You know that feeling when you've finished a series and you want another book. You NEED another book. You must have more information about these people and you have to remind yourself that they don't really exist. It takes time, but you move on and come to terms with how things ended (or you've invented something to help you get through the ending so that you know in your heart where it led your characters in the end).
There you are, sitting at home, minding your own business and WHAM! You find out that the author has written another book. A prequel, or a series of novellas about some of the side characters. Or a whole other line of stories about a side character or characters that never even existed in the first series but are now connected.
Now you must decide if you allow yourself to trek down that slippery slope. Can you take your emotions that are wrapped around the original series and unwind them gently and allow new information into your understanding of that world? Do you really need to know about that minor character who you kind of like, but enjoy not knowing everything about them? Maybe.
I don't read most books that are added onto a series. I've learned that I'm usually disappointed. Not necessarily because they're bad, but because I've moved on. I've come to terms with the way the series ended and I don't feel the need to bring all that out again. I don't want it ruined.
How do you feel about stories published about the side characters or prequels? Do you clamber over other readers to get your hands on them, or do you keep a respectful distance?
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