Review: My least favorite of the Iron Druid novellas
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
After the relevant and meaty Two Ravens and One Crow novella, I just felt a bit ambivalent towards Grimoire of the Lamb. Don't get me wrong, the story was interesting and the expected humor was there; this short story just didn't provide any additional information related to the main storyline. It is completely a one-off and not required reading for anyone following the series. It was nice to see Atticus back in his role as a store owner from the first few books, but I'm not sure if this fun but rather short slice of druid life was really worth the $2.99 price.Atticus has run afoul of the Egyptian gods in the past and he is wary when a rare book collector calls about acquiring a lamb cookbook. Atticus instinctively thinks something is fishy and when he meets the collector, he realizes just how right he was. Atticus and Oberon have some adventurous times in Egypt while trying to get the book back and Hearne introduces a nice cast of Egyptian characters. Entertaining most of the time, Hearne did tend to go on and on about the decor in the wizard's house, this story will be enjoyable for superfans of the series but is not necessary to understand anything in the Iron Druid Chronicles.