alibrarianreads 's review for:

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales by Tamora Pierce

3.0

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A good collection of short stories from the author if The Song of the Lionness series. I really liked reading something new from Tamora Pierce, and I loved the snippets of information on older characters. However, I just didn’t love any of the stories. While some were quite good, they were just lacking that extra something that I have loved in her novels. The stories I particularly liked were ‘Elder Brother’, ‘Student of Ostriches’, ‘The Hidden Girl’, and ‘The Dragon’s Tale’. ‘Huntress’ bugged me, probably because I always have issues with author’s throwing fantasy into otherwise realistic situations (ie, New York). Otherwise, the stories were enjoyable enough that I read the whole thing in just over a day! Still worth a read.

Note: While the title is Tortall and Other Lands, I don’t actually think that any of the stories are set in that country…