Review: Interesting backstory
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Mantis. As with most of Chrystalla Thoma's writing, the novella was well written and edited. I have read all the books in the Elei's Chronicles series, so this book may have more meaning for me than for someone reading it as a stand alone product. From my perspective, however, this book was a fast, entertaining read. It is written as addition to Elei's Chronicles, providing character depth and development to role that is important in the plot line, but has limited action in the main series. This is the second novella that the author has written to further develop characters in the series. The other novella Hera, differed from this one in that the character is not just pivotal but one of the main characters in the series. So possibly this novella is a sign that the Mantis character will play a larger role in the next book in the series.