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arachan's review
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Jonathan and Fran are married amid a sea of omens that this happiness will not last but still determined to savour the moment they have.
veronica87's review
3.0
Another short story from the Incryptid universe, this one dealing with the marriage of Frances Brown and Jonathan Healy (Verity's great-grandparents...if I've got the genealogy straight). It's a sweet little story with just a touch of the bittersweet, as the last two lines amply demonstrate. And if you've read [b:Midnight Blue-Light Special|13501633|Midnight Blue-Light Special (InCryptid, #2)|Seanan McGuire|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348088204s/13501633.jpg|19049118], then you know how Frances and Jonathan eventually meet their ends - and that's where the bittersweet comes from.
myntop's review
5.0
Another fantastic short in the InCryptid world. I love that Jonathan is so endearing and knows how to make Fran happy. I love that they are FINALLY going to get married. I know it's just been a series of shorts, but it feels like forever waiting for them to realize they like each other. Of course we see the Mice again and we get to revisit Fran's past friends/family as well. I loved it.
book_grinch's review
4.0
3,5 stars
In which old friends are reunited for the upcoming wedding of Jonathan's and Fran's...
Suffice to say, that the mice are ecstatic with the future union ;)
In which old friends are reunited for the upcoming wedding of Jonathan's and Fran's...
Suffice to say, that the mice are ecstatic with the future union ;)
silky_octopus's review
5.0
Wedding jitters, ominous portents, Aeslin Mice engaging in fits of religious fervour ... everything I could ask for in a short story (with the possible exception of mayhem)!
goodbyepuckpie's review
4.0
I continue to be very intrigued by these prequel short stories -- I'm not sure how they grab me so strongly, but they really do. I'm looking forward to finding out where all the foreshadowing goes and how it ties into the greater Incryptid universe.
catevari's review
3.0
On the one hand, I'm loving these shorts from Seanan McGuire. They open up both the Incryptid world a little more and they let you get deeper into the Healy/Price family tree. I love the opportunity to see and read more than we've gotten in the novels so far.
On the other hand, they're very like fanfic (and to be clear, I'm pro-fanfic) in that it's very clear that McGuire is intimately acquainted with the universe's canon and is writing from a place of that encyclopedic knowledge...but as there's only been two novels so far, I as the reader, am not nearly as knowledgeable. And while I think the stories are still perfectly readable for me (clearly) not knowing the full canon, I can also see and feel that there are things I'm missing or don't/can't appreciate as much for that lack of intimacy with the canon.
On the other hand, they're very like fanfic (and to be clear, I'm pro-fanfic) in that it's very clear that McGuire is intimately acquainted with the universe's canon and is writing from a place of that encyclopedic knowledge...but as there's only been two novels so far, I as the reader, am not nearly as knowledgeable. And while I think the stories are still perfectly readable for me (clearly) not knowing the full canon, I can also see and feel that there are things I'm missing or don't/can't appreciate as much for that lack of intimacy with the canon.
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