A review by nerdypotsie
A Gatlin Wedding by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

2.0

I'm only giving this two stars for Ridley and Link. I hated everything else about this novella. I started off reading this and being mad at myself. I didn't realize until I started reading it that this book took place after the Dangerous Creatures series... or at least that's what it seemed to me as someone who hasn't read the Dangerous Creatures series. If the spoilery stuff in this book isn't spoilers for Dangerous Creatures, then there's a bigger issue going on than me just spoiling myself. Anyways, as I got farther into this novella, I got angry at it for even existing. First of all, focusing on a wedding for a relationship that was only briefly mentioned in the original series? It was so unnecessary and it felt forced. Their should've been more development for the relationship in the series or this book simply shouldn't have been written. Second and most importantly of all, the plot of this book was a complete train wreck. It was rushed and it didn't make sense. It seemed as if the authors may have known what was going on but the way that it was tossed onto the page didn't make sense for the readers and it at the very least didn't feel good. What the heck are these magical light powers that they can suddenly use to defeat villains? And the fact that the main character just passed out so that the whole final fight was just cut off randomly... Literally stop. I can't believe I'm saying this since I liked the Beautiful Creatures series so much but I wish this novella didn't exist.