound to deliver her to his mother, Queen Mab.  Queen Mab also happens to be the sworn enemy of Megan's father, the Summer King.  Something else is following them and the story deals with what that is and why the creature is hunting them.  The writing in the short story is an even better example of Kawaga's lush and descriptive, but never boring, language.  I was hooked into the story right away.  Yes, its short.  That makes it a little less than satisying because it is kind of teasing you.  I certainly wanted the next book right now.  I dont' think you need to read this story to get full enjoyment from the full books in this series, but it is a nice addition and I think its enhanced my enjoyment of the story thus far.  I can say that this may be the best written of the Harlequin Teen books thus inroduced to readers so far.