A review by nerdypotsie
Before the Claiming by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

4.0

My favorite of the novellas so far. This one had a glimpse into when Lena ended up in Macon's care and Lena and Ridley as tweens/early teens. I'm a huge Ridley fan so getting to see a new side of her before her claiming was really fun and it made me love her even more. I also developed a deeper appreciation for Lena with this novella. Some of Lena's hopeless romantic stuff in the main series was a little bit annoying to me so seeing her before she met Ethan was really nice.