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amberzieg's review
3.0
Found it in the teens section. Apparently it's the third Firebirds anthology. I feel the need to check out the first two. If you like entertaining, fun short stories, this is totally the way to go. They have some really cool authors in this anthology including Nancy Farmer, who is so neat! (She wrote the Sea of Trolls trilogy that I read last summer and loved.) Lots of really fanciful, whispy stories. But it was really well balanced with some darker ones, and some that even had some social themes. I really enjoyed it. I'm glad I read it, and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the others.
catladylover94's review
5.0
the stories I read for the challenge were really good, probably will read the rest at a later date.
impreader's review
4.0
Lovely length and breadth of beaded beautiful fiction--or mostly. 'Tis especially worth the read for an author aiming at the prescribed audience.
metaphorosis's review
3.0
A year or so ago, I picked up the first [b:Firebirds|40160|Firebirds An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction|Sharyn November|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1309211431s/40160.jpg|17234924] anthology. I was substantially impressed, so when I saw this one, I bought it without a second thought.
This third book, unfortunately, is not as strong as the first. It's a collection of pretty good stories, but few of them are really outstanding. In part, that may be because it's so very narrowly focused on an audience of teen girls. Nothing wrong with that, but it's certainly not me, and, more important, not what I had been expecting. An entire anthology of that became a little wearing.
The one really strong story in the book is The Ghosts of Strangers, a short novel by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - an unexpected find, though from an author I already knew I enjoyed. Many of the other stories are good, though not really memorable. Unfortunately, there's also one story that is simply bad - astoundingly bad. I ended up skimming it, and simply can't understand why it was included in what was otherwise a decent collection. That story by itself (and it's fairly long), brought the anthology down from a 3.5 to a solid 3.
All in all, worth looking into as reading material for daughters, nieces, etc., though some of the stories are on the dark side.
This third book, unfortunately, is not as strong as the first. It's a collection of pretty good stories, but few of them are really outstanding. In part, that may be because it's so very narrowly focused on an audience of teen girls. Nothing wrong with that, but it's certainly not me, and, more important, not what I had been expecting. An entire anthology of that became a little wearing.
The one really strong story in the book is The Ghosts of Strangers, a short novel by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - an unexpected find, though from an author I already knew I enjoyed. Many of the other stories are good, though not really memorable. Unfortunately, there's also one story that is simply bad - astoundingly bad. I ended up skimming it, and simply can't understand why it was included in what was otherwise a decent collection. That story by itself (and it's fairly long), brought the anthology down from a 3.5 to a solid 3.
All in all, worth looking into as reading material for daughters, nieces, etc., though some of the stories are on the dark side.
flyingsails's review
3.0
I didn't read all of this because some stories just weren't that interesting to me (and I was never really a fan of short stories in the first place). And now it's due back to the library and I don't feel like keeping it out for another 3 weeks, so back it goes.
jennybeastie's review
4.0
This particular one did not appeal to me quite as strongly as the first 2, but I think that's a reflection of personal taste, rather than a lowering of quality. This collection always has an all-star line-up, but some of my very favorite authors didn't make it into this installment. I was totally excited about the Nina Kiriki Hoffman Novella and really blown away by several of the stories. Great range!
gijanechosen's review
3.0
Some stories were great, other in the okay to good range. All in all an interesting collection. Oftentimes the author's explanation of how a particular story/ ideas came about enhanced my enjoyment of a short story itself. I was most excited to read Court Ship by Sherwood Smith because I have enjoyed everything I have read by her before this and this lived up to expectations for me. Some of the authors I have never read before made me interested in reading more by them.