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A review by exquisite_ashes
Carniepunk by Nicole D. Peeler, Jennifer Estep, Hillary Jacques, Seanan McGuire, Jaye Wells, Delilah S. Dawson, Kelly Meding, Rob Thurman, Jackie Kessler, Allison Pang, Kevin Hearne, Kelly Gay, Mark Henry, Rachel Caine
3.0
Dear Kevin Hearne,
Having your character say "wee" a lot in his internal monologue does not automatically make him sound Irish. It kind of just makes him sound like he wanted to be a leprechaun in his past life but failed miserably.
Dear Mark Henry,
You wrote this story on a dare. I know you wrote this story on a dare.
Dear Seanan McGuire,
...
I love you so much.
Now that that's out of the way...
I actually full on skipped almost half the stories, just because the first few pages either bored me or completely put me off (Re: Dear Mark), but the ones I did read ranged from passable to enjoyable to excellent. The first one ("Painted Love"), the last one ("The Daughter of the Mermaid, the Midway, and the Open Sea"), and the almost mid-point one ("The Cold Girl") are the only ones that I found absolutely excellent (especially Seanan's, of course), but it wasn't a bad read. It's definitely a pick-and-choose one though.
Having your character say "wee" a lot in his internal monologue does not automatically make him sound Irish. It kind of just makes him sound like he wanted to be a leprechaun in his past life but failed miserably.
Dear Mark Henry,
You wrote this story on a dare. I know you wrote this story on a dare.
Dear Seanan McGuire,
...
I love you so much.
Now that that's out of the way...
I actually full on skipped almost half the stories, just because the first few pages either bored me or completely put me off (Re: Dear Mark), but the ones I did read ranged from passable to enjoyable to excellent. The first one ("Painted Love"), the last one ("The Daughter of the Mermaid, the Midway, and the Open Sea"), and the almost mid-point one ("The Cold Girl") are the only ones that I found absolutely excellent (especially Seanan's, of course), but it wasn't a bad read. It's definitely a pick-and-choose one though.