An impossible journey. A spoiled rich kid. It’s a recipe for disaster.Hale Firena has everything–looks, money, power, more girls than he knows what to do with. But in one night everything changes, as a bloody coup turns Hale into a penniless refugee on the run for his life. Hale’s not cut out for real life–the thought of holding down a real job is almost more horrible than the pirates and … horrible than the pirates and bandits chasing him. Is Hale’s swagger enough to see him to safety, or has his luck truly run out?
Read the story of Hale Firena before he joined the Confectioner’s Guild in this Confectioner Chronicles prequel novella.
The Confectioner’s Exile is a young adult fantasy mystery perfect for fans of Maria Snyder, Erika Johansen, and Gail Carriger.
Read the Complete Confectioner Chronicles today!
The Confectioner’s Guild
The Confectioner’s Exile
The Confectioner’s Coup
The Confectioner’s Truthmore
Love love loved this! I was so bummed it wasn’t longer, though I knew it wasnt a full length novel. I love Hale to pieces. It was fun to have it from his POV. It’s especially funny being in his head. And I enjoyed getting to know about his past. If you like Hale you’ll love The Confectioners Exile. I read it after book 2, but I think it’d be best after book 1, which is what Luana intended. Could be read at any point and still enjoyed though.
As usual, Ms Navarro did a bang up job! She’s wonderful.
Couple Favorite Lines:
“Yeah, you eery old corpse”
“You dont look so good..”
“You don’t look like a trunk of coin yourself.”
I loved the Confectioner Chronicles series, and this prequel is no exception. I loved seeing Hale’s roots and “experiencing” his backstory , as sad as it was.
This book is a must read if you’ve read The Confectioner Chronicles. I usually and iffy about prequels because so many times they are just fluff, but his book gives so much insight into Hale. It changed so much of my opinions of him from the first book in the Chronicles.
This book serves as a great introduction to the series and the world it is set in if you haven’t already read any of it. But it also gives you more information about the history of one of the characters even if you have read the story.
The Confectioner’s Exile by Claire Luana
Four Stars
In this prequel we learn about Hale. We see how he grew up and what made him become such a loyal man. I really liked this story. The imagination put into it to make it come to life. To dream up a world that is of something so powerful and serial. The author gives us background for what we read in The Confectioners Guild. The adventures are well thought out and detailed. The author didn’t miss a beat while creating this story. I like to experience different emotions while reading a book. But I mostly want to feel excitement and sadness. I sat sadness because I usually don’t want the story to end.
The Confectioner’s Exile is a prequel novella in The Confectioner Chronicles, by Claire Luana. I have not read any of the other books in this series, but I have read other series by Luana. Once again, she did not disappoint. The story follows Hale, a spoiled rich boy, who has life handed to him and has never worked a day in his life. He spends his time gambling and chasing girls. That is until one night when he goes from the top of the chain, to the bottom. An instant fugitive on the run with his life on the line. The characters are wonderfully crafted, with backgrounds and relationships that are fun to read about. There are different emotions felt, creating a good balance. There are moments of carefree fun, but also some serious chapters, filled with regret, loss and motivation. I highly enjoyed it and can’t wait to see what she has in store for Hale and his future in the Confectioner’s Guild.
The Confectioner’s Exile by Claire Luana is a prequel novella to The Confectioner Chronicles. This is the backstory of Hale Firena and his life. He has always had everything he could possibly want but his life changes drastically. He must learn how to survive without relying on others. I really enjoyed this prequel and read it before I read book 1. The writing is great and the action was also good. After reading this novella I was even more excited to read the series. This is a YA series but teens and adults can enjoy this series.
The Confectioners Exile by Claire Luana is a prequel to the Confectioners Guild series, in general I’m not a big fan of prequels, but I was able to read this before I started the series. I really enjoyed the foundation laid for the main character. It was an easy read and the book flowed really well. This is the first book I have read by this author, but I really enjoyed the writing style, story line and characters. I will be reading book one in this series today also. I really enjoyed the writing and will continue to read books not only in this series but also anything else this author does! Great read and a solid 5 stars!!!
The Confectioner’s Exile (The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel) by Claire Luana
4 Stars
I’ve read the author’s Moonburner series which I really enjoyed. After reading this prequel, it looks like she has another winning series. I’m excited to read the rest. This story is about Hale Firena’s life before he joined the Confectioners Guild. He is a rich spoiled brat of a high ranking government official until there was a coup d’état. Now Hale, along with his mother and brother, are political refugees running for their lives. There are plenty of obstacles and challenges on their journey out of the country. Hale needs to learn that things will not be handed to him on a silver platter anymore and his ego gets taken down a few notches. Though he lives through some devastating experiences, luck is on his side.
To be honest, Hale annoyed me through the first half of the book. He was spoiled rotten and I didn’t like his attitude. Once he dropped his pretentions, I definitely warmed up to him. The good thing is that the action starts almost at the beginning and continues throughout the whole book. Towards the end, I was biting my nails with the excitement and danger. This was a fun adventurous read worthy to be a part of this series.
The Confectioner’s Exile: The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella (The Confectioner Chronicles 0.5) by Claire Luana is a quick and easy read. I found it hard in the beginning to get into the story, it was a bit slow but once it got going I found it is a complex tale and with the twists and turns and adventures I found myself more intrigued. This short story is about Hale and how one night changed his life forever. He was a little obnoxious at first but we watch him grow and come in to himself. This is one for YA’s.
The Confectioner’s Exile (The Confectioner Chronicles, #0) by Claire Luana was a fast pace, heart pounding read, that had me hooked from start to finish.
Not my first read by this author or in this series. This book takes place before The Confectioner Guild, but no worries there are no spoilers. It’s one of those books that you can read before the first or after, or somewhere inbetween.
Coming in at 151 pages, that book starts out innocent enough, but in a matter of pages you are tossed into a race agents time, a rescue mission and a good old punch to the heart, just to make it all the more nerve wracking. The only thing I would have to say, that I didn’t like, was that at times I felt like, the emotions weren’t there. There is flatness where there should have been raw bloody emotions, that rip out your heart strings. I know this was short, but I feel like more time should have been spent into developing those emotional scenes, to round out this otherwise excellent story.
As a whole I very much loved this addition to this unique series. Following Hale, his journey, and how he ended up at the guild, really puts him in a different light. I like meeting his brother, his mom, and just seeing what his life was like before. It explains a
lot to say the least.
With that said, I will leave you with my super high recommendation and my stamp of approval. This series is a must read, it’s putting a new spin on overused tropes and clichés. It’s a breath of fresh air, and I can’t wait to dive into the next instalment.
Happy Reading
-E.A. Walsh
I loved Hale Firena in The Confectioner’s Guild, the first book in Claire Luana’s The Confectioner Chronicles (which I separately reviewed). I probably would have read The Confectioner’s Exile: The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella first if I’d focused on the fact that it’s a prequel but I kinda like the way it worked out as it was a really good backstory for Hale’s days before he joined the Guild. As such it serves as yummy icing on an already delicious cake (c’mon, you gotta admit the analogy works!). This book is,quite frankly, delicious (sorry, I couldn’t resist) with a great plot that is, quite frankly, loads of fun. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises – the book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend.
The Confectioner’s Exile: The Confection Chronicles Prequel Novella
By Claire Luana
4 stars
Another great read from this author and a good introduction to this new series. I always really enjoy reading books by Ms Luana, I find myself easily immersed into her stories and they characters are always well thought out and developed. It is a short read however it was jam packed with a great storyline and some plot twists. I really liked the setting for this story too and thought that the author described it really well. I grew to like Hale over the story, after everything that happened he soon changed his attitude towards things and as the story went on my connection with him grew.
I am very much looking forward to reading the next book in the series!!
The Confectioner’s Exile: The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella
By Claire Luana
The Confectioner’s Exile is the prequel in the Confectioners Chronicles series by Claire Luana. This novella you find will be a nice quick read and you will find it gives the background of Hale and when he joined the guild. Yes, this novella is short, but you will still find twists and turns, love and some adventure. I did enjoy the novella and I am looking forward to reading more in the series.
The Confectioner’s Exile by Claire Luana
5 Stars!!!!!
I love it when I find a new series. This is the prequel to the series and it really put a lot of
things in perspective. I really enjoyed the author’s unique writing style. The story just jumps
off of the pages. I felt as though I was really going through the things that the characters were
going through.
This book really sets up the series. I really enjoyed Hale’s character. This book brings Hale’s life
before he joined the Confectioner’s guild. I really liked how the author brought his character to
life and showed how he matured over the course of the book. I really enjoy this author’s work and
will definitely be reading more from her and this series.
The Confectioner’s Exile by Claire Luana
Stars: 4
This is a prequel in the Confectioner Chronicles. This book tells the tale how Hale joined the Confectioner’s guild. This book has adventure, triumphants, despair, love, and a bit of cockiness and luck! It is short, but is excellent at telling how Hale’s story started without feeling rushed or stretch out too much. I haven’t read the other books in this series yet, but I can say that I really enjoyed this story. I can’t wait to see more of this series!
The Confectioner’s Exile: The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella
By Claire Luana
5 Stars
After reading the Confectioner’s Guild book 1 in this series it was completely awesome to go back and read Hale’s story. I don’t normally like doing this but it worked perfectly for me in this case. I was able to get a much better understanding of who Hale is and where he came from, and the lessons and the tragic losses he experienced along the way.
I really liked Hale in The Guild but spent a few too many pages completely angry at him, and although he was able to redeem himself in the end it did help having this part of his story and knowing I was right to like him so much!
I can not wait for the next in this series, there are stories brewing and I can not wait to dive back in and see what sort of adventures these characters have in store for them. I highly recommend this series and where you read this book whether before or after book one should not matter in my opinion but I’m glad I read it after I read the guild.
This author is completely amazing, I am always drawn in immediately where some books take me a few pages. I know I can always count on this author to give me something I would not normally read and make me fall in love.
Loved It!!!
5 star
The Confectioner’s Exile : The Confectioner Chronicles Prequel Novella by Claire Luana is a great read that I couldn’t put down. In this prequel we get to see why Hale is the way he is before entering The Confectioner Guild. One night was all it took to change his life and he is now on the run.He now has to learn to adapt to certain situations he’s in.There are a few twists and turns that had me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend this book.I cant wait to read more from this Author.
Yet another winner from Claire Luana. This delightful story was a quick page turner; I couldn’t put it down. I loved this prequel as an addition to the Confectioners series. Great characters, steady story development. Hands down a great book and one I will recommend to others.
The Confectioner’s Exile is a speedy read. It’s short and sweet and captures who Hale was before he met Wren and got swept up in a murder mystery. As fun as Hale is as a character, it’s hard to see him carrying his own novel. Much of his story is already told in The Confectioner’s Guild. It’s nice to meet his family and see the familial dynamics unfold in the story throughout the pages (honestly, his mother is pretty amazing) but there’s not much else to it.
Hale is a great character, of that there is no doubt, but the story is lacking something that the series lacks: a unique quality to it. This story is far too familiar, to see a rich spoiled kid ripped from everything he knows, seeking refuge in a foreign land. There’s a lot of adventure, but it’s all very rushed and condensed. It is a novella; it is supposed to be short, but, again, Hale isn’t a strong enough character to carry on his own story leaving the energy somewhere else. There are some great characters that pop up, particularly Griff whose personality will surely catch the reader off guard, and we can only hope to see more of Griff, but other characters are short lived.
The story would have done better if it were just a little longer and if Hale’s mother was shown off more. She’s a fantastic character who is there in the beginning and the end, but missing for much of the middle of the novel. To see their relationship grow would have helped the story flourish just a little more and create an extra level of depth considering what readers know happens to her in the Guild. But overall, the story is entertaining, but Hale, he’s just Hale, his life verges a little on cliché, but he’s still fun to read, that is for sure.