This is easily the worst book I've read this year. I can't give you a coherent explanation as to why I read it or why I finished it. Masochistic curiosity, sure, but why did I spend time reading this when there are so many great books out there?

The core books of the series aren't the worst. I actually like this type of schlock occasionally. But I read the extra novella. I should have known that any more additions to this story would just be a cash grab, something cobbled together because one must always capitalize on popularity. But I was hoping it would just be like the first book. It's not. It's boring, redundant, repetitive, and just too annoying. Any additional tidbit this perspective gives to the story is just surrounded and smothered by a recurring, spiraling diatribe. It was truly a torture to finish, but I did it to myself.