Review: What a great introduction!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2011
So many of these 'freebies' are short snippets of a story and although some are very enjoyable, most aren't fully formed stories. I am pleased to say "The Abandoned" is a self-contained and enjoyable tale.  This is a prequel to her new novel "The Restorer" which is about Amelia Gray, the "Graveyard Queen".  In "The Abandoned" Amelia is very briefly introduced, really a side character.  The story features a young intern named Ree who works at a physchiatric hospital.  She finds out some things she was never meant to hear and is thrust into some intrigue involoving a mysterious old order and an elderly patient of the hospital.  The story is short, but it is interesting.  We meet some other characters who have bigger parts in "The Restorer".  I am sure the graveyards mentioned as well as the secret order will come into play in the series later as well.  For now, this story has a climax and a real ending.  It was fun to read and made me eager for more.  This is definitely worth your time to read.