Review for Cast in Moonlight 
 Kaylin Neya is a young girl of 13 who was living in the slum in the fantasy world of Elantra. To survive, she had had to obey to the crime lord of those slums, but his last order was snding her to kill the lord of the Hawks, the police force of the city. Not surprisingly, she is unable to do so and is captured. Resigned to her death, she is somehow surprised and suspicious when the lord of the Hawk fails to have her executed and propose to her to join the ranks of the Hawks. Having nothing to lose, she accepted and try to fit in while wondering what his motives are. However, the mutilated bodies of young children keep being discovered and Kaylin who has always had a weakness for those younger than herself bullied her way into the investigation. 
 This novella is a prequel to the Chronicles of Elantra series and could be a good entry into the series. In it, we finally see how Kaylin manages to integrate the Hawks and how everyone first reacted to her apparition. We also get a full story with an interesting investigation in the same spirit as what we have in the rest of the series. 
 I was particularly interested with Teela and Tain who act as lofty and arrogant as usual but who are also practical and thus adopt Kaylin pretty quickly thanks to her gifts which render her useful to the investigation. We also learn more of Red, the legist, and Sanabilis makes a cameo appearance (he was not recognize by Kaylin but I am surprised that he has never mentioned this when they meet again during Cast in Shadow or later). 
 There are two new characters here and I would love to meet again both of them in the series: a captain of the wolves and the Barrani Arcanist Lord whose name is not mentioned but who has a mysterious past with Teela and who manages to annoy the hell out of her! I definitely want to see him in the West Marches! 
 (view spoiler)[ We also meet another Barrani Lord who is partly responsible for the children's death and who Kaylin manage to defeat. If I understood correctly, she destroyed one of his eyes in the process; that should makes him easily recognizable for her and should also make him held a grudge against her. Again, I hope to meet him in the West Marches (that's if Teela didn't kill him years ago of course!). (hide spoiler)] 
 I was a bit surprised with the way Kaylin acts in this novella, as she seems a bit more mature than when she is older. It must be because she as been pampered by all the Hawks for years but I think I prefer her like this. 
 I recommend this novella to fans of the series and to people who are interested in discovery Michelle Sagara's writing.