raeallic's review
4.0
This was a great little snipet/prequel to Spindle, really looking forward to continuing this series.
lolajoan's review
3.0
It's just one chapter, really, but a satisfying coda to A Thousand Nights. Very nice.
sam_ash_smash's review
2.0
I was happier with the ending of A Thousand Nights before I read this short story.
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
Great short story, loved seeing the end of the Storyteller Queen, and the start of the kingdoms in Spindle. Must read Spindle now!
helenid's review
2.0
The actual story is about 47% of the content. I left it to sleep at about 35% thinking I was a third through!
The writing is poetic, lovely to read.
The writing is poetic, lovely to read.
imjustcupcake's review
3.0
This little novella to the series is chock full of spoilers for that first book. So continue with this review at your own risk. Also, don't read this novella before you read book one if you don't almost the entire full story for A Thousand Nights to be ruined for you. This novella may be short, but you will be able to pretty much get the whole story for the first book - minus a few details out of it.
The Garden of Three Hundred Roses is a novella in the Thousand Nights series. It takes place pretty much right after the first book ends. The unnamed female heroine of book 1 is still the main focal point. However, where we got some bits of the story from the demon in book one, we now get some points of this small story from a child. So it isn't as evil
We see the unnamed girl from book one as very strong and rightfully so. And this novella is mostly about her relationship with the King and how the King dealing with the realities the demon who possessed him left him with.
This novella is still written in the same style as book 1.
As far as I can tell after having read this, it is probably not necessary to read but it does give you some more closure for book one. I am not too far into book 2 to see if it really has much to do with what is going on there yet.
For the price (I found it free on Amazon) it was worth the few minutes to read. It also has some sneak peeks into E.K Johnston's other books. But, again, I warn you to not read this novella before book 1.
This review is based on a copy purchased by myself. All thoughts and opinions are mine and mine alone.
Find more of my reviews here:
http://readingwithcupcakes.blogspot.com/
The Garden of Three Hundred Roses is a novella in the Thousand Nights series. It takes place pretty much right after the first book ends. The unnamed female heroine of book 1 is still the main focal point. However, where we got some bits of the story from the demon in book one, we now get some points of this small story from a child. So it isn't as evil
We see the unnamed girl from book one as very strong and rightfully so. And this novella is mostly about her relationship with the King and how the King dealing with the realities the demon who possessed him left him with.
This novella is still written in the same style as book 1.
As far as I can tell after having read this, it is probably not necessary to read but it does give you some more closure for book one. I am not too far into book 2 to see if it really has much to do with what is going on there yet.
For the price (I found it free on Amazon) it was worth the few minutes to read. It also has some sneak peeks into E.K Johnston's other books. But, again, I warn you to not read this novella before book 1.
This review is based on a copy purchased by myself. All thoughts and opinions are mine and mine alone.
Find more of my reviews here:
http://readingwithcupcakes.blogspot.com/
butterflygirlkmc's review
4.0
If I wasn't already looking forward to Spindle I would be now. I loved the little story to tie up the stories of the characters of A Thousand Nights after the end of the book. Also there was a preview for Spindle and it seems like it will be really good for the little bit there was.
hpgodwin's review
4.0
This was great short story, continuing off of [b:A Thousand Nights|21524446|A Thousand Nights (A Thousand Nights, #1)|E.K. Johnston|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436162131s/21524446.jpg|40849819].
I really enjoy E.K. Johnston's writing and the character of the Story Teller Queen or just Queen here.
I liked Lo-Melkhiin's redemption & the garden of 300 & one flowers.
And I liked his conversation with his son at the end, that the garden was not his burden, only his task to take up if he wanted. That he explained the price and their purpose.
Really, this could have just been the epilogue to Thousand Nights.
I really enjoy E.K. Johnston's writing and the character of the Story Teller Queen or just Queen here.
I liked Lo-Melkhiin's redemption & the garden of 300 & one flowers.
And I liked his conversation with his son at the end, that the garden was not his burden, only his task to take up if he wanted. That he explained the price and their purpose.
Really, this could have just been the epilogue to Thousand Nights.
gabberjaws's review
4.0
Filled with E.K Johnston's sweeping, poetic, prose, The Garden of Three Hundred Flowers is a sad, beautiful short interlude between A Thousand Nights and Spindle.
It builds on the tale of the unnamed heroine from A Thousand Nights, and her marriage to the now-demon-free Lo-Melkhiin. It's not as character heavy as it's predecessor, focusing more on its themes of healing, forgiveness, and love. I wish the heroine and Lo-Melkhiin could have found some romance or happiness together as a couple, because quite frankly this really bummed me out. They deserved better, I thought. At some point in their lives.
But as sad as I found this, I also wish it had been longer.
It builds on the tale of the unnamed heroine from A Thousand Nights, and her marriage to the now-demon-free Lo-Melkhiin. It's not as character heavy as it's predecessor, focusing more on its themes of healing, forgiveness, and love. I wish the heroine and Lo-Melkhiin could have found some romance or happiness together as a couple, because quite frankly this really bummed me out. They deserved better, I thought. At some point in their lives.
But as sad as I found this, I also wish it had been longer.