Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentimento | 2013 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 2 | The Last Girl | 2018 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 3 | RATTATTATA: The Worst Book of the Year! | 2020 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
Cameron Jace’s standalone novels sit outside his major series but show different facets of his writing. Pentimento appeared in 2013 during his most prolific Grimm Diaries period. The Last Girl came in 2018. RATTATTATA: The Worst Book of the Year! is the outlier, a self-deprecating title that suggests Jace has a sense of humor about his own catalog. Together, the three books offer a sampling of his work beyond the fairy tale universes.
Pentimento deals with hidden layers and what lies beneath the surface, fitting the dark tone Jace is known for. The Last Girl is a thriller that moves away from the fairy tale retelling format entirely. RATTATTATA (2020) leans into comedy and self-awareness, standing apart from the rest of his body of work in both tone and intent.
Jace is best known for the Insanity series, the Grimm Diaries, and related Wonderland-inspired fiction. These standalones are not connected to those worlds, making them accessible to readers who have not followed his main series. The seven-year gap between Pentimento and RATTATTATA shows how scattered these projects were across his career.