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libra17's review
3.0
I picked this up a book signing/local authors event where one of the essay contributors, Jennifer Allis Provost, signed my copy. It was the last copy available - she said something about it going out of print - and the concept looked interesting, although the book itself turned out to pretty hit and miss (mostly miss). The only stories I really liked from this collection were "Myrtle" (about a girl caught in-between city magic and nature magic users), "Belief" (about a congoer who undoes an attack from an Eldritch horror by not, and refusing to, believe in it), and "M.U.S.E." (about a group of congoers who band together to destroy a mythical evil that has adapted to using 21st century methods to entice victims); most of the others were just ok and there were a couple that I skipped after struggling through the first few pages. All in all, not terrible, considering that it's an anthology with different authors (those are always hit and miss). This might not be a book that I would recommend or gift to someone, but I give it three stars: one star for each of the stories that I liked and am likely to return to.
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