A review by incredibella
Together, Apart by Auriane Desombre, Jennifer Yen, Sajni Patel, Rachel Lippincott, Brittney Morris, Erin A. Craig, Natasha Preston, Bill Konigsberg, Erin Hahn

3.0

the stories are cute and i love some of the tropes used, but sadly this anthology wasn’t for me. as with any anthology, individual ratings for each story vary, but it was most challenging for me to get past the way the pandemic was depicted in most of them. i think i would have enjoyed it much more if i read it for a bit of escapism when it first came out. now that we’ve been in a pandemic for so long and after all the devastation and grief of the past few years, i just couldn’t get over the dissonance between reality and these lighthearted stories written/set when we didn’t foresee still being in a pandemic two years later. so unfortunately that really prevented me from being able to fully enjoy the book. however, i’m sure others will be able to enjoy these stories more than i did! they’re sweet and fun overall, which could be good for anyone in search of some fluffy escapism.