OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE is a gift for all fans, including
me, who lament the loss of new stories in Jeaniene
Frost's excellent Night Huntress series. These clips
are newly discovered treasures for fans and provide
interesting insight into the characters and how the
author sees them. Jeaniene Frost's commentary before each
clip is just as eye-opening as the narratives themselves.
The deleted scenes involving time Cat spent with her
team, before reuniting with Bones, are especially
fascinating because readers were never able to see that -
except for the beginning of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE.
Reading some of the selections in OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE
offers a great window into what the relationships were
like between Cat and her crew. Now you can see why Cat
was so reluctant to turn on Tate, and why she kept giving
him second chances to stay in her life. In some of the
selections you also got a better sense of Geri -- Cat's
government-sanctioned vampire slaying replacement -- than
you do from her brief appearance in DESTINED FOR AN EARLY
GRAVE.
There are scenes in OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE that have me
grinning from ear to ear and occasionally breaking out
into a fit of giggles, like the one in which Cat's mom
and Annette meet up -- not unlike a matchup between
Godzilla and Mothra. However, the selection I was most
looking forward to, and was most enthralled by, was the
alternate middle section of DESTINED FOR AN EARLY GRAVE.
I love the Night Huntress series and the characters
that populate that world, but DESTINED FOR AN EARLY GRAVE
has always been a little unsettling for me to read. One
of the things I love most about Cat and Bones as a couple
is the close connection they have and the feeling that
they are a team. More than their estrangement in DESTINED
FOR AN EARLY GRAVE, I couldn't understand Bones' behavior
-- especially when Cat escaped from the villain's evil
clutches. In OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE, Jeaniene Frost not
only provides a tantalizing alternate subplot, but has
Cat and Bones have more constructive and heartfelt
conversations, and offers what I think is a better
explanation for Bones' uncharacteristic behavior.
OUTTAKES FROM THE GRAVE is the kind of behind-the-scenes,
secret stash fabulousness that dyed-in-the-wool fans
crave and adore. This collection of outtakes and oddities
is worth checking out for the hidden delights that are
revealed. I look forward to reading the next Night
Prince book as well as any other book by Jeaniene Frost
filled with excitement and yummy paranormal goodness.
Cat and Bones fans, sink your teeth into this new outtakes
compilation from New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene
Frost!
Indulge your love of paranormal super couple Cat and Bones with this
ultimate “director’s cut” collection of deleted scenes and alternate
versions from the first four novels in the Night Huntress series,
complete with author commentary on each selection.
Includes:
The original beginnings of Halfway to the Grave, One Foot in the
Grave, At Grave’s End, and Destined for an Early Grave:
A chapter written in Bones’s point of view;
Alternate versions of sections of Halfway to the Grave, One Foot in
the Grave, and Destined for an Early Grave;
The “white wedding” scene between Cat and Bones that never made it
into the final books…and much more!
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