Contains a novella and a short story. Armor of Roses is a novella that takes place before book three (and likely after book 2) in the series. The Silver Voice is a short story that takes place after book 3 and before book 4.

Armor of Roses
74 points/100 (3.75 stars/5).

When an old man shows up knowing Maxine and asking for help because of something her grandmother did before dying before her, Maxine knows she has to do something to help.

This is a very decently sized novella that is about 1/3 the length of a typical novel in this series. It is well done, even if what it contains doesn't really have any bearing on the rest of the series. It covers some of the down time between books two and three. We get to see more of Maxine's grandmother, we get a lot of the boys, and we get a reasonably good story. I was kind of bored with it, but that is because it just had so little to do with the series really.

The Silver Voice
68 points/100 (3.5 stars/5).

Grant uses the seed ring to see what the memories left to him were about.

Short little short story from Grant's perspective. It doesn't add much to the series, but ties off that little plot thread that never goes anywhere in the series. There isn't much here to talk about. ( )