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The Firefly Dance by Phyllis Schieber, Kathryn Magendie, Sarah Addison Allen, Augusta Trobaugh
jessica_mae's review against another edition
2.0
I only read Sarah Addison Allen's story. It was okay, nothing like what I thought she'd write compared to her books. She's one of my favorite authors and this was the only story I didn't read yet.
meg_wadlington's review against another edition
3.0
I loved two and didn't love two, so it gets a three.
theladyinreds's review against another edition
3.0
I only read the Sarah Addison Allen stories in this collection as short stories are not generally my cup of tea. They were nice women's-fiction-type vignettes but nothing magical like Allen's previous works.
margardenlady's review
3.0
I didn't read very carefully. This is not really Sarah A-A. Sure she has a short story included. Three novellas and other pieces, all of which varied pretty dramatically. I liked the Sophie stories a lot. Peter was an intriguing look at poverty and postpartum depression from the perspective of a child in the family. But none of it had the magic that I get in SAA novels.
thereadinghobbit's review
3.0
This was a bit disappointing. First of all, you don't get what you're promised. The cover says The Firefly Dance contains four novellas, but that's not true. Instead you get one novella, two short stories, and one novella-length collection of interconnected short stories. I really enjoyed Petey by Kathryn Magendie, it was a sweet and funny, and very relatable story about how things change as you grow up. The two short stories just weren't my cup of tea. They weren't bad, but I didn't really like it. And Allen's "novella" was really underwhelming, which was the most disappointing thing about the whole book. I absolutely adore her other books. I've read most a few times, and they're some of my all-time favorites. But this novella read more like the mini short stories she regularly posts on social media. It just wasn't a real story in my opinion. It wasn't bad but it just missed its usual flair of magic, its drama.
But overall I'm still giving it three stars because Petey was such a good story.
But overall I'm still giving it three stars because Petey was such a good story.
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