NOTE: I DID NOT READ THE WHOLE BOOK. 
 I picked up this book specifically because of the short story Buying Trouble by Karen Chance. 
 AT THIS POINT, I HAVE ONLY READ THAT SHORT STORY FROM THE BOOK so the three star is solely for that story alone. At some point I will pick this book up and read all the other shorts in it but I am marathoning the Cassie Palmer/Dorina Basarab series right now and wanted to stay focused on that world setting. 
 Now, Buying Trouble was obviously short but really pleasant. Not amazing. But definitely not terrible. 
 Buying Trouble was better than the Kit Marlowe short stories (The Gauntlet and The Queen's Witch) but not as good as the short/"deleted scene", Shitty Beer. But that might because of my bias due to Pritkin. 
 Anyway. 
 Buying Trouble is the short story taking place before Midnight's Daughter, making it Dorina Basarab #.5 I believe. 
 It follows Claire, a magical null and showcaser of magical artifacts for some shady sellers, when two of her least favorite types of people come into her workplace and stirring up trouble. 
 Type one: Fae. From her experience, Fae are not good news. 
 Type two: Family. Claire is not on good terms with her family. Which is saying it lightly, because her family wants to sell her either as a slave to the previously mentioned Fae, or to mages for her life force to be drained and soul and power to be transfered into a null bomb. 
 When one of the seemingly fake artifacts for sale at this auction is activated due to extreme circumstance, Claire finds herself lost and in another world, one that she had always hoped to avoid completely. 
 I don't want to go into much more detail as the short it only a couple chapters and I don't want to ruin the action packed race for her life. 
 If you want to know more about the series because it is amazing, go to Karen Chance's author website and look at the time line for the many books and shorts in the series.