As will all short story collections I found this extremely hit and miss and as these are retelling of mythical tales from around the world I found some were more my speed than others.

I particularly enjoyed the stories of Psyche, Thisbe, Orin, Nefertiti and Naleli. These were in my opinion the strongest stories that I was involved in and felt myself rooting for the characters a lot of these had more modern settings and just felt more relevant. 

As a short story collection I feel in some of the other cases brevity did the stories an injustice, I also found some of the stories to poetic, not enough substance or I guess I just didn't vibe with the characters. 

Overall I thought this was pretty decent and worth picking up, perhaps I would go back to some of the stories but I wish I had read the authors note about where the stories came from or perhaps a page at the end of each story talking about the origins would have helped me understand the retelling a bit more.