My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my free digital ARC!

I read and really enjoyed Gina Chung's debut Sea Change last year, so I was excited to be approved for her latest offering. And I'm happy to say that this short story collection did not disappoint! Chung spans a sizeable range of genres and subject matter, from fantasy and fable-esque stories, family dramas rooted in reality, and speculative fiction with robots and wild technology. 

Despite not being a massive sci-fi reader, the two primarily sci-fi focused stories were probably some of my favourites. Attachment Processes follows a young couple mourning the death of their daughter who decide to try out a new technology which gives you back the person you lost at a determined age - but they'll never age out of that age. Then there's Presence, which follows a disgraced scientist after she took the fall for a scandal at her company which offered memory tech. Users could choose to upload memories to a cloud, offloading traumatic memories from their brains. But there's a clear warning about the potential dangers such technology could have, how facing up to our less-pleasant memories forms us as people. 

Of course, I also love a family drama and there were plenty which focused on mother-daughter relationships and romantic ones, in varying stages of disintegration. The Arrow was desperately sad - a mother and daughter who had never been close come together when the daughter accidentally falls pregnant. But their budding new relationship soon comes to an abrupt end. Other stories tackle the Asian-American immigrant experience, parental expectations, the challenges of interracial relationships, mental health, religious hypocrisy, grief, second chances - honestly so much! 

A wide-ranging collection, beautifully written, that I'd definitely recommend!