Title: Cast in Moonlight (Chronicles of Elantra 0.5)

Author: Michelle Sagara

Genre: Fantasy, Novella, Mystery

Published: November 1, 2001

This is a prequel for the Chronicles of Elantra. It tells the story of how Kaylin became one of the Hawks (the country's police force) even though she was far too young.

I read a couple of the reviews for this book while I was reading it. They mostly talked about how they had decided to read this before starting the rest of the series. A couple of the reviews said they had decided not to continue. The more I think about it the more I think I am grateful I didn't know this story existed until I was almost at the end of the first book. I had a difficult time getting past the first four chapters in the first book, but once I did I thought it was really good. This story had a lot of the same information I got stuck in, but this time instead of being bogged down I was able to retain more of the information.

I thought the story was really interesting mainly because it answered some of the questions I had already formed. I had wondered why Kaylin was so special not only to the Hawklord and the Sergeant but also the rest of the department. There was a moment during the first book in the climax where Kaylin made a remark about children which didn't make sense to me. I now understand more of what that scene was about.

We spent a lot of time with Kaylin and Caitlin. I enjoyed the enfolding relationship that formed between the two. I could see where a lot of Kaylin's feelings towards the different characters had come from and I think I will hopefully be able to better understand in a greater way what will happen in the future.

Overall I gave this book 4 stars out of 5.