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alexblackreads 's review for:
Out Now: Queer We Go Again!
by Will Kostakis, Saundra Mitchell
I wound up being very disappointed by this. I enjoyed the first installment in this trilogy of short story collections, All Out, which was historical fiction. It had a lot of decent stories with a couple of fantastic ones. But this collection did nothing for me. Most of the stories annoyed me. There are only two I remember liking at all.
It also threw me for a loop how fantastical and science fiction these were. I knew going in there would be a few fantasy elements. There was a story with vampires and a couple slightly speculative, which was totally expected. But then a few went into the realm of straight fantasy, like one story that was about the Greek Gods. No twist, it was just literally about the Greek Gods. I feel like either I'm confused or the marketing is, because I went into this expecting it to be heavily contemporary.
Usually I rate collections three stars if there were at least a few enjoyable stories, but I just didn't connect with any of these. There were no authors from this collection I'd actively seek out.
It also threw me for a loop how fantastical and science fiction these were. I knew going in there would be a few fantasy elements. There was a story with vampires and a couple slightly speculative, which was totally expected. But then a few went into the realm of straight fantasy, like one story that was about the Greek Gods. No twist, it was just literally about the Greek Gods. I feel like either I'm confused or the marketing is, because I went into this expecting it to be heavily contemporary.
Usually I rate collections three stars if there were at least a few enjoyable stories, but I just didn't connect with any of these. There were no authors from this collection I'd actively seek out.