Midnight Bites, Rachel Caine
514|Allison and Busby|3rd
March 2016
Synopsis
Bringing
together everything Rachel Caine has written in short form about Morganville,
this collection is carefully organised into a timeline so you can read from the
earliest adventures – some of which belong to vampires – all the way through to
post-Daylighters,
the final novel in the series. Midnight
Bites includes more than 50,000 words of
brand-new content, alongside stories compiled from the author’s website and
anthologies.
Including
‘Dead Man Stalking’ and ‘Pitch-Black Blues’, these tales feature everyone’s
favourite bunny-slipper-wearing mad scientist, a fatal car crash, zombies,
eerie carnival grounds, a blood-dispensing vending machine and much more. This
diverse and supercharged group of stories will shine a little more light into
the murkiest corners of Morganville.
Mini-Review
Midnight
Bites was a
sheer delight to read; Morganville is like coming home.
This collection spans 22 stories.
From Myrnin hundreds of years before the founding of Morganville to a few
months after the end of Daylighters. It
was awesome to catch up with Claire, Shane, Michael, Eve and the rest of the
gang, as well as see glimpses of them between books and before. I especially
loved Myrnin’s stories and delving into Eve’s background and her early crush on
Michael.
I had actually read some of the
stories before in various anthologies and as extras in the books, but I still
loved reading them again. Some of the longer stories even felt like I was in
the middle of a novel and I was sad every time a story ended. But it was super
cool to read an intro from Rachel to each story explaining the origins and
backstory of each story – it’s always a treat to get a glimpse into an author’s
process.
It was so amazing to be back in
Morganville and I’m so exciting that there’s a possibility of more from
Morganville and the gang in the future.
Stars
Above, Marissa Meyer
304|Feiwel
and Friends|1st March 2016
Synopsis
The universe of the Lunar Chronicles hold stories – and secrets – that are
wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing?
How did the brooding soldier Wolf turn transform from young man to killer? When
did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realise their destinies? With
nine stories – five of which have never before been published – and an
exclusive never-seen-before excerpt from Marissa Meyer’s upcoming novel, Heartless,
about the Queen of Hearts from Alice
in Wonderland, Stars Above is essential
for fans of the bestselling and beloved Lunar Chronicles.
Mini-Review
The
feeling of being back in this world alone was worth the price of this book and
much more. Pure joy!
It was
interesting to see Cinder, Wolf, Winter and Jacin before we met them and to
properly meet Scarlet’s grandmother, Michelle Benoit, and see Cinder’s journey
to the farm and then to New Beijing. And, of course, the final story which was
a sort of epilogue that went past the end of Winter and starred a wedding. That story was hands down my
favourite and I even got a little weepy with all of the romance and sweetness
and pure cute of it!
After
‘Something Old, Something New’, my other favourite was ‘The Mechanic’, a story
not relating to any of the characters we’ve come to know and love. It’s a
short, sweet tale of a mech android who is working on a luxury space ship and
starts to develop human emotions for the designer of the ship. It was really
cool to see more of the world and it was just a beautiful little story. I want
more from this world!
Stars Above is a must-read for fans of the Lunar Chronicles and those pining for more of the gang after Winter. And now I’m off to find Fairest…
Sophie
Yay for short story collections like this! Midnight Bites was great, but it totally made me want to re-read the whole series! And I haven't got my hands on Stars Above yet but am so excited to read it, especially the epilogue :)
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