By Kody Keplinger
Genre YA Contemporary
Pages 100
Synopsis
Two short stories tell the story of Casey, Bianca from The DUFF's friend and her Christmas vacation romance and Bailey, Nathan from A Midsummer's Nightmare's sister and her high school drama.
First Sentence
"I have a surprise for you!"
What it has going for it
I like Kody Keplinger's books. My favorite being The DUFF so I had to read these short stories from the world of The DUFF and A Midsummer's Nightmare. There was a good message in these stories about keeping secrets and lying and I liked that. Of course I was glad to see what happened to Casey and the best part was these short little novellas helped me get closer to my Goodread's goal!
What's lacking
Um, I felt like Kody didn't even write these books...or if she did they weren't edited very well. Truthfully, I just don't like novellas. They're too short and don't have enough substance. Personally I'll just stick to Kody's full length novels instead.
Yea or Nay?
Uh, honestly I think these short stories are completely unnecessary. They're a quick read though.
I did not even know these novellas existed, and clearly I haven't been missing much! I agree with you about novellas, I generally find them unnecessary and lacking substance too. I'll probably just skip these. Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of novellas either. I like full-length novels. But, I do enjoy some shorter reads, especially if it's a POV change between characters I love or an additional scene from a book I love.
ReplyDeleteI actually don't mind novellas when they're written well but sometimes I think authors just write things to keep fans interested in between their full length novels. Sorry this one didn't keep your interest.
ReplyDeleteAww that's unfortunate that they don't seem necessary. I loved The Duff and would have liked a continuation but at least the original story was good so that's all that matters! :)
ReplyDeleteNovellas are difficult, but I seem to love most of the ones I pick up. Kody's books are great, though, so I may give them a shot someday. :)
ReplyDeleteUhg yes, these short stories and novellas that are popping up everywhere are suuuuuper annoying. I've only read one that I really enjoyed and thought was done well. It was a crossover of two series in the same universe and involved two characters who aren't the main character in the series and it was a WHOLE STORY and fun... I just........ novels and short stories are different beasts.
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