I don't think this stands on it's own. But as a snack between the parts 3 and 4 of the series, it was nice to get these stories about the arcana. And now I can start the book 4... ( )

A summary of the 22 Major Arcana, attributes, weakness, what happened to them on day zero. Very helpful to read right before Arcana Rising.
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This is the 3.5th book in the Arcana Chronicles. It is really more of a guide than an actual novel. The book is broken into sections for each of the Arcana and lists the properties of different Arcana. Some of the Arcana information is followed by a short story about that Arcana.

This is a fun book to read if you want to know more about what each Arcana’s powers and abilities are. We also get to look at “Day Zero” for a lot of other Arcana (these are the intermittent short stories that sometime follow an Arcana’s info).

I enjoyed some of the “Day Zero” stories. I think one of my favorites was the one about The Emperor; he was just starting to enter the story at the end of the 3rd book.

Overall this was a well done guide to the Arcana of the Arcana Chronicles. While there are some short stories in here, this was more of a guide than a collection of stories. I would recommend to die-hard fans of the Arcana Chronicles. Those not already reading the series would probably just find this confusing. ( )

Completed 8/4/16 ( )