Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas (The Secrets of the Immortal…

I really enjoyed this story. Billy the Kid and Scathach are two of my favourite characters from the Nicholas Flamel series. I love how these short stories give us a little background on the characters in the books. Can't wait to read more. ( )

Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas is a novella that fits in with the Secrets of the Immortal Nicolas Flamel series, but it’s separate from the main plot, so you don’t need to read it to understand the series. It follows Scathach and Billy the Kid on a short adventure that takes them to Vegas where they battle with Vampyres.

It’s a short read and fun, overall. I liked seeing more of these characters, and it helps create more of a context for a separate character who’s mentioned in passing in the main series. I was surprised by how much extra information Scott was able to pack in these few pages, while also creating appropriate tension and conflict. It’s much better than the Joan of Arc novella, in my opinion.

It was nice to get a bit of a break from the main plot, and I loved being able to learn more about Billy the Kid. He’s becoming one of my favorite immortals so far. Like the series, I am continuously impressed by how well mythology and fantasy is blended into the real-world and just love spending time in Scott’s stories. I definitely recommend this for fans of the series!

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This was substantially more about Scathach than it was about Billy, which made it significantly better. It covers a little bit of the falling out between Scathach and her sister that's mentioned in the main series, but it doesn't really offer many more details than what we got in the story-proper. Also, there were almost no vampyres in this. Little was about Billy, almost no vampyres, and the Scathach story that we *do* get adds nothing to her personality or background. It's kinda like bait and switch. ( )

A short story to go along with The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. Vampyres are in control of Las Vegas, and Billy the Kid and Scathach the Shadow join forces to fight them off. I haven't picked up any of the other books yet as i wanted to get the "prequel" books read first. Makes me curious about the rest of the series. I'll be picking those up shortly!!! ( )

This side-story to the main series bears Billy's name, but Scatty's as much the main character as Billy. It really is just a side-story, in no way filling in on any details of the series, but I've given it **** for the sake of Scatty, my fave character of the series. ( )