Elemental Assassin reading order …
So I’ve gotten a couple of questions about the reading order for my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series.
Of course, I would suggest reading the books in order, starting with Spider’s Bite, the first book in the series. But, as you finish each book, I would check my Excerpts page and read the free short story (or stories) that go along with each book. For example, Spider’s Bargain goes along with Spider’s Bite, while Web of Death and Web of Deceit go along with Web of Lies. And so on and so forth.
You’re not necessarily missing anything if you don’t read the free short stories, but I thought those would be fun extras for readers.
I also have an e-novella — Thread of Death — and a couple of short stories that I’ve done for anthologies — Haints and Hobwebs and Parlor Tricks. So I’ve listed the reading order of those below with the books:
- Spider’s Bite — book #1
- Web of Lies — book #2
- Venom — book #3
- Tangled Threads — book #4
- Haints and Hobwebs story in The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance — takes place after the events of Tangled Threads
- Spider’s Revenge — book #5
- Thread of Death e-novella — takes place after the events of Spider’s Revenge
- By a Thread — book #6
- Widow’s Web — book #7
- Deadly Sting — book #8
- Parlor Tricks story in Carniepunk anthology — takes place after the events of Deadly Sting
- Heart of Venom — book #9
Does that make sense? Anyway, hope this answers some questions about the reading order of the series. Happy reading!
Is there book 15 in the series? If there is.. then when is it coming out..?
BITTER BITE — book #14 — will be out on Feb. 23.
Book #15 is tentatively set to be released on Aug. 30, but that is subject to change.
So I just finished Heart of Venom on my Kindle and the excerpt at the back says the next book is Bitter Bite…but on the website it says the prequel “The Spider” is next, followed by Poison Promise. Just wondering which was correct?
Cheers
Yep, THE SPIDER is book #10, followed by POISON PROMISE, BLACK WIDOW, SPIDER’S TRAP, and BITTER BITE. Sometimes, they put teasers for different books in the back, not necessarily the next book in the series.
You can always see the correct reading order here on my website: https://www.jenniferestep.com/series/elemental-assassin-series/
Hope that helps. Happy reading!