The Latch Key

I enjoyed this, and I think it's best read as a preamble to Longshadow rather than a sequel to Half a Soul. It's nice to see how the style handles an actual fairytale with Elias's past (quite well, as it happens), and the present story does a nice job of setting up Abigail and gives us Elias figuring out how to approach parenthood in light of his past. If anything, I think it's a little too subtle on breaking the cycle for its own good, but I found it a sweet little story.