Review: Great Novella, but don't read first
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
I was excited when I saw this novella as I have read and loved both the books in this series.  To be honest I can be easily disappointed in Novella's as they often don't live up to the books.  They can too short, or they can repeat stuff from the actual main books, or they can just be to much of a 'filler'.  But I was not disappointed in this one.  I really liked Ethan.  It explained alot about Ethan without repeating the previous books.  Ethan takes place prior to Brightest Kind of Darkness, and ends when the bomb is at the school, so we find out alot about how Ethan was prior to meeting Nara.  We also get to see Ethan observe Nara (but not in a creepy way).  We get a much better idea of what Ethan's home life really is like.  It made me love him even more.  If I had not read BKoD then I think there are alot of things in this book that would spoil surprises in BKoD, and therefore I cannot recommend reading this unless you have read BKoD. If you have read BKoD and Lucid I think you will like this as much as I did too.  If it can be classified as a criticism I would say my only one would be I would have liked just a few more scenes after the bomb, but that is simply because I was enjoying it so much (but then I guess that would go against my earlier comment about not liking how novellas repeat!!)Will I read it again? SureWould I recommend it? yes