A review by iam
The Summer Palace and Other Stories by C.S. Pacat

5.0

 Absolutely love that we get to see glimpses into the future of Damen and Laurent, as well as glimpses into the heads of other characters.

Green but for a Season: This is told from Jord's perspective and gives some background to how Laurent won the loyalty of the Prince's Guard. It also shows the beginnings of Jord and Aimeric's romance, making this incredibly heartbreaking to read when you know how it ends.

The Summer Palace: The epilogue of the series about Damen and Laurent visiting the titular summer palace just to hang out. Super sweet and tender, just pure fluff about them being happy and sappy together.

The Adventures of Charls the Veretian Cloth Merchant: Told from Charls POV, this shows the third time he has a run in with his prince and aids Laurent in his schemes. Absolutely hilarious to see, both due to the humor of Charls caring mostly about cloth, him not knowing who Damen/Lamen is, and from seeing Laurent and Damen from an outsider's POV.

Pet: This tells Ancel's story, and his rise into Pet-hood. He is a fascinating and complex character, and this makes me wish we had gotten to see more of him in the original series.