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A review by bahnree
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People by Ellen Datlow
3.0
"Island lake" by E. Catherine Tobler: Family bonds! Ghosties and possibly-sentient-trees and mermish people. 4/5.
"The puma's daughter" by Tanith Lee: a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but in reverse. The ending made me go ARGH WHY but it was still really great. 5/5.
"The selkie speaks" by Delia Sherman: A really lovely selkie poem. 5/5.
"The elephant's bride" by Jane Yolen: A suttee poem, so yeah, a bit disturbing. 5/5.
"The children of Cadmus" by Ellen Kushner: A retelling of the myth of Actaeon and Artemis. So, depressing again! 4/5.
"The white doe: three poems" by Jeanine Hall Gailey: Some poems that remind me of Ovid’s Metamorphosis, but kinda indulgent. 3/5.
"Thimbleriggery and Fledglings" by Steve Berman: retelling of Odile the Black Swan. Not very many sympathetic characters in this one, but Odile is a very logical amoral character and fascinating to watch. 4/5.
"The Children of the Shark-God" by Peter S. Beagle: My first Beagle story. It felt like a real myth, very beautiful and sad. 4/5.
"Rosina" by Nan Fry: I ENJOYED THIS. Snakes, and, who needs princes anyway. 5/5.
"The puma's daughter" by Tanith Lee: a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but in reverse. The ending made me go ARGH WHY but it was still really great. 5/5.
"The selkie speaks" by Delia Sherman: A really lovely selkie poem. 5/5.
"The elephant's bride" by Jane Yolen: A suttee poem, so yeah, a bit disturbing. 5/5.
"The children of Cadmus" by Ellen Kushner: A retelling of the myth of Actaeon and Artemis. So, depressing again! 4/5.
"The white doe: three poems" by Jeanine Hall Gailey: Some poems that remind me of Ovid’s Metamorphosis, but kinda indulgent. 3/5.
"Thimbleriggery and Fledglings" by Steve Berman: retelling of Odile the Black Swan. Not very many sympathetic characters in this one, but Odile is a very logical amoral character and fascinating to watch. 4/5.
"The Children of the Shark-God" by Peter S. Beagle: My first Beagle story. It felt like a real myth, very beautiful and sad. 4/5.
"Rosina" by Nan Fry: I ENJOYED THIS. Snakes, and, who needs princes anyway. 5/5.