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The Starlit Wood
Catherynne M. Valente, Margo Lanagan, Garth Nix, Karin Tidbeck, Sofia Samatar, Dominik Parisien, Stephen Graham Jones, Navah Wolfe, Kat Howard, Genevieve Valentine, Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar, Daryl Gregory, Aliette de Bodard, Seanan McGuire, Charlie Jane Anders, Theodora Goss, Marjorie M. Liu, Naomi Novik, Jeffrey Ford
Maybe a 3.5... Some stories stood out whether they were beautiful and fresh takes on well known stories or takes on relatively unknown fairytales.
It's very difficult to find a truly fresh voice in fantasy, especially epic fantasy. Kai Ashante Wilson has that and more. A wonderful world, an amazing story that had me yearning for more, complicated characters that i loved and above everything: A story that didn't read like a cheap Tolkien copy but carved a space in the world for itself.
This book is definitely not perfect. Things needed to be more expanded, other things seemed to just drag on and I'm definitely dissatisfied with the lack of a clear, detailed resolution for my darling dragonborn babies of the brood. They deserve a spin off of their own and it has to be pages and pages long.
However, I love High Fantasy and I loved the characters in this book way, way too much.
Especially Sebastian, who made me cry. A lot.
However, I love High Fantasy and I loved the characters in this book way, way too much.
Especially Sebastian, who made me cry. A lot.