At the start of the year I replayed Final Fantsy VII Remake to prepare for Rebirth and decided to read the Final Fantsy VII books that I hadn’t yet. These where The Kids Are Alright and Traces of Two Pasts.

Final Fantasy VII The Kids Are Alright A Turks Side Story is set two years after the original Final Fantasy VII and is a prequle to Advent Children. This is mostly focused on new characters Evan and Kyire and them trying to find out what is going on in the world and with Geostigma. The other characters that appear are mainly the Turks who are very sarcastic and Elena is ready to throw down/kill anyone. I loved the connections with the cast of the game and finding out what the Turks were doing at the start of Advent Children. Some of the characters mention also appear in Remake. Though I feel like this is a book for fans that need to have interacted with everything.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Traces of Two Pasts focuses on the backstories of Tifa and Aerith with hints on what is coming in Rebirth. The first half of the book is Tifa’s story and the second half Aerith’s, and then there is a small section about a character that Aerith knows but we have never met that show how ruthless Shinra can be. With Tifa’s story I enjoyed seeing her past and how she met up with everyone but I would have liked to see more of the Nibelhime incident from her perspective. Aerith’s stor first focuses on her and her mother, Iflana’s escape from Shinra and then her relationship with Elmrya. The only thing that I’m supprized with Aerith’s story is there is nothing about Zack in it. As I’ve been playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth its cool seeing the easter eggs that mention the events of this book.