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A review by lunaratu
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People by Ellen Datlow
3.0
A good collection as to be expected from the Mythic Anthology series put together by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling. However it's not as strong as The Faerie Reel or The Coyote Road (the previous two anthologies in the series). The stories at times suffer from being too similar to their mythological source.
The beauty of this series is that the stories are such fresh and inventive takes on older themes so for the stories to be too close to their inspiration is merely disappointing in this case. However, the fact that the worst thing I can say is that some of the fiction in this book is derivative still goes to demonstrate just how good the book is. The stories that are as innovative as I hoped are beautiful and amazing works of fiction. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.
The beauty of this series is that the stories are such fresh and inventive takes on older themes so for the stories to be too close to their inspiration is merely disappointing in this case. However, the fact that the worst thing I can say is that some of the fiction in this book is derivative still goes to demonstrate just how good the book is. The stories that are as innovative as I hoped are beautiful and amazing works of fiction. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.