Feeling reluctant to completely let go of Diana Gabaldon’s world, I decided to give her Lord John Grey stories a try. While not nearly as complex or intriguing as her Outlander novels, I found the change of pace and less high-stakes and high-stress storylines to be enjoyable. As this is a collection of three different short stories/novellas, once again I find it difficult to come up with a fair rating, however, since I greatly enjoyed 2 out of the 3 more than the first story (“Lord John and the Hellfire Club” was a bit too brief and complex for me to ever feel I got a true understanding of what was happening) I think my rating is an accurate representation of my unbalanced enjoyment. My only real complaint is the fact that while it is possible to read all three stories together in isolation from the rest of Gabaldon’s Lord John Grey stories, for someone who enjoys reading things in order, I found it frustrating that there are two full-length novels that take place in-between each of the stories. As I did not want to completely exhaust every story in the series in one marathon session, I was faced with the choice of going against my instincts and reading out of order. A minor complaint for what was an enjoyable collection and has left me excited to see more of Lord John Grey’s adventures.