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Darkest Powers Tales
This full-length anthology of novellas and short fiction complements the Darkest Powers trilogy, adding new dimensions to the characters and their stories.
Dangerous returns to Derek and Simon’s past and tells how they came to be at Lyle House.
Divided continues Derek’s story, filling in his adventures with Simon while separated from Chloe.
In Disenchanted, Tori takes center stage as she travels with Simon after Chloe and Derek go missing.
Both Facing Facts and Belonging are set after the trilogy concludes.
In Facing Facts, Chloe helps Tori deal with the truth about her parents. Derek faces family issues of his own in Belonging, when his werewolf clan comes to claim him.
Please this is a repackaging of the stories originally released as Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1 & Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2.
Dangerous returns to Derek and Simon’s past and tells how they came to be at Lyle House.
Divided continues Derek’s story, filling in his adventures with Simon while separated from Chloe.
In Disenchanted, Tori takes center stage as she travels with Simon after Chloe and Derek go missing.
Both Facing Facts and Belonging are set after the trilogy concludes.
In Facing Facts, Chloe helps Tori deal with the truth about her parents. Derek faces family issues of his own in Belonging, when his werewolf clan comes to claim him.
Please this is a repackaging of the stories originally released as Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1 & Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 26, 2015
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Kelley Armstrong
302 books33.5k followersKelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.
Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
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February 6, 2017
I actually didn't know this book exists up until a few days ago.
But anyway, I love how we get sneak peaks into everyone else's lives. Derek and Simon's after their dad went missing. Tori talking about her one life and having that conversion with Simon about the four of them being a team and looking out for each other. I loved getting to know them all a bit better. And I also love how I got to be apart of their journey after the trilogy ended. :)
5/5 stars! <3
But anyway, I love how we get sneak peaks into everyone else's lives. Derek and Simon's after their dad went missing. Tori talking about her one life and having that conversion with Simon about the four of them being a team and looking out for each other. I loved getting to know them all a bit better. And I also love how I got to be apart of their journey after the trilogy ended. :)
5/5 stars! <3
June 25, 2017
Short extras, these are short extra stories and alternative pov chapters. Could really do with diviers/mini-blurbs so you know which stories to read when, in conjunction with the series.
It's interesting getting Derek's history and pov. worth reading for that.
Tori's pov too and interesting how she takes over from Simon, it rather highlights how little his character is developed.
The adults really bugged me in the later stories. From the series I expected better of Kit but he seems as mired in stereotypes as anyone in the Edison group, rather than showing any knowledge or trust of the boy he's been raising as his own for eleven years it's all werewolf assume the worst. And I still don't quite get Lauren's motivations.
Some things are too easy, I'd expect more reactions. Emotions don't seem to hit very deep unless it's Chloe-love.
It's interesting getting Derek's history and pov. worth reading for that.
Tori's pov too and interesting how she takes over from Simon, it rather highlights how little his character is developed.
The adults really bugged me in the later stories. From the series I expected better of Kit but he seems as mired in stereotypes as anyone in the Edison group, rather than showing any knowledge or trust of the boy he's been raising as his own for eleven years it's all werewolf assume the worst. And I still don't quite get Lauren's motivations.
Some things are too easy, I'd expect more reactions. Emotions don't seem to hit very deep unless it's Chloe-love.
February 22, 2018
Thank goodness this cleared up.some of the unaswered questions from the third book. Review to come .
May 31, 2024
It was really fun to read stories from the other POVs, though they were mostly Derek, which I don't mind. I had forgotten how dry his sense of humor is and how smart he is. It was so sad to read about his childhood from his perspective and how mean the other boy/wolves were to him. It's easy to see why he has such low self-esteem now, though he definitely doesn't come off that way in the main series.
Atoning just made me feel sorry for Rae. She obviously wants back in the fold or at least forgiven by Chloe. She messed up, but so did Aunt Lauren (who is so horrible to Derek) and she was forgiven pretty easily.
I think Tori's short story was the best, at least the most humorous in a sad way. She is obviously lonely and knows that she is no one's favorite and they kind of want her gone. I didn't care for her at first, but I am glad she didn't know about her mother's part in her injury- like she didn't do enough to her when she was alive.
I kind of felt bad for the Cain's- Theo and Nate, not Carter. They wanted Derek so much and tracked him, even if they did have questionable intentions and may have used him. They still wanted him to be a part of their family. It's weird that Derek puts himself at risk because he thinks he doesn't matter, but he has so many people willing to fight just to have him with them.
Overall, this was a really good addition to the main series and super quick. I wish there were more.
Atoning just made me feel sorry for Rae. She obviously wants back in the fold or at least forgiven by Chloe. She messed up, but so did Aunt Lauren (who is so horrible to Derek) and she was forgiven pretty easily.
I think Tori's short story was the best, at least the most humorous in a sad way. She is obviously lonely and knows that she is no one's favorite and they kind of want her gone. I didn't care for her at first, but I am glad she didn't know about her mother's part in her injury- like she didn't do enough to her when she was alive.
I kind of felt bad for the Cain's- Theo and Nate, not Carter. They wanted Derek so much and tracked him, even if they did have questionable intentions and may have used him. They still wanted him to be a part of their family. It's weird that Derek puts himself at risk because he thinks he doesn't matter, but he has so many people willing to fight just to have him with them.
Overall, this was a really good addition to the main series and super quick. I wish there were more.
April 20, 2020
As a whole, this is a fun, easy read. Most of the stories won't be nearly as enjoyable if you haven't read the Darkest Powers trilogy. Here are some quick notes on each story. My GR rating is for the collection as a whole, and I am not going to rate the stories individually.
Dangerous
I think this one would have more impact if I read it closer to my last re-read of the Darkest Powers trilogy, because while I still remember the main characters well, I don't remember the side characters or names of places well at all. So while this is a story showing the lead-up to Simon and Derek being at Lyle House, I don't remember any details about the early days at Lyle House from The Summoning. Still, I did enjoy the story about the brothers even without remembering the other details.
Divided
This one is even more dependent on the events in The Summoning. I enjoyed seeing Simon and Derek interacting but this is a tie-in short story and without the events of the novel, there's a lot more questions than answers.
Disenchanted
This story is also set during the events in the Darkest Powers trilogy, but I was able to enjoy it more than the previous story — partly because I like Tori's snark. Also, because Tori is a relatively new addition to the group of friends, there's more reminders of backstory in this one. It doesn't matter as much that I've forgotten lots of what happened in the trilogy.
Facing Facts
Chloe is the best developed character in these stories, which makes sense since she is the MC for the trilogy. I do like her character development in the series, which is shown off here since it's set after the end of the third book. I like seeing more of the redemption arc for Tori too, even though there's only a small amount of that here.
Belonging
This is my favorite of the five stories in this collection, mostly because it is its own story and not a new version of something I've already seen. (Don't get me wrong, there is a place for the "same scene, new POV" kind of story too. I just like the newness of this one better.) I enjoyed seeing how Derek would handle meeting up with his biological family — and to get a glimpse of how the Cains might behave when they weren't just being the villain of the story.
Dangerous
I think this one would have more impact if I read it closer to my last re-read of the Darkest Powers trilogy, because while I still remember the main characters well, I don't remember the side characters or names of places well at all. So while this is a story showing the lead-up to Simon and Derek being at Lyle House, I don't remember any details about the early days at Lyle House from The Summoning. Still, I did enjoy the story about the brothers even without remembering the other details.
Divided
This one is even more dependent on the events in The Summoning. I enjoyed seeing Simon and Derek interacting but this is a tie-in short story and without the events of the novel, there's a lot more questions than answers.
Disenchanted
This story is also set during the events in the Darkest Powers trilogy, but I was able to enjoy it more than the previous story — partly because I like Tori's snark. Also, because Tori is a relatively new addition to the group of friends, there's more reminders of backstory in this one. It doesn't matter as much that I've forgotten lots of what happened in the trilogy.
Facing Facts
Chloe is the best developed character in these stories, which makes sense since she is the MC for the trilogy. I do like her character development in the series, which is shown off here since it's set after the end of the third book. I like seeing more of the redemption arc for Tori too, even though there's only a small amount of that here.
Belonging
This is my favorite of the five stories in this collection, mostly because it is its own story and not a new version of something I've already seen. (Don't get me wrong, there is a place for the "same scene, new POV" kind of story too. I just like the newness of this one better.) I enjoyed seeing how Derek would handle meeting up with his biological family — and to get a glimpse of how the Cains might behave when they weren't just being the villain of the story.
September 27, 2015
I loved this trilogy so I was really glad to see the addition of these short stories! Really quick read and very enjoyable!
It was nice to see things from other characters perspectives besides Chloe. We don't really learn anything new in most of the stories but the last two cover Tori and Derek learning a bit about their respective families, which is nice.
Gotta admit, I was hoping the werewolves in Derek's story would be Clay and Elena. Alas.
It was nice to see things from other characters perspectives besides Chloe. We don't really learn anything new in most of the stories but the last two cover Tori and Derek learning a bit about their respective families, which is nice.
Gotta admit, I was hoping the werewolves in Derek's story would be Clay and Elena. Alas.
April 20, 2019
As someone who read Armstrong's adult Otherworld series I decided I'd give this a try just. I know enough about the world that I wasn't lost despite not having read the Darkest Powers series.
It's not bad per say, and the basic plot is intriguing; it's a collection of short stories focused around a bunch of genetically-modified supernatural teenagers on the run from the powerful and shady people who created them.
I liked the characters; Derek, Chloe, Simon, Tori and Kit and as a stand alone series I'm sure it's perfectly fine but I think I'll give it a miss.
The plots were a decent mix of action and mystery but I have a few huge issues with will preclude me from committing to this series;
1- They don't "sound" like teenagers. Dererk and Chloe in particular neither act, think nor sound like any fifteen year olds on the planet; they have thought and speech patterns, insights and world views that just don't align with fifteen and sixteen year olds and whilst we can argue that it's because of their supernatural nature I honestly just have a sneaking suspicion it's because Armstrong doesn't know how to write a teenage character, or else she has set them up as sort-of role models for a teen audience and her own children and missed the mark.
2- Bad writing. The character work isn't great (see below for more details). But plot wise things are often too contrived (people are related to other characters in ways that seems like gratuitous shoe-horning rather than for any plot point and all it does is make the characters looks dumb and the world they inhabit seem very small indeed if everyone is related and/or somehow bumping into each other), things also work out too easily a lot of the time, there is little emotional depth from anyone unless it's about their one twu wuvs and that sort of makes the POV characters come across as a tad sociopathic they and the people around them wax poetic about how caring they are but when they witness horrific death or random humans being bumped off as collateral it's a shrug an "oh no, that makes me feel sad" followed by it never being mentioned again.
The world these characters inhabit is also intensely irritating, the more otherworld universe (WOTO, Darkest powers, the Gathering etc) I read the more it stands out. I roll my eyes now at how "woke" our Heroes (TM) are compared to EVERYONE else around them.
Anyone who disagrees with our heroes is instantly demonised, the are either painted as racist, selfish, cowardly or sexist (especially sexist) or just some straight-up cackling villain.
Even normal humans they meet on the street during whatever hijinks they're mixed up in are weirdly confrontational and nasty.
If one of our female heroines bumps into a human guy at the mall he's far more likely to leer at her or accuse her of being hysterical than just sort of shrug and keep going, you know. Like a normal person.
I initially was drawn to the world for the grey, the characters had nuance they were good people (or better yet, they thought they were good people) who did bad things, that's cool, it adds layers but when their own self-righteous views are constantly being hammered home and reinforced by making everyone around them worse rather than having them act better it's just a little too much...
3- (if you are unfamiliar with WOTO series this second point is irrelevant)
Something I've noticed about Armstrong's books is that the characters lack a unique voice, in Bitten and Stolen her first two (and best) books this was not readily apparent but with the introduction of more and more characters, well, after a while they all sort of start to sound well, the same...
Dererk was completely indistinguishable from Clayton Danvers from her Otherworld series (snarky, super-intelligent werewolf with zero social skills and an unhealthy obsession with his girlfriend), I would have mistaken Chloe for Hope Adams (minus the self-pity) to the point where if I was told this was a Kelley Armstrong except but not given character names I'd be impossible for me to distinguish.
The characters; they all think the same, all act the same all have the same weirdly narrow worldview (it's very white, very rich, very hetero, blue eyes and blonde hair are the pinnacle of beauty and a college degree and marriage and babies is a marker of success and happiness in life and a Judeo-Christain god apparently runs the show) it's just sort of...I don't know...at this stage it's all a little too homogenous for me which is not what you want in your stories about witches and sorcerers, werewolves, vampires, ghosts, demons, psychics, genetic engineered super-beings etc...
I think I'm officially done with this series.
It's not bad per say, and the basic plot is intriguing; it's a collection of short stories focused around a bunch of genetically-modified supernatural teenagers on the run from the powerful and shady people who created them.
I liked the characters; Derek, Chloe, Simon, Tori and Kit and as a stand alone series I'm sure it's perfectly fine but I think I'll give it a miss.
The plots were a decent mix of action and mystery but I have a few huge issues with will preclude me from committing to this series;
1- They don't "sound" like teenagers. Dererk and Chloe in particular neither act, think nor sound like any fifteen year olds on the planet; they have thought and speech patterns, insights and world views that just don't align with fifteen and sixteen year olds and whilst we can argue that it's because of their supernatural nature I honestly just have a sneaking suspicion it's because Armstrong doesn't know how to write a teenage character, or else she has set them up as sort-of role models for a teen audience and her own children and missed the mark.
2- Bad writing. The character work isn't great (see below for more details). But plot wise things are often too contrived (people are related to other characters in ways that seems like gratuitous shoe-horning rather than for any plot point and all it does is make the characters looks dumb and the world they inhabit seem very small indeed if everyone is related and/or somehow bumping into each other), things also work out too easily a lot of the time, there is little emotional depth from anyone unless it's about their one twu wuvs and that sort of makes the POV characters come across as a tad sociopathic they and the people around them wax poetic about how caring they are but when they witness horrific death or random humans being bumped off as collateral it's a shrug an "oh no, that makes me feel sad" followed by it never being mentioned again.
The world these characters inhabit is also intensely irritating, the more otherworld universe (WOTO, Darkest powers, the Gathering etc) I read the more it stands out. I roll my eyes now at how "woke" our Heroes (TM) are compared to EVERYONE else around them.
Anyone who disagrees with our heroes is instantly demonised, the are either painted as racist, selfish, cowardly or sexist (especially sexist) or just some straight-up cackling villain.
Even normal humans they meet on the street during whatever hijinks they're mixed up in are weirdly confrontational and nasty.
If one of our female heroines bumps into a human guy at the mall he's far more likely to leer at her or accuse her of being hysterical than just sort of shrug and keep going, you know. Like a normal person.
I initially was drawn to the world for the grey, the characters had nuance they were good people (or better yet, they thought they were good people) who did bad things, that's cool, it adds layers but when their own self-righteous views are constantly being hammered home and reinforced by making everyone around them worse rather than having them act better it's just a little too much...
3- (if you are unfamiliar with WOTO series this second point is irrelevant)
Something I've noticed about Armstrong's books is that the characters lack a unique voice, in Bitten and Stolen her first two (and best) books this was not readily apparent but with the introduction of more and more characters, well, after a while they all sort of start to sound well, the same...
Dererk was completely indistinguishable from Clayton Danvers from her Otherworld series (snarky, super-intelligent werewolf with zero social skills and an unhealthy obsession with his girlfriend), I would have mistaken Chloe for Hope Adams (minus the self-pity) to the point where if I was told this was a Kelley Armstrong except but not given character names I'd be impossible for me to distinguish.
The characters; they all think the same, all act the same all have the same weirdly narrow worldview (it's very white, very rich, very hetero, blue eyes and blonde hair are the pinnacle of beauty and a college degree and marriage and babies is a marker of success and happiness in life and a Judeo-Christain god apparently runs the show) it's just sort of...I don't know...at this stage it's all a little too homogenous for me which is not what you want in your stories about witches and sorcerers, werewolves, vampires, ghosts, demons, psychics, genetic engineered super-beings etc...
I think I'm officially done with this series.
January 13, 2019
This is a review of the following works by Kelley Armstrong. They are hard to tell apart because their names, and the names of the trilogies, are so generic and similar. They are also related to each other and similar to each other (all of which caused me trouble in writing this review.)
Darkest Powers Series
Darkest Powers Series https://www.goodreads.com/series/5485...
BOOK 0.4 Kat (in Led Astray) and BOOK 0.5 - Hunting Kat (solo Kindle short) Both of these can be skipped because they are not really connected to the other books except peripherally despite their inclusion in the series by GoodReads.
BOOK 0.6 Dangerous (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 1 The Summoning
BOOK 1.5 Divided (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 2 The Awakening
BOOK 2.5 Disenchanted (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 3 The Reckoning
post 3 Facing Facts (in Darkest Powers Tales)
Post 3 Belonging (in Darkest Powers Tales)
Darkness Rising Series https://www.goodreads.com/series/4848...
BOOK 1 The Gathering
BOOK 2 The Calling
BOOK 3.The Rising
There are also three shorts in the Darkness Rising series which I have not read,The New Guy and The Invitation which fall between Books 1 and 2 and Atoning, which follows the three books.
Despite their high ratings here on Goodreads, and my usual liking for Kelley Armstrong's books, I rate them all at an average of 2*. Why? Because I found these books to be aggravating for many reasons:
The only redeeming feature is the Kelley Armstrong can really write. Go read The Masked Truth, a YA novel of hers that is incredibly excellent, and skip all of these.
Darkest Powers Series
Darkest Powers Series https://www.goodreads.com/series/5485...
BOOK 0.4 Kat (in Led Astray) and BOOK 0.5 - Hunting Kat (solo Kindle short) Both of these can be skipped because they are not really connected to the other books except peripherally despite their inclusion in the series by GoodReads.
BOOK 0.6 Dangerous (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 1 The Summoning
BOOK 1.5 Divided (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 2 The Awakening
BOOK 2.5 Disenchanted (in Darkest Powers Tales)
BOOK 3 The Reckoning
post 3 Facing Facts (in Darkest Powers Tales)
Post 3 Belonging (in Darkest Powers Tales)
Darkness Rising Series https://www.goodreads.com/series/4848...
BOOK 1 The Gathering
BOOK 2 The Calling
BOOK 3.The Rising
There are also three shorts in the Darkness Rising series which I have not read,The New Guy and The Invitation which fall between Books 1 and 2 and Atoning, which follows the three books.
Despite their high ratings here on Goodreads, and my usual liking for Kelley Armstrong's books, I rate them all at an average of 2*. Why? Because I found these books to be aggravating for many reasons:
The only redeeming feature is the Kelley Armstrong can really write. Go read The Masked Truth, a YA novel of hers that is incredibly excellent, and skip all of these.
October 18, 2019
Dangerous was really good and gave so much new information about Simon and Derek, their life before Lyle House and explained how they ended up there. It also helps better explain some of Derek's issues when we first encounter him.
Divided is Chloe and Derek's time while separated from Simon and Tori until they meet up again.
Disenchanted is the same period of time, but shows what took place from Tori's POV. I really liked getting her voice.
Facing Facts, set after the last book, is basically Chloe dealing with the fallout of Tori discovering Kit is her dad.
Belonging focuses on Derek again - also post-series - when his werewolf relatives catch up to him.
I genuinely liked each and every one of these. If you liked the series, well worth reading!
Divided is Chloe and Derek's time while separated from Simon and Tori until they meet up again.
Disenchanted is the same period of time, but shows what took place from Tori's POV. I really liked getting her voice.
Facing Facts, set after the last book, is basically Chloe dealing with the fallout of Tori discovering Kit is her dad.
Belonging focuses on Derek again - also post-series - when his werewolf relatives catch up to him.
I genuinely liked each and every one of these. If you liked the series, well worth reading!
November 29, 2023
It really is over and I can’t go on. This series holds so much value to me. And inspired me to start writing my own stories. I’ve had the honour of meeting Kelly when I was still in high school and she is truly an inspiration. I can’t wait to read more by her . Please everyone read her works!
“I didn't say that, but he knew I was thinking it, and the look on his face--that mix of pain and anger and helplessness--reminded me why I was crazy about him. He wasn't always the nicest guy. He wasn't always the most romantic boyfriend. He wasn't going to be writing me poetry or bringing me flowers. But that look said more about his feelings for me than all the flowers in the world.”
“I didn't say that, but he knew I was thinking it, and the look on his face--that mix of pain and anger and helplessness--reminded me why I was crazy about him. He wasn't always the nicest guy. He wasn't always the most romantic boyfriend. He wasn't going to be writing me poetry or bringing me flowers. But that look said more about his feelings for me than all the flowers in the world.”
July 26, 2024
If we could do half stars, I’d give this a 3.5. I loved getting to read about the characters again and get more of an explanation of what happened between books/after the series ended. I never knew about the novellas when I read the series originally, so this was such a pleasant surprise to get a little bit more of my favorite characters.
My main gripe with this book and the reason I would give it lower stars is that it was a lot of “telling, not showing.” The writing quality wasn’t nearly as good as the actual books which made it hard to really get into the novellas. The later novellas were written better than the earlier ones so it does get a little better.
My main gripe with this book and the reason I would give it lower stars is that it was a lot of “telling, not showing.” The writing quality wasn’t nearly as good as the actual books which made it hard to really get into the novellas. The later novellas were written better than the earlier ones so it does get a little better.
August 21, 2025
Man, what a fantastic inclusion to the Darkest Powers series! It was so great to revisit Simon, Derek, Chloe, and Tori in this collection of novellas. The stories of Derek's beginning in the lab and even meeting what could have been his pack are so interesting! The other stories were good insights into Derek's, Simon's, and Tori's headspace throughout the novellas. The pacing was a bit fast, mainly cause these are novellas, but I wished to have a little more personality to Derek's biological family. Overall, this was a great addition to the Darkest Powers series and helped expand upon the story.
March 23, 2021
One of my favourites
This series is one of my favourite, I find myself wondering about how it all ends and I would love for more books in the series.
I particularly enjoy the relationship between Chloe and Derek and how it's explored abit more here. I also really liked reading from Victoria's POV, as it's interesting to see how she coped with being on the run and learning more about herself and her family.
This series is one of my favourite, I find myself wondering about how it all ends and I would love for more books in the series.
I particularly enjoy the relationship between Chloe and Derek and how it's explored abit more here. I also really liked reading from Victoria's POV, as it's interesting to see how she coped with being on the run and learning more about herself and her family.
January 22, 2021
4 full stars for that nostalgia, I miss the YA paranormal era. This one was always different from the others and I'm surprised how much I still remember despite the 6-7ish year gap. Chloe and Derek are still adorable, so is Simon but I read this book for Derek tbh and I'm not ashamed to say it byeee
July 17, 2024
4.5 stars 🌟 there is nothing i love more than novellas in series told from the love interests pov and u can truly see that they’re head empty just her (see cardan and derek). i LOVE all the novellas, they add so much context and also extra chlerek content!!!! i love them so much i love this series can u tell i have intense brainrot 💀
March 20, 2022
Darkest powers short stories
Great companion to the darkest powers trilogy really enjoyed learning more background of characters . Great stories love all I've read from Kelley Armstrong.
Great companion to the darkest powers trilogy really enjoyed learning more background of characters . Great stories love all I've read from Kelley Armstrong.
August 31, 2017
Super cute!!
September 20, 2017
Great collection, very happy that there is a bit more of these characters!
December 13, 2017
I love reading about these characters again😊
June 20, 2018
Awesome Armstrong! I have read most of her works, have her new book pre-ordered! Cannot get enough of this story teller! Gauranteed not to disappoint!
July 15, 2020
Don't let the corny cover fool you. These books are great.
March 30, 2022
Super cute!!
February 21, 2023
great stories
I love the character development here. These are a fun engaging read. I recommend these and the other short stories as well as the two trilogies they are linked to.
I love the character development here. These are a fun engaging read. I recommend these and the other short stories as well as the two trilogies they are linked to.
July 4, 2023
I desperately needed more of chloe and Derek so I liked this
July 7, 2024
I loved the extra back stories and short stories from the Trilogy. My only beef is I was hoping the author was gonna write about Chloe's necklace...and she didn't.
March 29, 2025
I really love the idea of short stories that take place in between books in series or from different characters POV during the series. I wish all my favorite trilogies had something like this.
September 2, 2025
cute additions :))))
December 14, 2020
REREAD 2020
While all the shorts were well written, had good characters, and somewhat interesting stories, none of them really wowed me with anything.
Following are individual reviews of each.
DANGEROUS
A well written enough short giving us some insight into what happened in Derek/Simons lives just before getting to Lyle House. It was very interesting to read from Derek's POV and see how his mind works - as well as how he see the world and it sees him.
Maybe a bit slow at times, but nothing big.
3/5
DIVIDED
I didn't know how much I needed this story before now. It's not all that interesting, as it's set during the main series and we know how it'll end, but what it did have was some major character growth for Derek, which I now realized made up for something I lacked while reading the main series.
3/5
DISENCHANTED
A story told from Tori's POV about what happened after D/C got of the bus in the series. It's interesting to get to know Tori a little better, and to see what kind of person she really is.
3/5
FACING FACTS
I feel sorry for Tori on a lot of levels.
Generally, I liked this story. Not only for Tori, but ot proves that this world never stands still, which I really like in a book. Not eveything happening around the MC, but the rest of tje world living as well.
3/5
BELONGING
This is the one and only time Derek meets his bio-family - at least as far as I know.
The story in itself was kinda flat, but I found the info about the Cains very interesting, as well as the dynamic between Derek/Chloe, and the othera.
3/5
new rating: 3/5 stars
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I'm not the biggest fan of this series, but I love Armstrong, so it wasn't hard for me to buy it!
I actually liked the series a bit more after reading this, and am thinking about a reread.
This filled out some of the gaps, and I liked that.
Also well written stories.
I've written a minireview for each novella in the updatefeed, so check it out!
Original rating: 4/5 stars
While all the shorts were well written, had good characters, and somewhat interesting stories, none of them really wowed me with anything.
Following are individual reviews of each.
DANGEROUS
A well written enough short giving us some insight into what happened in Derek/Simons lives just before getting to Lyle House. It was very interesting to read from Derek's POV and see how his mind works - as well as how he see the world and it sees him.
Maybe a bit slow at times, but nothing big.
3/5
DIVIDED
I didn't know how much I needed this story before now. It's not all that interesting, as it's set during the main series and we know how it'll end, but what it did have was some major character growth for Derek, which I now realized made up for something I lacked while reading the main series.
3/5
DISENCHANTED
A story told from Tori's POV about what happened after D/C got of the bus in the series. It's interesting to get to know Tori a little better, and to see what kind of person she really is.
3/5
FACING FACTS
I feel sorry for Tori on a lot of levels.
Generally, I liked this story. Not only for Tori, but ot proves that this world never stands still, which I really like in a book. Not eveything happening around the MC, but the rest of tje world living as well.
3/5
BELONGING
This is the one and only time Derek meets his bio-family - at least as far as I know.
The story in itself was kinda flat, but I found the info about the Cains very interesting, as well as the dynamic between Derek/Chloe, and the othera.
3/5
new rating: 3/5 stars
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I'm not the biggest fan of this series, but I love Armstrong, so it wasn't hard for me to buy it!
I actually liked the series a bit more after reading this, and am thinking about a reread.
This filled out some of the gaps, and I liked that.
Also well written stories.
I've written a minireview for each novella in the updatefeed, so check it out!
Original rating: 4/5 stars
July 15, 2022
A fun collection of further scenes and context from the two series.
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