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A review by marziesreads
Fantastic Creatures by Kandi J. Wyatt, Jessica L. Elliott, Arthur Daigle, Vincent Trigili, L. Palmer, Intisar Khanani, Cave Yates, Caren Rich, H.L. Burke, Craig A. Price Jr., Bokerah Brumley, Lea Doué, D.G. Driver, Nicole Zoltack, Lelia Rose Foreman, Morgan Smith, A.R. Silverberry, Frank B. Luke, Katy Huth Jones, Julie C. Gilbert
4.0
This book was received as an ARC from the publisher. I am happy to be supporting the indie Fellowship of Fantasy Authors in reviewing it.
Selkies and Dragons and Krakens, Oh My!
This is an enjoyable anthology, especially given how affordable the book is. I found the writing, as is often the case in anthologies of this sort, to be a little uneven. For every gem, like Intisar Khanani's beautifully understated and evocative selkie story, Seekers, there are some that are considerably less polished. Some of the other stories, like Snapdragon manage to twist an old theme and along the way provide some really striking character imagery. Some of the stories are humorous (tree octopi? really? yes!), which is always a pleasure to find. The editing was fairly consistent, although here and there I was jarred by misused words like born for borne, etc.
The stories are, overall, diverting and are suitable for younger teens to read (very light romance of the Beauty and the Beast variety). Currently, as of this writing, the anthology is free on a number of bookseller platforms. Worth a download!
Selkies and Dragons and Krakens, Oh My!
This is an enjoyable anthology, especially given how affordable the book is. I found the writing, as is often the case in anthologies of this sort, to be a little uneven. For every gem, like Intisar Khanani's beautifully understated and evocative selkie story, Seekers, there are some that are considerably less polished. Some of the other stories, like Snapdragon manage to twist an old theme and along the way provide some really striking character imagery. Some of the stories are humorous (tree octopi? really? yes!), which is always a pleasure to find. The editing was fairly consistent, although here and there I was jarred by misused words like born for borne, etc.
The stories are, overall, diverting and are suitable for younger teens to read (very light romance of the Beauty and the Beast variety). Currently, as of this writing, the anthology is free on a number of bookseller platforms. Worth a download!