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A review by badseedgirl
Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
3.0
Welcome to Day 5 of my 2021 25 Days of Short Stories Christmas Advent Calendar. Each day I will be reading a short story from the collection of over 600 short stories and novellas available for free on Tor.com. This is a collection of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. I will be letting fate (and the random number generator) decide what I read each day.
Day 1: [b:The Art of Space Travel|30532462|The Art of Space Travel|Nina Allan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558040356l/30532462._SY75_.jpg|50826910] by Nina Allan
Day 2: [b:These Deathless Bones|35506557|These Deathless Bones|Cassandra Khaw|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498282454l/35506557._SY75_.jpg|56914935] by Cassandra Khaw
Day 3: [b:Swift, Brutal Retaliation|13169837|Swift, Brutal Retaliation|Meghan McCarron|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541922428l/13169837._SY75_.jpg|18349137] by Meghan McCarron> (Trigger warning: Emotional abuse of children and women)
Day 4: [b:Freeze Warning|18489609|Freeze Warning|Susan Krinard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1379900239l/18489609._SX50_.jpg|26172761] by Susan Krinard
Day 5: Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
You have got to be pulling my leg Random Number Generator and tor.com! Yesterday was Norse mythology and today it is Greek. It’s a conspiracy I tell yah, A CONSPIRACY!! (As I don my qanon hat) But in all honesty, this has been a rather odd selection of stories.
Daughter of necessity is the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, you know that guy from Homer’s the Odyssey. Well this tells the story of how Penelope filled the TWENTY YEARS Odysseus was gone on his little jaunt. I only know a little more about Greek mythology than I do about Norse mythology, but the writing was good and the story was interesting. I do know a little about the Fates and their weaving. I have Piers Anthony, the dirty old man, and his Incarnations of Immortality Series for this ill-begotten knowledge.
It will be interesting to see if I ever pull a dude author in the remaining 20 days.
You can read Daughter of necessity here.
Day 1: [b:The Art of Space Travel|30532462|The Art of Space Travel|Nina Allan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558040356l/30532462._SY75_.jpg|50826910] by Nina Allan
Day 2: [b:These Deathless Bones|35506557|These Deathless Bones|Cassandra Khaw|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498282454l/35506557._SY75_.jpg|56914935] by Cassandra Khaw
Day 3: [b:Swift, Brutal Retaliation|13169837|Swift, Brutal Retaliation|Meghan McCarron|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541922428l/13169837._SY75_.jpg|18349137] by Meghan McCarron> (Trigger warning: Emotional abuse of children and women)
Day 4: [b:Freeze Warning|18489609|Freeze Warning|Susan Krinard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1379900239l/18489609._SX50_.jpg|26172761] by Susan Krinard
Day 5: Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
You have got to be pulling my leg Random Number Generator and tor.com! Yesterday was Norse mythology and today it is Greek. It’s a conspiracy I tell yah, A CONSPIRACY!! (As I don my qanon hat) But in all honesty, this has been a rather odd selection of stories.
Daughter of necessity is the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, you know that guy from Homer’s the Odyssey. Well this tells the story of how Penelope filled the TWENTY YEARS Odysseus was gone on his little jaunt. I only know a little more about Greek mythology than I do about Norse mythology, but the writing was good and the story was interesting. I do know a little about the Fates and their weaving. I have Piers Anthony, the dirty old man, and his Incarnations of Immortality Series for this ill-begotten knowledge.
It will be interesting to see if I ever pull a dude author in the remaining 20 days.
You can read Daughter of necessity here.