Final Fantasy XIII – Episode Zero – Promise – is actually a good introduction to Final Fantasy XIII. Even if I regret that the story does actually only narrate the thirteen first days of the heroes of the game, I had a blast. This book helps us to see characters from another perspective. My favorite chapter was the one about Sazh and Dajh, but also the one about Fang and Vanille’s awakening inside the Pulse Vestige. I didn’t like Vanille in the game but she was very interesting in the book at least. The book doesn’t drag along unnecessary details, it only explains important stuff and what’s the most interesting – and intriguing – thing here is that when you read the book you realize that the characters’ fates were actually tied from the very beginning. The game itself was just a continuation.

Anyway, it’s a good book, though I was curious about how Snow and Serah met, and I also wanted to know more about Hope and his two childhood friends but oh well, I guess we can’t have it all, now can we?