Cat and Bones fans, sink your teeth into this new outtakes compilation from New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost!
Indulge your love of paranormal super couple Cat and Bones with this ultimate “director’s cut” collection of deleted scenes and alternate versions from the first four novels in the Night Huntress series, complete with author commentary on each selection. Includes: the original beginnings of Halfway to the Grave, One Foot in the Grave, At Grave’s End, and Destined for an Early Grave: a chapter written in Bones’s point of view; alternate versions of sections of Halfway to the Grave, One Foot in the Grave, and Destined for an Early Grave; the “white wedding” scene between Cat and Bones that never made it into the final books…and much more!
So this review will be slightly different and weird as Outtakes from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost is exactly what it sounds…outtakes from the Night Huntress series books 1-4! So this is truly a book for the fans who wanted more Cat and Bones!
In this one we get alternate beginnings, middles, scenes that were cut for pacing issues or other reasons. Jeaniene gave an author’s note before each scene saying why it was cut and where said scene would fall in its given book. So even if it’s been awhile since you read whichever book, Jeaniene kind of refreshes things a bit to say where the deleted scene would fall.
What’s funny is a lot of scenes being cut due to pacing issues and some reasons were because there were too many sex scenes! I was shocked that Jeaniene had to cut some and then other people saying there were too many and usually there are only 2-3ish? I am not usually one for spice, I like some spice don’t get me wrong, I just don’t like it taking over the whole book.
Having LOOOOVED Jeaniene’s books, I was excited for this collection of deleted scenes. What’s funny is that this was published a few years before The Other Half of the Grave, and in here we get a first look from Bones’ POV and she mentions having no plans to ever right directly from his POV entirely! My how time changes things! Lol.
It was great revisiting this series even through deleted scenes wise! Some things I was remembering for the first time in years! Lol. I loved seeing different plot points that didn’t quite make it and even light-hearted scenes that were just normalcy. Jeaniene’s author notes were really interesting too and very eye-opening.
Needless to say this book was just a lot of fun! I don’t usually read books like this but honestly when it’s Jeaniene Frost it’s hard to say no to anything! If you’re a fan of vampires or even already a fan of Jeaniene’s then I highly recommend reading these deleted scenes as they were a lot of fun!!
Overall Rating 5/5 stars
