A review by theartofgoldsorrow
Clockwork, Curses and Coal by Melissa Bobe, Adam Breckenridge, Diana Hurlburt, Lex T. Lindsay, Christina Ruth Johnson, Wendy Nikel, Rhonda Parrish, Beth Cato, Brian Trent, Alethea Kontis, M.L.D. Curelas, Reese Hogan, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Sarah Van Goethem, Joseph Halden

4.0

This book is such a sweet and magical bunch of stories. If you love short story collections at all, then I know you’ll enjoy this. I was fascinated by the steampunk twist on it. Steampunk has always been such an interesting concept to me, and I’d always thought of it as more of an aesthetic until I read this book. It was fascinating, and I know I’ll be thinking about this one for a while.

Every single story has something wonderful about it, and through the fairytales the authors address beauty, death, sorrow, and everything else you could possibly think of. I’ll cherish these stories, I can tell. They have the same feel of the stories you were told when you were a kid; the whimsical and magical truth only emphasized by its fantastical nature.

The book is already out, and I do recommend you guys read it!

It’s a 3.5 rounded up!