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A review by candacerobinsonauthor
Hardened Hearts by Robert Dean, J. L. Knight, Jennifer Williams
5.0
Honestly, I hate reading most story collections by different authors because the writing styles are so different—which is great, but sometimes it just doesn't jive. Then most of the time I only like a few of the reads. This didn't happen here, though. I definitely liked almost all of the stories! My favorites have to be... Canon's, Demmer's Braun's, Deady's, Blackwell's, and Al-Mehairi's!
It Breaks My Heart to Watch You Rot by: Somer Canon - Loved this one! It even caused me to tear up! The real scenario of when an immortal loves a mortal is a heartbreaking thing.
What is Love? by: Calvin Demmer - Calvin is the master at writing short stories. So, I wasn't surprised at all that this one was amazing! Loved the ending!
Heirloom by: Theresa Braun - I found this one extremely addicting and kept wanting to know what the heck was going on! Braun's writing is flawless, and the story is intriguing!
The Pink Balloon by: Tom Deady - Let me go cry myself to sleep after reading this one, no, seriously!
Porcelain Skin by: Laura Blackwell - This had a very whimsical feel to it, and I was thoroughly captivated!
The Heart of the Orchard by: Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi - Loved, loved, loved this one—the setting, the tone, the writing—all of it was great!
What I also liked is that there are a variety in genres, even though I prefer ones that have supernatural stuff, which most of them did! Now, the first story is written in second person (the only story written this way), which tends to scare me off because it is just such a weird thing. I mean, I don't want to feel like the story is talking to me—I want to pretend I'm somewhere else! Anyway, I think this is the first time where second person didn't totally creep me out. Overall, a great read where happily ever afters don't exist, but the reader still feels like they get what they wanted in the end!
Review on my blog https://literarydust.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/review-hardened-hearts/
It Breaks My Heart to Watch You Rot by: Somer Canon - Loved this one! It even caused me to tear up! The real scenario of when an immortal loves a mortal is a heartbreaking thing.
What is Love? by: Calvin Demmer - Calvin is the master at writing short stories. So, I wasn't surprised at all that this one was amazing! Loved the ending!
Heirloom by: Theresa Braun - I found this one extremely addicting and kept wanting to know what the heck was going on! Braun's writing is flawless, and the story is intriguing!
The Pink Balloon by: Tom Deady - Let me go cry myself to sleep after reading this one, no, seriously!
Porcelain Skin by: Laura Blackwell - This had a very whimsical feel to it, and I was thoroughly captivated!
The Heart of the Orchard by: Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi - Loved, loved, loved this one—the setting, the tone, the writing—all of it was great!
What I also liked is that there are a variety in genres, even though I prefer ones that have supernatural stuff, which most of them did! Now, the first story is written in second person (the only story written this way), which tends to scare me off because it is just such a weird thing. I mean, I don't want to feel like the story is talking to me—I want to pretend I'm somewhere else! Anyway, I think this is the first time where second person didn't totally creep me out. Overall, a great read where happily ever afters don't exist, but the reader still feels like they get what they wanted in the end!
Review on my blog https://literarydust.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/review-hardened-hearts/