As the hyper-critical listener that I am, I noticed several misplaced emphases that would have delivered better if corrected, but most people won't notice. and she gets over the stuffy head and laryngitis she has at the beginning of the book, and then sounds like herself again. You don't need to check the cover to verify the narrator even though it does not sound like Rebecca Soler at first. And, AND! There is a completely new story in the middle! It really has nothing to do with anything, but it shows M.M's ability to take a tale and make it futuristic and grown-up. And again, as throughout the whole series, it is totally modern, totally believable, not childish or simplistic as most fairy tales are. There are smiles and chuckles all the way through, as we go with our friends to the last, inevitable scene of every fairy tale. Even when it gets around to Kai's first trip to the fix-it shop in the marketplace, and it sounds just like the beginning of Cinder, we get it from his side, and it is delightful all over again. But it was all enjoyable and pleasing to revisit. Sure, you could be annoyed that there is nothing new. Sure, the stories are repetitive since we know what happened from the series books. These were glossed over in the Chronicles in this book we get the details: Thorne's episode with the math whiz Falo girl, Cress being imprisoned in the satellite, and Scarlett leaving her lay-about father and traveling by herself to live with her grand-mère, then overhearing the conversation with Lin Garren regarding the princess. (Everybody loves watching deleted scenes from movies.) These are the scenes that are the basis of the fairy tales: Red Riding Hood's journey to her grandmother's house, the witch locking Rapunzel in the tower, and the wicked stepmother thrusting Cinderella into the cold kitchen and making her work. Some people may be annoyed that there is no "advancement" to the stories we already know these little events in their lives. The stories here are cutting-room-floor deleted scenes from Cinder, Scarlett, and Cress. Love, love, love this addition! Always ready to read more about my friends whom I miss now that the series is over. The last part is a preview of the new series Marissa Meyers is coming out with. The couple is who I thought it would be, which makes me happy. Something Old, Something New, or Stars Above. A new story that doesn't have anything to do with the main story. Crescent beginnings, be careful what you wish for. Wolf's induction genetic modification and to the Queens Army.
Cinders arrival to Earth and the beginning years with Scarlett. The stories make me want to reread the whole series over again, although most are stories we know, only they are expounded upon in depth here, the real jewel is the last story.
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