This book was fine. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it. I enjoyed all of the short stories except for one, and they all went by pretty quickly (at least when I bothered to pick up the book). But I didn't love anything in this book. None of the short stories left any lasting impression on me, and I'm really struggling to think of specific things to say about them even though I only read the last one two days ago.

Some of them felt kind of fairytale-esque. Characters felt like archetypes and the stories a little too nonspecific with a lot of focus on the overall moral. It was fine, just not really my thing.

Water Horse was my favorite, and honestly the only one I remember in its entirety. It was a really lovely story that touched my heart, but that wasn't enough to knock this book up to 4 stars.

I preferred McKinley's to Dickinson's by a pretty wide margin. Definitely want to read more Robin McKinley in the future, but I may stick to her novels. Not a bad read, but I just have so little to say about it.