A review by tregina
Athena's Daughters, Vol. 1 by Sherwood Smith, Vicki Johnson-Steger, Cynthia Ward, Conley Lyons, Mary Robinette Kowal, Kelly Swails, Jennifer Brozek, Tricia Barr, Cleolinda Jones, Jean Marie Ward, Alma Alexander, Nisi Shawl, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Janine K. Spendlove, Gail Z. Martin, C.A. Verstraete, Jean Rabe, D.L. Stever, Tera Fulbright, Maggie Allen, Tanya Spackman

2.0

I really wanted to love this, I did, because the idea of the anthology is so solid and I wanted it to be excellent. And there were a couple of real highlights, but they just weren't enough to bring the average up. A lot of the stories just had too much clumsy exposition or not enough narrative drive, and a surprising number were parts of a larger story that didn't entirely stand on their own. Worth it for the good ones, but I was hoping for so much more.