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A review by sealana
The Gallows Black by Sam Sykes
2.0
If you're going to write a prequel at least make it interesting. At least make it add intrigue to the main series, make it raise questions, make it engrossing enough that the reader can forget they know what comes after.
This short story didn't deliver in any of that.
While it was nice watching how Sal and Liette met, the introduction of an antagonist whose fate we know did a huge disservice to the story, I wasn't interested because I knew how things were going to end one way or another.
I don't know, it also doesn't feel like this adds anything to the story. You could delete it from the trilogy and things wouldn't change, my feelings for the first book would remain the same if I had never read this, and this also doesn't answer any questions left by SBiB.
In short, I felt like this could've accomplished a lot more. On the basic sense it was entertaining, funny and witty and action-packed, but it lacked a lot of substance.
This short story didn't deliver in any of that.
While it was nice watching how Sal and Liette met, the introduction of an antagonist whose fate we know did a huge disservice to the story, I wasn't interested because I knew how things were going to end one way or another.
I don't know, it also doesn't feel like this adds anything to the story. You could delete it from the trilogy and things wouldn't change, my feelings for the first book would remain the same if I had never read this, and this also doesn't answer any questions left by SBiB.
In short, I felt like this could've accomplished a lot more. On the basic sense it was entertaining, funny and witty and action-packed, but it lacked a lot of substance.