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A review by misssusan
How We Began by Annabeth Albert, Vanessa North, Geonn Cannon, Amy Jo Cousins, Alexis Hall, Edie Danford, Delphine Dryden
3.0
okay i'm partway through this and enjoying the heck out of it but i figured i'd better start the review now while the individual stories are still fresh in my mind
trunorth by alexis hall: the one about a sad boybander who discovers the magic of love and cabaret. :D i dug it, alexis hall is very good at writing that kind of lowkey situational depression where everything is grey and you're not miserable really but not a whole lot feels like it matters. also i feel like 1d fans will be into this bc reasons
unexpected dragons by delphine dryden: the one about the career woes of teen dragon shifters. cute stuff but it's possible i'm scoring it extra points because i enjoy being able to say i am reading about an enormous fire breathing dragon stressing over whether he will be able to pursue his TRUE passion: accounting :D
A Song for Sweater-boy by Vanessa North: autistic high school dude with a love for knitting also maybe loves other stuff? like the rly attractive dude who sings in a band and has the locker next to him? THIS WAS SO CUTE. i like hid my face in my hands and called my friend halfway through because i couldn't cope, i'm PRETTY sure this is going to be my favourite read in this collection.
the taste of coffee and cream by amy jo cousin: also very cute, i feel like that's gonna be my theme word for this collection. jude's having a rough time on account of how many important people in her life labour under the misapprehension she's a boy and do not enjoy being educated otherwise. at least she gets to dress like herself every saturday in the coffeeshop out of town though? this does have a happy ending lovelies so please read with the reassurance that jude is gonna be OKAY by the end
first in line by annabeth albert didn't enjoy this quite as much as the last few (writing was a bit clunky) but i am still proud of how my son and protaganist ethaniel did The Thing That Scared Him. good job bb
extinction level events by geonn canon: a little boring i am sry2say but it did give me some movie recs so that's cool
overall? pretty good collection though it falters a bit towards the end. and i am for sure going to give vanessa north another chance now. 3 stars
trunorth by alexis hall: the one about a sad boybander who discovers the magic of love and cabaret. :D i dug it, alexis hall is very good at writing that kind of lowkey situational depression where everything is grey and you're not miserable really but not a whole lot feels like it matters. also i feel like 1d fans will be into this bc reasons
unexpected dragons by delphine dryden: the one about the career woes of teen dragon shifters. cute stuff but it's possible i'm scoring it extra points because i enjoy being able to say i am reading about an enormous fire breathing dragon stressing over whether he will be able to pursue his TRUE passion: accounting :D
A Song for Sweater-boy by Vanessa North: autistic high school dude with a love for knitting also maybe loves other stuff? like the rly attractive dude who sings in a band and has the locker next to him? THIS WAS SO CUTE. i like hid my face in my hands and called my friend halfway through because i couldn't cope, i'm PRETTY sure this is going to be my favourite read in this collection.
the taste of coffee and cream by amy jo cousin: also very cute, i feel like that's gonna be my theme word for this collection. jude's having a rough time on account of how many important people in her life labour under the misapprehension she's a boy and do not enjoy being educated otherwise. at least she gets to dress like herself every saturday in the coffeeshop out of town though? this does have a happy ending lovelies so please read with the reassurance that jude is gonna be OKAY by the end
first in line by annabeth albert didn't enjoy this quite as much as the last few (writing was a bit clunky) but i am still proud of how my son and protaganist ethaniel did The Thing That Scared Him. good job bb
extinction level events by geonn canon: a little boring i am sry2say but it did give me some movie recs so that's cool
overall? pretty good collection though it falters a bit towards the end. and i am for sure going to give vanessa north another chance now. 3 stars