This anthology
of fantasy stories about half stories set in the world’ the author created in
‘Wicked Lovely’, using characters from that story. Some show back story, some
things that happened after the last of those books, some are things that took
place off stage. The other half are set in different realities, and these were
the ones I really liked.
‘Love Struck”
is about a human and a selchie falling in love and trying to avoid the traps
that such couples usually run into. ‘Transistion’ shows us vampires,
territorialism, and how frustrating it might be to be immortal. ‘Flesh for
Comfort’ is a disturbing tale of what people will do for power and admiration.
The ‘Wicked
Lovely’ stories are entertaining even if you (like me) haven’t read the books,
but they lack the impact of the others. They seem to fill in spots of
characters lives rather than having earth shaking consequences.
One thing all
the stories have in common is that they are about change and coming to terms
with those changes. Both humans and supernatural beings are forced to realize
that to get the lives they want they will have to sacrifice some things and learn
new methods of dealing with things, ways different from what the old ways
dictate. In most of the stories these changes are for the good; in some, like
‘Flesh for Comfort’, maybe not so much. Beautiful prose that reminded me a lot
of old fairy tales.
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