I think this was some of Kelley Armstrong's best writing, how she showed the world through a young Clay's eyes. Oh, my heart couldn't hardly stand reading about young Clay and his survival struggles as a young wolf. This book is jammed packed with them both. I literally cannot get enough of Clay and Jeremy. If you're a fan of the series, this is an absolute must-have. Much is explained that clears a few mysteries up. Some of the animosity with future rival pack members begins here when the boys are young. The two characters in Frost are introduced here as young father and son before they hide tail and run for the hills. We see we owe a lot of Jeremy's grandfather, who has a short stint. Above that, Malcolm as the big bogeymen is brought further into light. I found out more about Jeremy and deeper into his psyche. This isn't just Clay's book - it's for Clay AND Jeremy. It makes sense to end the anthology this way because we're making a circle back to the beginning again. I loved the couple over the series and wish the author had given the bonding more credit. It is the only one set in 'current times.' Jaime and he are together and have been awhile, so it was interesting to finally see in his head what he thinks of her and the relationship. The only story besides the opener that isn't led by Clay is the final story, Kitsunegari, where Jeremy finds out a new clue about his past. Following that we see his progression, how he is discovered, the ample patience Jeremy employs to win his trust, their slow trail to Stonehaven, the incredible bond between the two, Clay aging and experiencing life, and finally the battles of ascension and alpha wars. While there are some funny scenes, it's mainly a dark, serious book.Īfter Jeremy comes into the world, Clay is shown very young and bitten to open his stories. Want to see for yourself the stories Jeremy later tells Elena in Stolen about the troubles of raising Clay? Right here in full color (funny) detail.
It's a lot of background material on why they both are who they are and how they are.
If you're a Clay or Jeremy fan, you'll find this fascinating. The final story switches to Jeremy's point of view for good reason. Each "story" is merely broken up into different events of occurrence, all in order. Malcolm leads the opener story to reveal how Jeremy came to be, but after that it's all through Clay's point of view until the final chapter. This opened the side stories, but instead of being about different men of the Otherworld like the title suggests, it is exclusively about the werewolf pack, and unlike other short story collections, the points of view do not alter much. Kelley Armstrong has a large number of anthologies for her long-running Otherworld series. “He obviously needed more practice, but no matter how often I abandoned him out there, his sense of direction never seemed to improve.”
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