Today’s blogging challenge from Long and Short Reviews is to talk about books we feel need a prequel i.e. another book set BEFORE the book we’d enjoyed. (See all of the blog posts on this subject here – http://www.longandshortreviews.com/category/miscellaneous-musings/ )
I’ll start with my own books. Of all of my books, I think Dark Thoughts deserves a prequel…except it wouldn’t be romance (and that is all I write). I’d love to write more about Kralj and the other modified humanoids’ time with the Humanoid Alliance, how they all met (can you imagine other modified humanoids meeting Kralj for the first time, not knowing anything about his powers?), how they escaped. There would be humor and action and, I suspect, quite a bit of blood (and, in Balvan’s case, skull crushing).
I think the prequel to Laurann Dohner’s Ral’s Woman would be very similar. Ral and his brethren are skilled warriors. The battle to enslave them must have been fierce. There COULD have been a tragic romantic storyline. Perhaps a paired warrior was separated from his female, forced to leave her, to spend years not knowing what she was doing, if she was alive. The likelihood of that happening is quite high.
Loretta Chase’s Lord Of Scoundrels, my benchmark book (and yes, a historical romance – benchmark books don’t have to be within the same subgenre), definitely warrants a prequel. Jess’ Grandmother is a firecracker, very much like Jess. We get hints in the book about the vivid life she is leading and must have led in the past, the men she had charmed, the unconventional things she had done. Again, her story might not be a romance but wow, it would be fascinating.
I’d read the heck out of any vampire novel’s prequel. Anne Rice has shown us how fascinating those can be. Vampires have lived such long, action-filled lives. Cyborgs and other near-immortals are similar. The cyborgs in my stories were manufactured for battle. They have huge databases filled with war stories.
What books do you think need a prequel? Would that prequel be in the same genre or niche?
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Can love redeem a monster?
The Refuge is home to some of the most violent beings in the universe. Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control.
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Dita has one mission—to kill the three targets claiming sanctuary within the Refuge. Or so she claims. For the first time in his long lifespan, Kralj isn’t certain of another being’s intentions. The tiny assassin is immune to his powers, her thoughts unreadable. He can’t predict her movements, can’t control her, can’t stop wanting her.
Dita is rare, as unique as he is, and, to keep the residents of the Refuge safe, Kralj will have to kill her. But first, he’ll touch her, taste her, show her how passionate the beast inside him can be.
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The hero might be tall, dark, and scarred but don’t be fooled by his appearance.
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All of these books sound like they’d really benefit from prequels. I hope the authors write them someday.
My post for this week: http://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-books-that-need-a-prequel/
Good choices and good reasons behind it… I have read Loretta Chase, and agree with your assessment there. Honestly, though, when I like books, I always wish for more (prequels OR sequels). It’s hard to let go of characters when you love them …
Great choices. 🙂 Love your thoughts on them, too.