Why Warrior Cats Novellas FAILED 

Daisy is secretly keeping this whole series afloat the same way she's keeping ThunderClan afloat.

I miss the novellas, they were fun when we had them, they were quick reads and interesting, I hope they have a comeback one day, it’s also good to have more warriors content, I also like more minor characters getting a chance to shine

The novellas were so much fun and I think they do have potential still. The fans would eat up a novella if it were to dive into the forgotten stories of background Dark Forest cats since they're interesting cats and we all still have the mystery of why Snowtuft was there. Why not go into detail about Silverhawk attempting to make his kit leader? Give Maggottail or Sparrowfeather a backstory as well.

I was so disappointed when they stopped making novellas. I loved reading them as the short stories were so fun to read and answered questions/ told us what happened that wasn’t explained in the series. 😭

I didn’t know they stopped making them! I wish they made some more. There are characters who really deserve them in my opinion!

The problem now is that Erins have stories that could be novellas (at best!) streatched thin to become supereditions. Onewhisker? Leopardstar? It's all sooooo pointless but could be fun as a novela. And the storytelling is suffering for that. The only situation where the roles were reversed was Goosefeather I think. His story deserved a Superedition, but oh well... . Also I hate hardcovers, I can't read them it's super uncomfortable.

We had these short novellas printed in Germany. Like, we had those 100 pages booklets in print, and hadn't had to wait for the whole "3 combined things"

We also had a huge break with the mangas/graphic novels. They stopped making them in 2012 and start again in 2020. Maybe we'll see novellas again in a couple more years?

Ravenpaws farewell, and dovewings silence were epic, so was redtails debt

Awww, it makes me upset hearing about the downfall of Novella's. Those were some of my favourite books, I own most of them and read them often

havent finished this vid, but i have to say i love novellas. they r short stories based on one character, so if theres a character that u like, but isnt in the main books, they might have a novella. i loved the warriors spirit bunch.

I would love to see them make a whole novella collection based off of Warrior Cats villains and call it something like Blood Of The Clans or Scourge Of The Clans. I want to see novellas like: Darktail's Reign BrokenStar's Path SleekWhisker's Pact.

I loved them, I liked knowing the stories of cats who would never be focused on in the main series

I never get tired of this lovely intro animation ^w^

Personally I loved the novellas because it's just cute little mini stories that help with answering small but real questions more serious fans have.

This video really surprised me, I didn’t know they once were e-book exclusive. I also didn’t know that the novellas are only in collections in English. In my language, while there are collections, there are many novellas sold as single books.

I think another big problem with the novellas is they lack research/consistency and thus feel lower quality. Think about Redtail's debt and how badly is clashes with Canon for example.

they also fumbled the bag HARD with Redtail's Debt (completely forgetting a huge component of the mystery of the first arc + ravenpaw's characterization) and Spottedleaf's Heart (i don't need to say anything about that) which probably put fans off from reading others, I'd bet.

When I was looking at the warriors book schedule in 2022 I was confused to see no novellas on the list but I didn’t think too much of it and I expected to see 2 novellas the next year, But nope!

I actually agree with you on a lot of these! Also I've been watching you for so many years and the way you've progressed makes me so happy :) you always make me smile so ty x

The complete garbage piles that were Spottedleaf’s heart and Redtaild debt probably didn’t help…

The novellas were fun and interesting in my opinion. I mean, they were short reads and could be finished in a boring car trip. Plus they showed stories that weren’t explained in the main series. So in my opinion, the novellas were pretty good.

They should continue the novellas! It is very interesting

This is the earliest I’ve been for an Akira video :D

I liked Hollyleafs, Cloudstars, Ravenpaws and also Dovewings novellas though i am very bias towards the cloudstar one as i was still new to the fandom when i read it i just finished Darkest Hour and for some reason Cloudstars Journey was bundled into my e-book copy of the darkest hour and the timing couldnt be better cause i saw Firestars Journey in the bookstore the next day and was like: hu i wonder when that plays, looked it up and saw oh it plays between books 6 and 7 maybe i should read it! So imagine my absolute hype when i first read Cloudstars journey and i was like: hu 5th clan and than going immediatly into Firestars journey. I know the books with Skyclan seam to be generally disliked but for me they are peak warriors i dont care what people say.

Akira, I mostly agree with everything you say. But children not wanting read on their phons? Wattpad exist and it is very popular amongst the WaCa target audience

I think they should start SOMEHOW releasing fan made novellas, but obviously needing to go through approval first. it would be cool and it would be a nice way to connect with the fandom and with their own unique characters. just an idea though😅😅

How on earth did the Novellas fail?! There's a bunch of really good ones!!

I don’t think it was “kids don’t read on their phones” that did in the ebook exclusivity because that just isn’t true, kids read a lot on their phones. Also kindles and e-readers in general aren’t dead, they’re still around and kindle especially is still doing really well. I think it much more was the lack of advertising that they even existed. I cannot tell you the amount of people from all ages that didn’t know Warriors had started making novellas when they were first coming out. Similar to how so many people who thought the series ended with The Last Hope, so many people didn’t know novellas were a thing even if they knew the series continued. It definitely seems like there was an issue with the marketing team in charge of Warriors, could be they incorrectly thought a big well known series doesn’t need to be advertised as much anymore or perhaps something was going on internally. Whatever the reason was it’s no longer the case as they’re doing well with marketing these days.

Goosefeather's Curse was some of the darkest warriors content I've ever read

You are totally right on the whole not being able to tell them apart thing. As a kid I lost interest in buying the physical copies because I couldn't tell if I already had it or not.

Not strictly related, but has anyone discussed the artwork change in the graphic novels? The old art was soft and cute but it feels like they tried to do a more superhero style in the past few installments (if that makes sense) and I miss the old style. 🥺🥺🥺

I feel like some of the other novellas should be talked about i liked trees personally

I actually think a few novellas are good, Mapleshade of course, Ravenpaws Farewell, Spottedleafs heart, and a couple more are very interestesting, Ravenpaw made me cry so much

I gotta watch this! One of the first few people to watch this, keep up the good work Akira!

The only real memorable novella was mapleshade's vengeance

I was so excited for this video when I saw that poll last week.

We need a novella for each unknown Character in the dark forest Snowtuft's spite Houndleap's plan Shredtail's treachory Sparrowfeather's jealously Rushtooth's envy Fenneldust's bloodthirst Maggottail's rage

I haven't read the Novells's since Shadowstar's Life, so I don't know if they improved. I am of the opinion though that the Novella's were always very hit or miss. A lot of the worst books in all of Warriors are novellas. A few are the best books. But overall, not worth the time. I'm sure that over time they have developed an awful reputation. The only group with a worse reputation would be the Super Editions that went from being decent books to being terrible wastes of time.

It makes me sad, I thought there was going to be a Snowtuft novella.

If they ever somehow come back, I would love a silverhawk story. He's mentioned a few times but is never given any context onto who he really is. All we know is that he's strong and has been in the dark forest since before Mapleshade, so it's been a pretty long time since he was alive.

fun fact: no ones finished this video yet

I know this may not fix the problem, but they could combine all of the novellas into a box set or one book.

Hey Akira, I was the 137th person to watch this when it was released 4 minutes ago.

4:14 This is actually a problem i delt with recently. Accidentally bought two "Tales from the Clans" instead of one, alongside "Shadows of the Clans" Their covers are so similar! it was insane opening the package only to realize my mistake and staring staring at Tigerstars face for 5 minutes😤

Honestly, I use a Kindle to read all of the Warrior Cats books, but I've only read 1 novella (the one with 3 books in them) :/

No more novellas?! I loved them and have like 3 copies of each of them 😢

I have a bunch of novella ideas. Warriors Cats hire me!

spottedleaf's heart *retches*

I like the idea of novellas. It's just too bad some of them absolutely suck. Looking at you, Spottedleaf.

Novella Ideas 1: Squirrelstar Honestly, I think a novella that would sell well would be one of Squirrelstar’s leader ceremony since we never saw it in the books. You could call it something like *Squirrelstar’s Rise* or something 2: Birchfall, Applefur, Antpelt, or Beetlewhisker It was never really explained why any of them were persuaded to train in the Dark Forest and it could be a story surrounding that. I think Beetlewhisker would be the most interesting of those

These books are the way I got myself to read I love these books❤

Cats I want novellas about: Jayfeather - expand on the bonus scene in Lost Stars Breezepelt - Dive deeper into his (formerly) dysfunctional family and his relationship with Brokenstar Windstar - We got one on Thunderstar and Shadowstar, we’re getting a Riverstar super edition, and Skystar was a main PoV in DotC I also want to expand Mapleshade’s Vengeance into a super edition so we can get a slow buildup and a look into her and Appledusk’s toxic relationship

Tbh in the past I have definitely been on board with novellas. But it does make sense why they wouldn’t sell as much. Selling these books is definitely a monopoly and reasons why they did them the way that they were used the way that they were. Honestly, I feel like the idea of novellas was a good idea in the past but it feels like ever since Vicky left the team it makes sense why they declined in quality. And in all honesty I wouldn’t be surprised if they stop making novellas as a whole.

I understand your point, but how well would they sell if they took all the advice out of this? Any ideas? And as always, keep entertaining us with this OUTSTANDING and AMAZING content! Bye.

Even as an adult I still don’t like reading e-books I prefer having a physical copy

Awh, I loved the novellas.

Great video as always queen.

Nice Video! I Honestly Forgot The Novellas Existed

Pinestar’s Choice is underrated. Pinestar x Shanty for life. 💙

I miss the novellas so much 😭😭😭

YES AKIRA POSTED 😍

Them canceling novellas was dumb it gave characters chances to shine without making a whole se about said cat like with hollyleaf they did her novella right a se pf hollyleaf would have been fillar of what we already seen

I don't know what people think of the novelas... Personally I really LOVE them ❤ idk their short and pretty good for me ❤ I hope there will be more

I liked Blackstar before the novella but when the novella came out he became one of my favourite characters

Damn, only 8 days ago? Wow Akira is fast at making videos.

I have always loved books (Warriors and Wings of fire mainly) and I was always confused that everyone hated them. That’s probably why I have a bigger vocabulary and better reading fluency than everyone else. I’m just built different.

They were my favorites 😭

Yay!!! I have a goal to read all Warriors books, and the novellas were boring, so I didn't feel like reading them. Because of this, I worried I'd never be able to read them all, between me reading them infrequently and them continuing to come out. Now I might actually read them all!

when we did get these books, I struggled to find out what new novellas existed. I always had to read the three titles to see what stories were in there. They should've given them a different title sceme.

Wait up? I have the Legends of the Clans as a library book in HARDCOVER. I’m just so confused right about now

I honestly wish that Goosefeather got his own book, he had so much potential and he was so tormented! I love him, and i feel like he was done wrong by almost EVERYONE.

I think Holyleaf story was great but Thunderstar’s echo I hated it boring to death

The last novella set kinda killed my interest in them, I liked Daisy’s story but they did Spotfur and Blackstar (Two of my favourite cats) dirty

I’m a bit bummed there may not be novellas in the future. I have many in hard cover and enjoyed them a lot

Love your videos!

And then there is me, who wants to have all novellas and super editions, but not the original series, because there are too many and I don't have a long attention span for reading books.

Hey, what is the background music that you use? I’ve also heard it in a podcast I listen to.

I hope the novellas come back one day, the novellas where a great way to bring attention to smaller characters like Pebbleshine and Redtail.

I genuinely enjoy novellas so I’m sad to hear this :(

I want to believe that when they see that people want novelas back they will bring more! ❤

Listening to this while doing my physics homework

YAY

I did accidentally buy a double of Legends of the clans few years back so this is so real

I laughed when ekria mentioned a kindle since I was born after warriors and I have a kindle

I'm honestly really sad that they may not bring back novallas, I like them a lot personally, but i understand how they just arent selling enough

Wait they stopped making them?😅

yay!! new video

They should continue making novellas but keep them as digital only.

I personally like the novellas

Lmao, I clicked on this video misreading the upload date as 11 month ago and got very confused

Fun fact: I’m watching one of his videos 12 mins after it came out for the first time

I always thought mapleshade and goosefeather S books were rlly good, but the others make sense

They peaked with maple shades vengeance

Awwwwww I love novellas,they get the point across without like 700 pages and when your done with one,no problem just turn a page!boom,second novellas!

grieving over no snowtuft novella

I like the novellas, but every scene feels way to rushed.

Novellas are the book park of this series that i have the least of

NOOOOOOOOO........ anyways Mapleshade's vengence has to be my all time favorite novella

Wowoooo new upload