Hmm...this was not quite what I was anticipating?

This novella shows us another side of Warner. It helps me sympathize with him and even start to understand why he acted in certain ways during Shatter Me, but it doesn't do so in a way that makes me forgive him. I appreciate that because I was worried that seeing things from his point of view would change the way I viewed his character in book 1, and he was just so perfectly bad in that one, that I wasn't sure I wanted too.
I think this story does indicate that there is some hope for his character to have some sort of redemption throughout the rest of the series, but I'm still unsure of how he will get that and also how the other characters will relate.
It was nice to get inside his head and be able to understand him a bit, but in terms of plot or anything like that I was pretty bored. The ending felt pretty abrupt, but hopefully it will make more sense once I read the next book.