manikahemmerixh 's review for:

Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake

5.0

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I don’t often think about who my favorite authors are, but this absolutely cemented Olivie Blake as one of them. I’ve struggled to finish anthologies in past, and short stories aren’t my favorite, but I LOVED these. The Wish Bridge, The Animation Games, and Monsterlove were my favorites but none of them were unenjoyable. I found all of the different formats and themes made it easy to stay engaged with all of the stories. If anything, similar character names or nuances could get a little confusing between stories, but that could be combated by reading the collection as a whole slower than I did (Or to re-read them a bunch of times, as I also plan to do).