Review: A nice bonus for fans of the series - Kits and Tats were the best
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2012
This was an interesting little collection with four shorts, the story/timeline for the series and some bonus info on the vampire clan affliations throughout the series.  Three of the four shorts were apparently available at some time on Hunter's website (I had read Kits there)Here's a quickly list/summary of the shorts:The Early Years - Jane is "eighteen" or as close as they can guess since she was found as a child and has no memory of her past. Striking own after leaving the children's home where she finished growing up she's follows the bread crumbs to her forgotten past.Cat Tats - This is a Rick story, he's been captured by an insane vampiress intending to use magic to turn him into a blood slave - I thought that this was really interesting, but there is a whole lot of tarot reading incorporated into the story - it does have hints as to Rick's future, but I was impatient to find out how he was going to make it out his hopeless situation.Kits - This is the beginning of Jane's relationship with Molly, which I enjoyed when I read it as a freebie on the author's site.Blood, Fangs and Going Furry - Set right after Mercy Blade, Rick struggles with his new nature after the first full moon following his turning and needs Jane's help. I liked this fine, but liked it better after re-reading the last chapter of Mercy Blade.I enjoyed this collection but the final story and along with the clan info really made me realize how sketchy my memory of the series is at this point and had me freaked out by how little I remember of the last books. The result is that it I made me put off starting Raven Cursed since I was bummed with my defective brain :(  But having reread the last chapters of Mercy Blade, I am all better now and Raven Cursed is in the mail, can't wait - I hear it's really good.