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kburkle's review against another edition
5.0
a reread that confirmed this is my favorite anthology to date, these reworked Arthurian stories feel so fun and magical and alive!! I love them, will probably reread again next year
ferly_ree's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
dreamgalaxies's review against another edition
3.0
Only a few of these stories really worked for me if I’m honest, and I don’t think any of them were in the Present section. One whole star for the Future section—the former dragged on for so long I was fearing this might be a 2 star read for me. I love Arthuriana but barring deep character development—which can be challenging in a short story—I really was looking for more creative adaptations of the legends than I got in most of these stories. Silvia Moreno Garcia’s story was a standout favorite, as was Rohani Chokshi’s. I really enjoyed Ken Liu’s as well, but I was a bit stumped as to the Arthurian connection, to be honest.
erincataldi's review against another edition
3.0
Reading this collection of Arthurian re-tellings makes me want to go back and read the old stories anew! This anthology contains new takes on old tales, modern takes, and even some futuristic takes. Every single story was unique and different, although some were much stronger than others. The stories focus on different characters from the Arthurian legends and played around with them in fun new ways. From a vengeful baseball player to a barista falling in love with Lance to the Lady of Shallot taking illegal memories like drugs in a futuristic city - the span and scope was impressive. About half of the tales failed to draw me in but the ones that I loved, I LOVED. I only recognized a handful of authors, but that didn't matter to me. Pardon me while I go dig out The Mists of Avalon from under my bed.
laura_anne_art's review against another edition
3.5
As usual with short story collections, this is a mixed bag. I adored Anthony Rapp's story, and I loved Heartbeat, Mayday, and Roshani Chokshi's story, and I liked Silvia Moreno-Garcia's story, and if I remember correctly I liked Sarah Maclean's fine, but mostly the rest were meh for me. Oh and I also liked the coffee shop one. But I cried after Anthony Rapp's, that one is 5 stars for sure.
lysippos's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
magicalmysmalin's review against another edition
4.0
An entertaining anthology. I need to read more queer Arthurian based novels.
balletbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
A book on my TBR that I hadn't got to, but then saw in the library's Libby catalog on audiobook and jumped on it.
I really loved this collection - it's so wide-ranging, with a wide variety of fantasy and SF of all kinds, divided into three sections kind of like a past, present, and future. Standout pieces in the collection included "Heartbeat" by Waubgeshig Rice and "Jack and Brad and the Magician" by Anthony Rapp (I mean, everything in here was fantastic).
Something really cool about this collection was that each story had a different audiobook narrator.
I really loved this collection - it's so wide-ranging, with a wide variety of fantasy and SF of all kinds, divided into three sections kind of like a past, present, and future. Standout pieces in the collection included "Heartbeat" by Waubgeshig Rice and "Jack and Brad and the Magician" by Anthony Rapp (I mean, everything in here was fantastic).
Something really cool about this collection was that each story had a different audiobook narrator.