John gave 3 stars stars to Dream Dark (Caster Chronicles, #2.5)
by
Kami Garcia
bookshelves: uf
A brief (73 page) short story re-introducing Link as a succubus, showing him learning to deal with his new identity and trying to get along with Ridley who, despite losing our Caster powers at the end of the previous book, is somehow Casting again.
It's an interesting mini-story between Beautiful Darkness and Beautiful Chaos, books 2 and 3, but doesn't really fit in either. It's a segue between them and is rightfully relegated to its own short story.
I wish more authors would take this road-- there have been some books I've read recently (in lengthy multi-book series) where the book really didn't deserve a full book treatment. The authors made a wise choice in writing this as a short story rather than trying to flesh it out to something it wasn't.
I liked this and have no regrets in purchasing it-- I even recommend it despite the 3 star rating (which means I liked it not loved it.)
