Amazing read! It’s just like turning on the television and watching an episode of The X-Files with Mulder and Scully knowing that the truth is out there, you just have to find it. It’s like no time has passed at all and the story just continues even though you know it’s been years but this book just seems to flow seamlessly into the X-Files that can only be investigated by Mulder and Scully. They have just been called back to the FBI and there are new people that they are working with on a new variation of the X-files and they are not quite sure that they can trust them but are willing to give it a try. Mulder also has an informant that Scully isn’t sure about and turns out that she may be right to question her motives. Hope there will be a follow up to this book. Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an advance copy in return for an honest review! I would definitely recommend this book! Love it!

X Files 
Perihelion
Claudia Gray

Mulder and Scully live in downtown DC and Scully is in the first trimester of pregnancy. One they hope will not result in the devastating heartbreak of their previous parenting experience. 

Mulder is doing work a profiler for private security (I gave up profiling) 

Skully is working on a genetics project. 

They get a call from AD Morrison of the FBI. (We have a new case) 

Well, there are actually multiple cases. No one has been working the X files in months. There is a serial killer targeting pregnant women who seemingly overloads any electronics in the area when he attacks. 
There is also a hush hush murder spree of the clandestine powerful happening that has apparently one thing in common--the killer appears to vanish into a cloud of smoke. 
The FBI asks them to return and tackle these and a basement full of fresh X Files. 
(X files theme) 
Due to the nature of the crimes, the undercurrent of what Skully's work is revealing, and Mulder's never ending curiosity, they crack open those files and start investigating 

There are multiple antagonists, a lot of moving parts, and references to 
Clyde Bruckman
Carl Busch
Jackson VanDekamp
Eugene Tooms
And, of course, John Doggett 
There's a sub plot regarding Skinner that appears to have its own agenda brewing for another story. 

We also get all sorts of pop culture berries associated with 
Captain Pike of Star Trek
Batman
Avatar
X Men (Wolverine) 
WandaVision
Who's the Boss
Stephen King 

But, mainly we get to spend time with these characters doing what they do best. Investigate and have great chemistry. Claudia Gray knows Mulder and Skully and they read like Mulder and Skully at their peak, but with new wisdom. It's highly enjoyable, yet does bite off more than just serving up a good stand alone X Files story. It also does a lot of seed planting for future X Files novels. 

I wish it had does less trying to create a new future playing field of stories, and less living in the past--a lot of dwelling on former cases--and more just telling a good X File story. It was great to spend time with our old friends and watch them navigate a culture very different than the 90s. It was as good or better than the Xfiles revival from a few years ago.

I give it a solid B.

To say I loved The X-Files when it originally aired is a bit of an understatement. The show consumed me for years as I breathlessly waited for the next installment. Naturally, I read many of the tie-in novels associated with the show over the years, including the early ones trying to cash in on the show's rise to popularity which may or may not have been all that great. Still, at least they scratched a certain itch.

One thing many novels associated with the show had in common was they rarely tied into the ongoing central mythology of the show. Part of this was probably that the books didn't want to offer an explanation that was contradicted by the next sweeps week mythology two-parter and the other is that Chris Carter and company were making the mythology up as they went along.

Finally, after thirty years of waiting, Claudia Gray has delivered a novel that feels like it's channeling the best parts of the television show to the printed page with The X-Files: Perihelion. Set after the revelations of the last aired season of the show, Gray is left to pick up the pieces that Carter left of the show and possibly spin the show onto the printed page. As Mulder and Scully try to come to grips with the revelations put forth in season eleven, they find themselves at a crossroads both professionally and personally.

The FBI has a series of cases that need an office like the one Mulder and Scully inhabited for so many years, leading to the X-Files being opened (yet again) and the duo reinstated. Meanwhile, the two are juggling if they're together romantically and the news that Scully is expecting a baby and just what that could mean for them. Add in a series of apparent attacks on pregnant women and the remnants of the Syndicate trying to get the band together and you've got a lot of the threads that made the show must-see -- well, at least for this fan.

In her epilogue, Gray notes that The X-Files was the first series with a huge, vocal, passionate, and involved online fandom and that she was part of it back in the day. Her love of the characters of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully comes across page after page as she creates dialogue and reactions that feel like they're coming from the mouths of David Duchonvy and Gillian Anderson. There are some great character beats here as both struggle to figure out if they're going to make it as a couple this time and if going back to the X-Files again is the best thing for them personally and professionally.

Where the book doesn't exactly knock it out of the park is the cases Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate. Scully notices a pattern of pregnant women near her being attacked and the reason behind was something I worked out a few chapters before our heroes did, thus rendering some of the suspense and drama moot. And watching as a new group of rogues tries to fan the flames of the embers of the Syndicate is hit or miss. At first, I was all in, but later developments left me scratching my head and wondering about a few things.

I don't know the plans for this novel -- or beyond it. Is this the first of a series of books designed to expand the characters and story beyond the mess Carter left in the final episodes? If it is, I can't say that I wouldn't pick up the next installment, especially if Gray is at the helm.

What Perihelion does best is it takes me back to those Friday and Sunday evenings in the 90s when this show was one of the best things on TV and I had faith the writing team knew where this whole mythology thread was headed. Gray's work in capturing the spirit of the characters is top notch and the novel left me satisfied in a way none of the previous tie-in novels for this series did.

I will warn readers that a journey through the mythology episodes of seasons 10 and 11 may be useful here as a refresher course before diving in. Gray does a great job of reminding readers of story beats and character moments, but I found myself almost wanting to dust off the DVDs of season 11 and dive back in. Gray makes some great lemonade with the lemons Chris Carter gave us to end season 11. That alone makes this book worth it.

My thanks to NetGelly and Hyperion/Buena Vista Books for the ARC of "X Files: Perihelion" in exchange for an honest review.
Here's a book that millions of X Files fans will thrill to immerse themselves in. I know I certainly did..
I'm not sure how to diplomatically discuss any details here since the story is steeped deep into the entire X Files mythology and backstories of all the previous seasons. But I feel comfortable in revealing that FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are still in pursuit in finding out the Truth That's Out There and as always, they should Trust No One.
Somehow, they're back on the job, made doubly perilous by their being blessed with Scully's miraculous pregnancy. And they're faced with multiple formidable threats at the same time = a serial killer/monster-of-the-week who's targeting pregnant women, an assassin who can literally go up in smoke and back again, and a new iteration of their worst global conspiracy enemies.
Author Claudia Gray makes superb use of the novel form in the ability to lay out a fully detailed picture of Mulder and Scully's tortured pasts that lead them to their current adventures. X-Filers who've always wanted an articulate presentation of their unseen, unspoken private lives and inner thoughts will find a true bounty here.
I wouldn't dream of revealing anything else, except to say I couldn't have enjoyed this book more look forward to author Gray continuing on with more.

Just like the TV Show
As a long-time fan of the Television Series, I’ve enjoyed the movies that were produced along with the series. This is the first book I’ve read that features the quirky, and now more than ever relevant show.
The story picks up right after the last episode of the series “My Struggle IV” which aired in March 2018. Claudia Gray has written the characters, feeling, and tension of the original series as if she were Chris Carter. As I was reading, I could see the writing play out in my mind. The plot and pacing were excellent, the threads of the last episode picked up carefully, and the characters are spot on. I am hoping that if Chris Carter and company don’t decide to follow up Season 11, then I hope that Claudia Gray picks up the still open threads and continues to weave them into more books. As other reviewers have said, this book is near perfect, and is true to the original series.
I received and ARC copy of the book from the Publisher, Hyperion Avenue through NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.

Perihelion picks up right after the end of The X-Files Season 11, so I recommend catching up with the show before you pick this up. It follows Mulder and Scully as they return to the X-Files to search for a serial killer who channels electricity and targets pregnant women. A larger plot involving those left behind after the fall of the Syndicate is also woven into the story.

I truly felt like I was watching an episode of The X-Files as I was reading this. In the author’s acknowledgment, Gray mentions that she is a long-time fan of the show, which definitely came through in her writing. She captured the spirit of the show and the complexity of the characters. Mulder and Scully are expecting a child together, so Scully’s pregnancy is a focus of concern throughout the story – because of her overall history, the circumstances surrounding William, and the nature of the serial killer they are pursuing. I enjoyed seeing the relationship between Mulder and Scully grow even stronger. The small nods to prior episodes and characters were also fun to come across. I’ve been watching The X-Files since the early seasons and have rewatched the entire series multiple times. This book was a solid addition to the existing series, and I hope Gray gets to write more X-Files stories in the future.

Many thanks to author Claudia Gray, Hyperion Avenue, and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of The X-Files: Perihelion in exchange for my review.

The truth is out there.

A splendid follow up to the X Files we love and appreciate in all its majesty. Claudia Grey captures the essence of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully beautifully and continues the spirit of X Files with a personal and emotional mystery that has has tremendous impacts on our favorite protagonists. Tons of twisty turns and a suspenseful ride through and through.

The X-Files: Perihelion is a great addition to the X-Files story! Claudia Gray does a great job reminding the reader of the events of the TV show so readers who haven't watched the show for a while can drive straight into reading this book.

Scully and Mulder are their authentic selves and the story drew me in right from the start. Reading this book felt just like watching a brand new episode of the X-Files! I would recommend this book to any fans of the original series.

I look forward to the potential sequel to this story!

I was provided an advanced copy of this book, courtesy of the publisher and author via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

This book brought back so much nostalgia for me having been a huge fan of the television series. The author did an amazing job of portraying Mulder and Scully, and I liked how well the plotline was tied into the show. I enjoyed the investigations and the unravelling of the mysteries with an element of danger that made this such a suspenseful read. I highly recommend this one for fans of sci-fi thrillers.

It was nice to be back in the world of X-Files. I was a fan of the series, although I didn't see every episode. The William plotline is back and you visit with the older versions of Scully and Mulder. They are returning to FBI work complete with shadowy characters and killers. Scully is pregnant and she and Mulder are trying to make a go of living together. If you are waiting for that next episode of X-Files, this is the book for you.

I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book all my life. It doesn’t matter you are a life-long X-Files fan or just starting your adventure into the X-Files, this book will fill you in and also make you want to believe. Also the acknowledgments made me laugh, and now I want to watch the show from the beginning. There’s also bees, so probably the movie as well. Did I mention this was written by none other than Claudia Gray? Enjoy it.

I think Claudia Gray did a fantastic job with the material she was given. I (like many fans, I think) was not a fan of the way the show handled the William storyline in the revival, and that storyline features heavily in this book. But it was great to see Mulder and Scully back in the FBI basement together!

Claudia Gray completely nailed Mulder’s and Scully’s voices. From Mulder’s sarcastic, droll comments to Scully’s incisive diary entries, the characterizations felt spot-on; it was like a welcome reunion with two old friends. This is clearly the work of a true X-Files fan (and the acknowledgments bear that out) - one who also happens to be a great writer.

As for the story itself, there’s a monster-of-the-week plot (a serial killer with possible special powers targeting pregnant women) and a mythology plot. I’ve always found the show’s mythology to be a little bit murky, but I thought Gray did well working within, and spinning off of, the parameters set up by the season 11 finale.

This book was well-paced, but things really heat up in the last 20% of the book: that’s when I really couldn’t put it down.

This is definitely a book I’d recommend to any X-Files fan, and I’m thrilled that the door seems to be open for further books - I’ll definitely be reading!

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are reeling after the death of their son William. They agree to help hunt a serial killer. Now they must be careful to keep everything they love safe. Will they be able to? An amazing story that keeps you reading.

Former FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are on leave, awaiting the official decision about the future of the X-Files. However, they are not enjoying their leave of absence terribly much.

On the plus side, Dana has discovered she is pregnant; on the negative side, this is happening while she is in her fifties and the last pregnancy she carried to term was actually the end result of a wicked man’s unwanted experimentation with alien DNA, using her womb as a Petrie dish. As well, her charitable work families of children born with debilitating diseases and genetic anomalies has resulted in a far too many cases of loss for her to process. However, the friendship she’s developed with fellow researcher Dr. Karen Jones may reveal some crucial information about Dana’s pregnancy that not even she has entertained …

Meanwhile, Fox has been trying to become a podcast celebrity, bringing the vast amount of cryptid and alien information to the masses. It’s a self-defeating process, however, because the audience is eager for cool ideas instead of rigorously explored truths. So, he’s getting burned out appearing with quacks and kooks. However, someone he meets at his latest (and possibly last) public podcast recording may have an angle on truths not even he’s aware of …

As the forces align to reinstate official explorations into the X-files and bringing back the two leading investigators of those cases, other forces are aligning in order to fill a vacuum left by the infamous Syndicate, a far reaching conspiracy that disseminated alien DNA into the human genome across the world before Mulder and Scully put a stop to them. When they were deposed, a lot of dangerous toys and plans were left lying around, so it seems only natural that another power hungry group would be interested in acquiring these thing. But do these Inheritors have something to do with either a maniac targeting pregnant women in the DC area (who might have the spooky power to cause strange electrical overloads) or an assassin who kills and then disappears (sometimes taking his targets with him) as a shadow or smoke?

In fact, these are the first two cases Mulder and Scully will be handling, hand picked by new administrator, acting Assistant Director Ruth Morrison. The reasoning behind these cases in particular is not necessarily obvious, but Mulder and Scully are both eager investigators, alternately applying clever data analysis and shrewd rational tactics in their search for the truth.

But will the truths they uncover destroy all they’ve worked for? Or will they set the investigators somehow free? Claudia Gray weaves character studies, plenty of TV show lore, and some wonderful new paranoid conspiracies in her media tie in novel, The X-files: Perihelion.

While the series slogan most often found on posters and peripherals is “The Truth is out there,” the real meat and potatoes philosophy of The X-files revolves around truth and consequences. The real statement of purpose isn’t a statement at all, but a question: When searching out the truth, who can you trust? Often, the answer to that question was no one but your partner, but Mulder and Scully made quite the team as both the intuitive believer and the rationalist scientist. They sometimes butted heads, but they always had each other’s back. Everyone else was suspect.

This is still the case in Claudia Gray’s novel.

One of the key qualities that is most exciting about the book is the author’s ability to stoke paranoia from mundane details. The conspiracies at play in the book (both what the reader sees functioning as well as those we can imagine by connecting some dots) are all orchestrated, assembled through data, cryptic conversations, some accessible to Mulder and/or Scully and some only accessible to us. There is a level of mystery, which Gray keeps up in order to properly obfuscate what’s happening. We get details but not enough, and long before the halfway point, we start to see connections where some or even none may exist. It’s not an easy path to follow for a writer, creating and maintaining such an atmosphere without lapsing into parody or much of a muchness. Best of all, Gray sticks the landing she sets up with a reveal that gives us a little of what we expect, a little of what we don’t expect, and a lot of what we want from an X-files story.

As well, her sense for how the characters talk, the use of jargon as well as wit (dry but biting for Mulder, logical for Scully) is on point. We can imagine the actors delivering these lines, which as I’ve mentioned in previous reviews of media tie-in fiction can be difficult but is nevertheless crucial for maintaining the attention of a target audience for a well-known and, dare we say, beloved franchise. We know how these people talk, and we want to see words that won’t seem alien (ahem) coming from their mouths. As well, the new characters need to talk like other characters in the show. They need to sound like they are components in the world.

Where the book might throw a few people is in the way it sets up the reader.

As the book gets underway, we get several very different approaches to the storytelling. On the one hand, we have a pair of character studies about a pair of lovers who also happen to be troubled by some extreme weirdness. Both Mulder and Scully are grappling with traumas, particularly the loss of a child that was not actually theirs. They don’t talk, tend to harbor a lot of bad feelings and do their best to keep these buried. However, because we have full access to the inner monologues, the burial is not complete. As well, Scully’s concerns about her geriatric pregnancy are intricately tied to these traumas, making the new baby less of a happy occasion and more of an opportunity to reopen old, poorly healed wounds.

Tied to this is a much more plot-centric storyline about a couple of people trying to figure out if they really want to get back in bed with an administration that used, abused, and violated their trust before. In fact, the numbers of possible X-files have gone through the roof while the intrepid pair have been away, and although they cannot identify why, there does seem to be an overarching rationale for this … So, if Mulder and Scully don’t get back in the game, will the caseloads continue to multiply, unwatched and uninvestigated until reaching some kind of critical mass?

And tied to this begrudging return to work is a pair of cases that do not seem to be at all related except that they wound up in folders assigned to the unexplained phenomena side of the FBI, slapped with X-files logos and forgotten.

There is so much going on, that readers may begin to wonder if Claudia Gray is up to the task to rein in, bringing the novel to some kind of satisfying conclusion in the limited page count we have. In fact, when I got to the midpoint of the thing, I wondered if this was going to be the first in a trilogy. There are certainly enough balls in the air at that point to supply all the necessary components for such a lengthy project. It’s an overstuffed book, but the author does manage the seemingly impossible task of resolving many of the bigger pieces she raises, some threads in more climactic ways than others. Several of the smaller items are left dangling, of course, inviting future works in the franchise (including additional entries from this author).

If the book is not a perfect reading experience into this franchise, it is only because of repetition. Some of the author’s pet concepts find their way into the narrative and internal monologue a little too often for my preference. Reading the thing felt at times like retreading the same ground. Scully hits on William/Jackson Van De Kamp subject pretty regularly, using much the same language each time and she often dwells on her geriatric pregnancy in the same way. I’m sure Mulder has similar hobby horses, but they stand out particularly well with Scully (likely for the very personal reason that, while my wife and I had what doctors called a geriatric pregnancy, it was the doctors who obsessed about the concept, not us; so, my own experience in the area made this part a tad more noticeable). Some readers will mark this repetition as a bit of authorial laziness. I tend to believe it’s an attempt to humanize the characters—although Mulder and Scully have a pedigree in being solid case closers for the X-files, they are still human beings doing a job, and people will bring their personal baggage to work with them. Only after they can deal with the personal stuff can a worker get anything done.

The X-files: Perihelion is a book that benefits best from at least some understanding of the franchise many, many, many plots. It’s not really the best way to jump into the series cold, as the narrative overflows with explicit nods to the show’s characters, plots, season finales, and adversaries as it is. It’s possible to dive into the deep end, but readers completely unfamiliar with the intricacies of the various seasons may feel like they are drinking from a firehose. Gray is an obvious fan of this stuff, quite versed in the nitty gritty details. However, her talent as a writer is to synthesize some of this material and make it approachable. I was sometimes lost on the established worldbuilding details that showrunner Chris Carter and his cadre of writers and directors made for the show, but I always came back around for the major plot points.
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A special thank you to Hyperion Avenue Books and NetGalley for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Claudia Gray's The X-Files: Perihelion is the authors salute to a series that lasted for 9 seasons (from September 1993 to May 2002, as well as two movies). The series introduced the world to FBI special agents Dana Scully (played by Gillian Anderson) and Fox Mulder (played by David Duchovny). Mulder was a lover of conspiracy theories and the supernatural and had photographic memory, while Scully was a doctor and a skeptic, and together they investigated seemingly inexplicable events.

Mulder and Scully are still reeling from the death of their son William, but cautiously joyous about Scully’s unexpected pregnancy. Determined to raise this child together, Mulder and Scully struggle to find meaning away from the X-Files as they navigate the uncertain waters of their relationship. Scully is working in a genetic research hospital, while Mulder, after 30 years of paranormal research, and dealing with Cigarette Smoking Man and the Syndicate, is no longer at the FBI and one could say adrift at sea.

Then the FBI (Acting Director Ruth Morrison) asks for their help tracking down two mysterious serial killers: one who seems to be able to control electricity, and another who disappears from the scene of the crime in what witnesses describe as a puff of smoke. It’s enough for the Bureau to re-open the X-Files—if Mulder and Scully are willing. They reluctantly agree, cautious about what it might mean for them and their unborn child but determined to find justice for the killers’ victims.

But their return to the X-Files sparks the interest of a shadowy cabal, the heirs to the now-dead Syndicate called the Inheritors, and Mulder and Scully soon discover that their investigation is connected to a worldwide threat on an unprecedented scale one with their own future at its heart. 30 years ago, Scully and Mulder tried to save the world from an alien virus being released onto the world. They failed, and now the world is experiencing a full blown chaos with people waking up with new abilities, including Scully.

Meanwhile, Robin Vane is taking out former Syndicate members, leaving behind corpses dead by a single knife or gunshot wound, and witnesses seeing nothing but a bit of smoke behind. His partner, Charish Craddock, has the ability to raise the dead, and eventually brings Scully to Arizona where they hope she will join them. Mulder is given a new mysterious informant in Avatar, a spunky woman with her finger firmly on the pulse of pulp culture and who may be as obsessed with geekdom as Mulder is with little green men. One of Scully and Mulder's last allies, William Skinner has been in a coma for awhile now, and therefore is not fully present in the story.

Apparently, this story takes place right after Season 11, and while this may be considered to be season 12 of the series, I am left wondering why the author failed to wrap up certain plotlines that drove the story? Thus my rating. Will the author return with another installment? As someone who watched all 9 seasons, yes even the disappointed ones (Season 7), I would like the rumor to be true that there is a possibility of Scully and Mulder reuniting and an yet to be named reboot in the near future. We shall see.

I have to admit (I think I'm in the minority here and I'd never want to belittle the efforts of a fellow X-Phile), I struggled to get on board with the approach of this book and the believability of the plot. Do I care, though? No. I was happy to get someone's take on how to resolve the end of season 11 (or whatever it was)...this book does its best to undo some of the ridiculousness of it all. The X-Files is a sci-fi show, yes, but it always starts with something based in reality and I just wasn't buying this weird crime that drove the whole plot. It read like something written specifically to call attention to an issue (no spoilers, but presented in the final moments of the final episode) so it could do some damage control. The driving force of the antagonist, their motives and the subplots happening in and around everyone was just too much at once.

This author seems to know a good amount of X Files history, but I was kind of surprised to find out this is a fan who's seen every episode. I definitely didn’t have a bad enough of a time to stop reading it - I think it’s my personal devotion to Mulder and Scully - but I didn't feel like the author fully had a grasp on how to write these characters at this stage of their lives. I'm not sure anyone does, not even Chris Carter. Something about everything in this book just feels only skin deep.

There are so many plot lines going on as well - and none of it is fleshed out enough to make me feel anything about them other than kind of bored and annoyed that the story deviates from Mulder and Scully...and a plot is almost all that separates a novel from fanfiction, so this reads a bit like fanfiction trying to elevate itself to a novel...and it gets there, it's just a little flat.

Meanwhile…it’s nice to have Mulder and Scully around and to somehow try to roll back a bit of the nonsense the last season wrought upon the canon of such a beloved show. I almost don’t care that they only seem partially in their own characters because they’ve been gone, but they do feel familiar. The diary entries Scully makes read VERY much like the old ones from Memento Mori, though Mulder’s field reports are slightly less familiar. Mulder seems a bit immature in his opinions and Scully is a bit too quick with her denials of his theories…like a formula that’s been out the door since seasons 7-8ish.

Again, it was great to have Mulder and Scully back, I just wish they’d felt more like *them*. That said, if more are released, I’m sure I’ll wind up reading them, just as I did this one.

* Thank you to NetGalley and Claudia Gray Press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion. Thank you, NetGalley and publishers.

Perihelion was a delight. I’ve been a longtime fan of the X-Files and my favorites were always the conspiracy episodes. Watching Mulder and Scully return to the X-Files in our modern day was tons of fun and I hope there will be more to come.

I love scully and mulder! This brings me back to my childhood and being obsessed with this show and stories. This story is terrific and it was great to be back with them. Makes me want to go back and reread others and binge the show all over again. If you are a fan grab this one and be prepared to fall down a rabbit hole of nostalgia.

I enjoyed reading this book it was nostalgic for me. I was a fan of the show and and the movies. I would put it on the TV just for background noise. Reading this story made me feel like I was just watching another episode of the X-files. The relationship between Mulder and Scully was great it showed the good and the bad side and how they worked through thing as partners in life and their job. This book really makes me want to re-watch the series.

As a fan of the original X-Files show, I was curious to read this title, and I was not disappointed. Mulder and Scully are back and the doubting and sarcastic underdog duo are looking for the truth that is out there in a world where sensational clickbait is the norm and if you claim to have encountered Sasquatch, you probably have a podcast about it. There are people with strange powers. There is an all-powerful agency. Scully has her doubt and Mulder has his sarcasm. And I love the journaling, which adds great depth to the characters and their thoughts.


The only challenge I have with this story, and it is not the fault of the writer at all, is all the soap-oper-y elements of William and other ways the writers of the show really messed with these two. Gray includes this past because it's cannon, but seems a bit ridiculous in the first place. Again, not the fault of the person telling this story.

In short, this book is so good, you can almost hear the theme music as you are turning the page.