Review: Great prequel to City of Jasmine!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
Whisper of Jasmine is the companion / prequel novella to the soon-to-be released City of Jasmine. Having received and reviewed and arc copy of City of Jasmine, I will say that I really enjoyed reading this prequel. Deanna Raybourn did a good job here of not only introducing readers for what is to come in City of Jasmine, but expanding upon Delilah Drummond's story from A Spear of Summer Grass. Having read Summer Grass recently as well, I found this part of the story bittersweet knowing the events that take place soon after.I'm torn as to whether I enjoyed this story more since I've already read the full-length companion novel. I think that may be the case. I liked experiencing / learning about Evie and Gabriel's relationship after the fact and Whisper of Jasmine just filled in the rest of the blanks from their recollections.As of now (2/3/14) this book is available free on kindle. I almost want to say buy it now, but wait to read until you've read City of Jasmine. If you're new to Deanna Raybourn or you are torn as to read City of Jasmine or not, pick this up to help decide. I personally look forward to more stories from Ms. Raybourn written in this time period.