Reviews - The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

12 reviews for:

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Michael Scott

4.03 AVERAGE

girija's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A great set of short story prequels and a nice revisit to the series that I finished ages ago. Was thrown off by some of the name typos, though, during the reading.

soolepoh's review against another edition

4.0

Absolutely fantastic short story collection set in the world of The secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel. My favourite short stories were Machiavelli: Guardian of Paris and Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas. It was so much fun to have little bitsized stories from all these characters. It makes the world just a tiny bit richer and gives more character to the already beloved characters of the series. This collection is perfect for reading a story a day. I read it in between other books and it was all just very enjoyable. Scott did a perfect job of capturing a fleshed out story in a short amount of words. I'm interested to see what else he is going to write. 8.71 on CAWPILE TW// witch burning, death, child labour, gangs, vampires

msyoung72's review against another edition

4.0

I loved the intertwining of historical and mythical characters. I also laughed out loud a few times! Great book!

blaauwklavertje's review against another edition

2.0

Ik vond het Billy de Kid verhaal fijner lezen dan het verhaal over Jeanne d'Arc. Dat laatste ging me echt wat te kort door de bocht, al was het wel leuke achtergrondinformatie. Best aardig, maar niet meer dan dat.

lukynnavesnik's review against another edition

5.0

I think I was more into this collection of stories than I was into the story of the twins in the main storyline.

I particularly enjoyed stories of Virginia Dare and Machiavelli - they got my attention in the books but I wished their storyline was more developed. Even Billy the Kid got the chance to redeem himself and even though his character seemed a bit shallow in the books to me, his chapter with Scathach did him justice.
So in this collection I kind of found what I needed. In a few moments I felt the tension in my chest as I was so invested into the story and was so looking forward to the next lines.

Scott did a great job with this one and for me it was a really nice ending to the whole story.

booknut7159's review against another edition

4.0

The Flamels are famous, at least for those who have read The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. Beyond the larger stories that can be explored in the primary series, there are “secret” stories that give additional information about the Flamels and some of the people they interacted with throughout history. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Lost Stories Collection is a book that gives readers access to these side stories. Two of the novellas were published many years ago, the rest are newer works. I was disappointed that not all of the “lost stories” are included with this volume. Goodreads says it is #1-9, yet there are only 7 to 8 stories, depending on if you group the first two together (like Goodreads does). I enjoyed the stories and visiting these beloved characters and it could have only been better if all the stories were included.