Review: Very entertaining!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2012
From the first page of `Afterlife', I laughed out loud ",,,Balls!...". This immediately impressed me and gave me that warm fuzzy feeling; the one that tells me that I won't be disappointed. And hurray, I wasn't in the slightest.`Afterlife' is a `Dark Gifts Series Companion' short. And as such, it lays out the background and history of a few of the characters that we meet in the novels `Birthright' and `Inheritance' (the latter of which I'm yet to read). Since I have read Birthright, my eyes lit up in joy at the backstories that run through `Afterlife'. It really helps to understand the sequence of events and allows us to get to know the characters Angelica and William so much better.During my reading of `Birthright', I immediately warmed to Angelica's character, so having this additional knowledge of her in `Afterlife' really helps to form a well-rounded character: one that I truly enjoyed getting to know.What is refreshing with this short, is that it can be read as a prequel to the series, or, as I have done, during the process of reading Willow Cross's superb series. Either way, it is substantial to read and enjoy without the prior knowledge that I have. A very enjoyable short!