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malus23's review
3.0
Like any other collection of short stories, especially by one author, best read in small doses interspersed with other reading.
My favorites: Lest We Be Forgotten (title story), Sweet As Honey, Unearthed.
Just below favorite: In the Eyes of the Emperess's Cat, Shadows in the Mirrors, Flotsam.
Also interesting: From the Spices of Sanandira, Parting the Clouds.
One of the many tricky things about short stories always seems to be getting the balance right between limiting your scope to what can be covered in a short time versus having enough else happening that the story isn't so focused as to feel like a one note song. There are a few places where the balance wobbles a bit in this collection, but on the other hand it doesn't have anything I strongly disliked.
Least favorites were probably Cirque De Lumiere, Prey to the Gods, and How Peacefully the Desert Sleeps, but even those were more disinterest than anything.
Overall, definitely worth the read.
My favorites: Lest We Be Forgotten (title story), Sweet As Honey, Unearthed.
Just below favorite: In the Eyes of the Emperess's Cat, Shadows in the Mirrors, Flotsam.
Also interesting: From the Spices of Sanandira, Parting the Clouds.
One of the many tricky things about short stories always seems to be getting the balance right between limiting your scope to what can be covered in a short time versus having enough else happening that the story isn't so focused as to feel like a one note song. There are a few places where the balance wobbles a bit in this collection, but on the other hand it doesn't have anything I strongly disliked.
Least favorites were probably Cirque De Lumiere, Prey to the Gods, and How Peacefully the Desert Sleeps, but even those were more disinterest than anything.
Overall, definitely worth the read.
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