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A review by impybelle
Welcome to Bordertown by Tim Pratt, Jane Yolen, Catherynne M. Valente, Christopher Barzak, Cassandra Campbell, Cory Doctorow, Annette Curtis Klause, Dylan Meconis, Will Shetterly, Holly Black, Janni Lee Simner, Cassandra Clare, Delia Sherman, Steven Brust, MacLeod Andrews, Patricia A. McKillip, Dounya El-Mohtar, Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Ellen Kushner, Amal El-Mohtar, Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson, Sara Ryan, Terri Windling, Emma Bull, Alaya Dawn Johnson
4.0
I've found that books like this either fly by or I get distracted easily and thus it takes me forever to properly finish them. This would be a case of forever. Which is on me because most of the entries in Welcome to Bordertown are fabulous. I'm lazy so I won't point out everything I loved, but I will say that the opener (Welcome to Bordertown) is fantastic and the closer (A Tangle of Green Men) made me cry. I also really liked the jump rope rhyme but it wouldn't get out of my head for a day, and "Ours is the Prettiest" had a fantastic sort of creeping dread that I always enjoy.
I think the only story that didn't live up to my expectations was the Black/Clare offering of "The Rowan Gentlemen" as it bored me. I've never read anything of Clare's before but Holly Black's stuff is usually right up my alley but this just did nothing for me. Luckily (?) it's towards the end and I've skimmed other people's reviews and I think I'm one of the only ones to feel this way so there's that.
I think the only story that didn't live up to my expectations was the Black/Clare offering of "The Rowan Gentlemen" as it bored me. I've never read anything of Clare's before but Holly Black's stuff is usually right up my alley but this just did nothing for me. Luckily (?) it's towards the end and I've skimmed other people's reviews and I think I'm one of the only ones to feel this way so there's that.