Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min · 17 segments
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Also, it's interesting...
It's one of those things where I think that novellas are very interesting books because I mean, me and Ashley were discussing this.
I don't know.
I don't think that novellas are important to series.
And it's very
interesting because I feel like a big thing in fantasy books is releasing novellas that are mainstays in a...
You need to read this in order to continue the series and have context for the series.
Or it's at least pitched.
And everyone's like, no, you need to read this.
It's a part of the series.
And this progresses the main plot.
Whereas I feel like novellas really should just be a...
These are just some fun side stories that...
Yeah.
You know what I mean? And I feel like that's honestly how I look at it.
Because even though...
So this book, and specifically this prequel and this novella, and if you read it as a prequel, I think that it would have maybe set up, like, the beginning of the book to be more...
Possibly more, like, dramatic, almost.
Mm-hmm.
And, like, more, like... fueled in terms of action standpoint.
But because we read it in the romantic way and we didn't read this one first, I...
Don't know if I felt the same build as people that had read it as a prequel.
Yeah.
But personally, I do think that even as a prequel, I don't know if this book is actually necessary.
Yeah.
Also, it's interesting...
It's one of those things where I think that novellas are very interesting books because I mean, me and Ashley were discussing this.
I don't know.
I don't think that novellas are important to series.
And it's very
interesting because I feel like a big thing in fantasy books is releasing novellas that are mainstays in a...
You need to read this in order to continue the series and have context for the series.
Or it's at least pitched.
And everyone's like, no, you need to read this.
It's a part of the series.
And this progresses the main plot.
Whereas I feel like novellas really should just be a...
These are just some fun side stories that...
Yeah.
You know what I mean? And I feel like that's honestly how I look at it.
Because even though...
So this book, and specifically this prequel and this novella, and if you read it as a prequel, I think that it would have maybe set up, like, the beginning of the book to be more...
Possibly more, like, dramatic, almost.
Mm-hmm.
And, like, more, like... fueled in terms of action standpoint.
But because we read it in the romantic way and we didn't read this one first, I...
Don't know if I felt the same build as people that had read it as a prequel.
Yeah.
But personally, I do think that even as a prequel, I don't know if this book is actually necessary.
Yeah.
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