I rather enjoyed Peter Vanderstaat, the full-time cop, part-time contractor, and his quick acceptance of Elyna’s vampirism was one of my favourite parts of GRAY. Normally I’m not a big fan of ghost stories, but this author is a pro at fleshing out characters, and creating tension. I found that the tale was well-rounded given its length, and even though the tone is for the most part sad, the ending was immensely satisfying. The author manages to squeeze in vampire politics, love, and a decent amount of action in only 34 pages. GRAYA cute short that was inspired by the colour gray, and Valentine’s Day leave it to Briggs to put a dark spin on flowers, and chocolate. Also, I felt that the 19th century Chinese racism angle was unnecessary, and didn’t add anything to this tale other than confusion. I found the flashbacks confusing, and other than Stefan, I personally don’t particularly care of this author’s vampires. The author is from Butte, Montana, so I understand why she wanted to write a story that featured her hometown, but other than the Fae bits I didn’t really understand why it earned a spot in this compilation. FAIRY GIFTSThis was actually one of the shorts that I enjoyed the least in this anthology, so the fact that it’s listed as a ‘readers favourite’ in the blurb has me questioning my Patricia Briggs fan-girl status. This anthology also starts, and ends with Samuel & Ariana which I thought was fitting. I really enjoyed this short because it helped to fill-in a lot of the blanks in their past, and was a great overview of Bran’s lineage it helped me to better understand her deep-seated fear of wolves, and her connection to silver which are two elements that went completely over my head when I originally read SILVER BORNE.
SILVERI only just recently got caught-up on Briggs’ MERCY THOMPSON series, thus I’m not as familiar with the mythology surrounding the Cornick family as some readers, so when Ariana showed up in SILVER BORNE I didn’t realize that her and Samuel had a history that spanned hundreds of years.
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