An A to Z of Creepy Hollow Fae

Creepy Hollow

by Rachel Morgan

Before Violet met Nate, the human boy who followed her into the fae realm and turned her life upside down, she was the perfect guardian trainee. She followed all the rules and did her best to protect her human assignments. Goblins, ogres, trolls—Vi learned how to handle them all.
In "An A to Z of Creepy Hollow Fae", catch a glimpse of some of Vi’s past assignments, and experience the life of a faerie training to be a guardian.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal, Fiction, Fae, Fairies, Short Stories

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, a young science graduate named Rachel found that the real world wasn't a place she wanted to inhabit all the time. So she decided to escape into the magical realms that had occupied her mind since childhood.

Armed with a vivid imagination, Rachel spends her days conjuring up fantastical worlds filled with adventure, romance, and plot twists, where readers can escape the real world along with her.

Rachel lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with her husband, two little wildlings, and three fur-babies.

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Reviews

[Norah Una Sumner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and fun!

The first book of May-woohoo!This is some kind of prequel to The Faerie Guardian,it's basically a collection of Vi's previous assignments arranged in alphabetical form.The stories are really short but also really fun.We get to meet more of Vi's ''classmates'' and there's Ryn...*wink*



Favourite quotes:

“Here's what I think,” says Jasmine between chattering teeth. “If these humans are stupid enough to go hiking in this—” she gestures to the thick mist swirling around us ''-then they deserve to be led into a marsh and drowned."

“Can't I just have one?” asks Aria. “No one will notice.”
“No! I'm pretty sure at least one of those children will notice a cupcake vanishing off their table.”

"Douchebag? Asshat? I haven't heard those before, but they sound like names I could use for Ryn when the occasion next calls for it."

[Dev · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a really neat way to learn a little bit more about the world of Creepy Hollow. Every 'chapter' is just a short snapshot from a mission Violet went on when she was younger that involves a different type of fae from A-Z. It's definitely something different from the general encyclopedia-type entry that a lot of series use for this kind of thing. Also the actual A-Z stories are probably about 40 pages out of this entire volume, the rest is the first five chapters of the first Creepy Hollow book, so it's not as long of a read as it seems.

[William · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining fantasy listening

This kindle novella is free from Amazon

This is a lead in to The Creepy Hollow series and not what I expected.

Give this a try it may work for you. 2024

[Cecelia Earl]

This was a fun, quick read that gave me some background info on this world and the training of the guardians. As always, I enjoyed Rachel's writing. I'll read anything and everything she writes.

[Ilona Nurmela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fantastic Beasts meets Pokemon, but essentially a reader’s magnet to The Faerie Guardian

This is kinda like a reader’s magnet + cut scenes about various magical fae species. 40% of this is 26 short stories about a girl called Violet written by the same author for a blogging challenge; 60% of this is the first 5 chapters of The Faerie Guardian. If most story compilations showcase different authors, this set is a soundbite of one author’s writing. Rachel Morgan has created a universe (and a schooling system) where fairies can get employed as guardians by a guild after they graduate… or offer private security services. The whole volume doesn’t have a single storyline, so don’t expect that.

This is like a diary slash textbook of a guardian with notes on different magical species and how they can be harmful. Reminded me a little of Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and a lot of various Pokemon names. You have boggarts, dryads, canttilees, flimsickles, ispees, urikas, yuromanters and jangles and then some - what mischief they can do to humans and where you find them. It feels like the author incorporated some cut scenes from her books about the guardian Violet into a single volume - clever. But if you love Rachel Morgan’s books, I’d suggest you skip this and go read The Faerie Guardian book, which is also 0$ on Amz but a #superlongseriesstarter .

Recommended for fans of Rachel Morgan eho clamour for extra bits, but effectively this is a reader’s magnet. If you like Morgan’s books start with the books - City of Wishes or the Faerie Guardian book (both free on Amz).

[coriolis]

This is a cute little prequel to The Faerie Guardian. It has little drabbles about different creatures and some of Violet's adventures pre-book one. I'm not going to give it a rating because I feel like there's just not enough to go off. But it was a cute and fast read, and I'm exciting to dive into The Faerie Guardian.

***Suggested Reading Order***
An A to Z of Creepy Hollow Fae
The Faerie Guardian (Creepy Hollow 1)
Scarlett
Raven
The Faerie Prince (Creepy Hollow 2)
The Faerie War (Creepy Hollow 3)
Bonus Scenes: The Proposal
A Faerie’s Secret (Creepy Hollow 4)
Bonus Scenes: The Artist
A Faerie’s Revenge (Creepy Hollow 5)
A Faerie’s Curse (Creepy Hollow 6)
Bonus Scenes: Gemma & Perry

[Payne’s Bookworm Reviews (Samantha Payne) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Supernatural index

“An A to Z Creepy Hollow Fae” is a prequel to Rachel Morgan’s Creepy Hollow series. Rachel Morgan is a new to me author.

This is an index to the assignments that Violent has gone on whilst training to become a Guardian.

It’s a quick little read with some helpful insight to who and what Vi doe as as a Guardian Trainee. We also get to meet some fellow trainees before getting into the series.

Don’t try and absorb all the information and Supernaturals in as it will get a little confusing, but I really enjoyed reading this.

[Shannon Risdon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not read the series but this was fun...

Haven't read any of the Creepy Hallows series but didn't detract from a quick and fun read. Short stories of some of the characters that Go has had to deal with while going through the various levels of training to become a guardian. Entertaining and a few made me laugh...if they are anything like the series then definitely one of interest!!

[Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

Although this A-Z is merely a companion volume to The Faerie Guardian, it is, dare I say it, the better book. Morgan's humour, unencumbered by story progression and, more importantly, teenage lovefests, shines through in these shorts. I love the words "flimsickle" and "ispee" and felt so sorry for the urisk who I think deserves a story all of his own.

[Ronel Janse van Vuuren · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun A-Z Challenge vignette selection of Vi’s assignments before “The Faerie Guardian”.

The various creatures are quickly shown with what Guardians have to do to stop them.

An interesting companion book.

[Imma · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun free ebook set in the Creepy Hollow world following Violet on various of her assignments. They are 26 short stories of a few pages and honestly just a fun way to revisit this beloved character and world.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Snippets of extra scenes from her Fae series

These are so short. More like flash fiction than short stories. But Rachel Morgan is a good writer and she made me wish she'd work this into longer stories.

[Frieda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting little tidbits of the early training.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

review up soon

[Cat- · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super quick

I kind of liked the 26 different creatures. Though if you can’t get it for free on KU I wouldn’t bother it doesn’t add much to the story at all

[Myra Wray · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book irritating and not to my taste.

[JWinter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disjointed and pointless. Could have potential if fleshed out a lot more, add a likeable mc and introduce somewhat of a mini plot.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would be a better 1.5 for series

If read after Creepy Hallow Book 1, this book is a lot more humorous. I would highly suggest the series. It is great world building.

[Akemi Wells · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great lead in

Now I feel like I have such a better grasp of characters from the books. Plus it was a super fun read.

[Penelope · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice introduction

A nice little introductory some of the creatures to be found in Ms Morgan's fantasy world.
I look forward to reading more.

[Abigail Schumacher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super quick little glossary of background for the series

[April Hollingworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little short stories based before the first book in the Creepy Hollow world. Gives an in site into the classes and types of Fae the guardian's deal with and also how they do too

[Crystal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really sure if I should write anything down for this book. It was short and sweet, and only 42% of the actual ebook (the rest was the first 5 chapters of the first book). It was basically made up of 2-3 page journal entries for each monster (in alphabetical order) that Violet and/or her team went after. Never gets into exactly how they stop them, most of the time it describes what happened right up to when they go after the monster. Fairly decent, but would not recommend getting/reading this book unless you are going to continue to read the rest of the series. And not sure if you should read the first book before this, even though it seems more of a prequel. I read this one first, and feel fine about it, but it also doesn't really go into the story all that much, so it does feel a bit disjointed, as there is no world building whatsoever in it. Actually, it reminded me of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which I found to be a fun and exciting read, but would have recommended it to be read after the actual Harry Potter books probably, as there would be no context for it otherwise (although why someone who hasn't read the Harry Potter books would read this one and not the others is beyond me). An A to Z of Creepy Hollow Fae reads very similar to Rowling's Fantastic Beasts in my opinion, but while I found Fantastic Beasts added to my knowledge and understanding of Potter's world, Morgan's book falls a little short of this. It's interesting, but not sure if it's worth paying money for as it doesn't particularly add anything to the overall storyline, and as there is no actual description of how they defeat these bad creatures, it kinda seems a bit of a let down each time the journal entry ends. I also am not sure whether I like the fact that they rarely kill the creatures that are attempting to harm a human. Seems to me that these creatures are designed to attack humans and by allowing them to escape is just allowing them to continue to kill them. They don't seem worried when the creatures disappear. They don't even arrest any of them, they show up, fight the creatures and then the creature disappears, and the Guardians just go on their merry way (these are for the ones that actually went farther than just "back story to their attack and then we are about to attack and end of journal entry"). I get the sense that most of them they just allow to escape. Seems to me these creatures would just go after someone else later.

I'm reading the first book now, and the context is coming into fruition now, which makes me like the prequel a bit better, but this particular book may be better read after the first, or even the series just so that the context is already in place. I'm also unsure about whether the author actually wrote it or if it was some sort of contest where fans of the series wrote in their versions of her previous assignments (that are not, from what I have read, discussed at all in the series) and they put them in a book. That is what the author made it sound like, and in that case I for sure wouldn't spend money on it as I expect the book to have been written by the author when I am handing them money. So thank goodness this book was free on Amazon or I may have been disappointed, and the rating would have probably gone down to a 2 star. But, considering it seems like a supplemental book to the series, and that it wasn't awful, and that I enjoyed it and am feeling greatly generous, it gets 3 stars. Not a particularly insightful book, nor does it seem to add anything new to the series, from the first portion of the first book that I have read (I'm only around chapter 8), but an interesting read nonetheless that is worth the whole price of $0.00. Maybe someone who is a bit more invested in the story (i.e. had read the entire series) may enjoy this particular book more, but if you are interested in the series, definitely give this a go, I may just recommend reading it until after you read the others, as there is nothing that is given away in the others in this book and there is no world building in it, you are just kinda thrown in and expected to know what they are saying.

I don't particularly have any good or bad feelings for this book.

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book can be considered a supplement or teaser for Rachel Morgan's full novel, The Faerie Guardian. It really does a fantastic job of making the reader interested in reading her full novel. The creatures are fascinating and the few that are mentioned as part of the novel help add to the excitement.

The part that I was happily surprised about is that the characters are so vivid and clear. Even though these are excerpts of maybe a page or two, the characters are well-defined. You get a solid idea of each character's personality and quirks from this collection of shorts.

My only issue is that there are a few creatures aren't described or investigated as much as the others. One is simply talked about by two characters, which was a little disappointing.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves magical creatures and wants to get a taste of this talented author's style before going on to the full novel.

[Lits · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun short book that gave a bit more insight into Violet's early days as guardian in training. Sadly though, it just left me wanting more.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short book that if you refuse to count the free excerpt makes for a fast read. The book, itself, is basically just a collection of stories using one fae species per alphabet letter along with the training year the creature was met and the training group used.

The majority of stories were Interesting and easily held the attention. Sadly there were too many that ended with no real conclusion but just a cliff hangar.

Will try to get and read the first book.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that Morgan took the A-Z blog challenge and used it to give cute glimpses into the world of Creepy Hollow's creatures. It was exciting to see parts of the books referenced here and there. I wish more authors did cute add-on's like this to flush the worlds out a bit more. Very creative and fun!

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't say much about this book. It's short and fun to read after you've read Violets story. It doesn't add much to the story, but it's fun to read something about the characters in the series when they did group assignments in their early years of training. Definitely worth reading if you've finished the first three books in the Creepy Hollow series.

[Aly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have not read the series so this book does not make a lot of sense to me. I will try the series though because this book did let me know that the series will me about the fae and I have read other books about the Fae so maybe the series will be better. I have not read this author before so I will give her a try. I don't think this book was a fair try.

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

As far as novellas go, this one was awesome! I loved seeing a story attached to each creature of the alphabet. Very short stories but it had all the cool details that I loved about the books. I loved it!