Review: Ember (a useless prequel)
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2013
I will admit that I picked up Ember mostly for the sake of completeness rather than interest. I do love this series, but Miranda's book is easily my least favorite. I was hoping that this short story would be better though. It wasn't, although it does fill in some gaps of Firelight. While this is labeled as a prequel, I think it makes more sense to read it second. The story doesn't really have a natural flow, and may not make sense to newcomers to the series. It starts with that fire Miranda accidentally set as a child, which changed her life completely. Then it switches to Archer on his travels for a cure. I was much more interested in what Archer was doing, especially since we get Miranda's story in the first book. One of Archer's sections also includes a very sexy dream sequence, which was the highlight of this novella. Over all, I really don't think this is necessary to read to better understand the story. Yes, it fills in a gap, but not a very important one.