Final Fantasy XIII: Episode Zero: Promise

this is a book for fans of the game. There is absolutely 0 reason for anyone else to pick it up. Its not well written –it's not well translated (I'm thankful that the fans have taken it upon themselves to translate it but it is what it is. ) but I strongly suspect it wasn't very well written either. So you know, from a non-ff13 fans perspective this is 0 out of 5 no literary or other merit and definitely not the right place to get started.

But if you already played and loved the game, and the characters. Well it's more of the same...sort of. There are some fun interactions, some “oh so that's what happened” moments, a bit of background info and simply more content. But what I said before still applies – it's just not well written. But does it need to be well written – is it not enough to listen to lightning criticize peoples fashion for a whole chapter? Maybe. I don't know. I wish there was more of lightning actually, whether shes criticizing people or not. This girl continues to elude the spotlight despite being the poster girl.

Basically, this isn't essential info but if you love the game you'll find it at least moderately interesting.