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A review by whichcraftidk
Bone Shop by T.A. Pratt
4.0
I've read all the Marla Mason novels now so I'm starting on the short stories.
Only four chapters in and I love it. Why? Not just because I'm obviously a fan of the series, but because of a geeky thing. Bone Shop was written as a serial and Pratt included notes every week about the writing and sometimes what was going on in his life. I saw the notes on the blog and wondered if I'd remember to go back and check them since I'm reading the Kindle e-book. But the e-book includes all the notes. And even better, there's a link to the appropriate week's notes at the end of every chapter and then at the end of the notes there are links to go back to the chapter or on to the next one. It's awesome and I love it.
As for the story, it's fun to see a young Marla. Even though I know terrible things will happen and I shouldn't get attached to Jenny Click. I hate protagonists that exist just to have awful things happen to them (seems to be most of the urban fantasy ones out there) and while bad shit happens to Marla, there are good things as well. It took her a long time to realize that but she did. So even though I know these short stories won't be rainbows and unicorns, I'm pretty sure they'll show not only how Marla came to know all the stuff she knows but how she gained allies and those parts of her that attracted not only allies but friends.
Only four chapters in and I love it. Why? Not just because I'm obviously a fan of the series, but because of a geeky thing. Bone Shop was written as a serial and Pratt included notes every week about the writing and sometimes what was going on in his life. I saw the notes on the blog and wondered if I'd remember to go back and check them since I'm reading the Kindle e-book. But the e-book includes all the notes. And even better, there's a link to the appropriate week's notes at the end of every chapter and then at the end of the notes there are links to go back to the chapter or on to the next one. It's awesome and I love it.
As for the story, it's fun to see a young Marla. Even though I know terrible things will happen and I shouldn't get attached to Jenny Click. I hate protagonists that exist just to have awful things happen to them (seems to be most of the urban fantasy ones out there) and while bad shit happens to Marla, there are good things as well. It took her a long time to realize that but she did. So even though I know these short stories won't be rainbows and unicorns, I'm pretty sure they'll show not only how Marla came to know all the stuff she knows but how she gained allies and those parts of her that attracted not only allies but friends.