Review: Leaves you wanting more
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2013
Forever in Darkness, a novella that occurs after the conclusion of the Ezekial trilogy, sets up the Order of the Blade characters for a new story arc.  At first I was irritated that Ian didn't get his own story, then when I realized he did get a full novel I didn't understand why he needed this novella.  But once I got into Darkness Reborn, Kane's story, the novella's purpose and fit into the Order of the Blade series made perfect sense.  With Ezekial gone, we needed a new mystery and mission to pursue and that is what is set up in this novella.  And if you think you might want to skip Kane (book 5) and go straight into Ian's story (book 6) don't do it.  Ian appears briefly in book 5 and the events in Kane's story do have an effect on understanding what is going on with Ian.  I haven't read book 6 yet but I'm not sorry that I didn't skip 5.So that's the good.  The bad: it wasn't the short length or the cliffhanger.  No. It was that we are forever in freaking darkness over what Vaughn (and his kind) are.  I'm really hoping that we find out in book 6 or at least by the end of the series.  It's driving me (and even some of the Order - as you'll read in book 5) crazy.