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In These Hallowed Halls

Marie O'Regan, Paul Kane

3.4 AVERAGE

belanaborealis's review against another edition

4.5

my favorite stories in no particular order:
- pythia
- the hare and the hound
- x house
- four funerals
- the professor of ontography

verityvee's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

etherealiz's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was very meh, as is the curse of Anthologies I'd say: it's hard to have all around great works that fit within 50 pages. Olivie Blake and a few other authors made great novellas, fun with just enough character development to make you care and a simple enough world building to not make it too much of the story. However, I also got pretty bored with the other half of the stories, they didn't strike me as very memorable or anything. It was a pretty easy read with some fun stories, but that's pretty much it (which saddens me very much, I really wanted to love this book).

tay_low's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

1000 ships- ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pythia- ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sabbatical- ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hare and The Hound- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
X House- ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Ravages- ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Four Funerals- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Unknowable Pleasures- ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Weekend at Bertie’s- ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Professor of Ontography- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Phobos- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Playing- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial

This is a great way to find new authors, especially if you're a dark academia lover.

My favorite stories were:

Pythia by Olivie Blake
The Hare and the Hound by Kelly Andrew
Phobos by Tori Bovalino
The Ravages by Layne Fargo

Content Warnings

blankie's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m a little disappointed that only two of the twelve stories were a 5 and neither of them were M. L. Rio’s 💔

mint_corbyn's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense

kerris84's review against another edition

4.0

A great mixture of short stories which introduced me to the genre in more detail. As standard, some stories were better than others but it was good overall. It's added some new authors to my TBR.

Have books will travel

cupidoll's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readwithsophsx's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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