Miranda in Milan: 1.5 starsEvery Heart a Doorway: 4 starsSisters of the Vast Black: 3.5 starsThe Sorcerer of the Wildkeeps: 2 stars

3.5 stars? I enjoyed 2/4 of the stories, glad I read the other 2 but they weren’t my style.

1. Miranda in Milan | [my review]2. Every Heart a Doorway | [my review]3. Sisters of the Vast Black | [my review]4. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps | [my DNF review]

Miranda in Milan - Well, I’m uncultured and have never read The Tempest, so. I am definitely missing stuff here. I really enjoyed this story despite missing the foundational information, and the author explains the word well enough that I stopped feeling after the first chapter or so. Miranda remembers nothing before her life on the island and is new to being in the world, so following her perspective allows the narration to smoothly reveal the events after Prospero’s return. The mystery surroun...

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Since this is a collection of four novellas I got from Tor (500 pages--it's a book!), I've averaged the rating to 4 stars.I loved Every Heart a Doorway and will be looking for everything written by Seanan McGuire. I really liked Sisters of the Vast Black, too. It took me a while to get into Miranda in Milan. I liked some aspects of Sorcerer of the Wildeeps but that was definitely my least favorite story.

A really interesting mix of stories in here, some I liked more than others.The first was interesting, though I did struggle with it at first. Given I am largely unfamiliar with The Tempest, I imagine this was a significant part of my troubles with it.The second story was easily my favourite of the four. I adored the characters, the premise, and the world(s) that were touched upon. Really good story, and would be interested to know more.The third started slow, but gradually increased my interest

Thank you Tor for this book. I think I've read 3 of these 4 separately , already, but it was nice to have on my kindle for a quick reread when I didn't have a book with me. Every Heart a Doorway remains my favorite.

An excellent collection of novellas. Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway and Lina Rather's Sisters of the Vast Black were exceptional, and Katharine Duckett's Miranda in Milan lagged not far behind. The story concepts of all three were intriguing and the characters nuanced. Very pleased with this anthology overall despite the last tale being one I DNFed.INDIVIDUAL NOVELLA COMMENTS AND RATINGSMiranda in Milan Katharine Duckett4 starsThis historical fantasy is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Temp...

DNF. I think it's just ill-timing. None of the four novellas held my attention for more than two or three pages.

This book contains four different stories, from different authors and different genres, there is fantasy, mystery, science fiction, romance...The first story, Miranda in Milan I overall liked it was a bit of supernatural a bit of mystery and a bit romance. The characters were okay for a very short story and there were interesting aspects I wished were maybe explored further.The second story Every Heart Doorway really stuck with me. The mystery itself was okay, I was able to predict certain aspec...

Story #1 - love the premise, wanted to like it more than I did. The writing style is fine but the pacing is kind of weird and I disliked the whole deux ex machina at the climax/ end. This is one of those stories where I feel like I'm too old for the story, or at least find the main character's POV not that accessible. On the other hand, I would read an entire novel about a pair of lesbians and their zombie mother in law trying to set up a household on a magical island, so who knows. Story #2 - h...

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Read half. Miranda in Milan was a 2-star; Sisters of the Vast Black rated higher; both already reviewed.I'm not McGuire's audience, though I tried with Every Heart a Doorway and didn't make it past the hideously unhuman dialog in the first couple of scenes. Yes: your mindset is different because you've spent time in a strange world that may or may not match up with the way your brain works, but nobody actually talks the way those characters do, and it didn't look as if it would be improving.Didn...

So hard to rate a compilation book like this.Miranda in Milan - I enjoyed the plot and characters in this one. I found the main character to be very naive but understandably so.Every heart a doorway - the world for this novella is super fascinating and I'm excited to read more of the stories.Sisters in the vast black - this one reminded me of Dr Who. Definitely enjoyed. Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - I did not enjoy this one. It was very slow in the beginning and alternated between a very hard to un...

Excellent collection of novels. Diverse stories, each superbly written. I highly recommend!

For Pride Month, I thought I would read Tor.com’s second LGBTQ+ collection of novellas which feature LGBTQ+ characters and authors. I think this year’s offering is even better than last years! First, this is part of what McMillan’s website has to say about the offerings: “With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds...

I'll add reviews as I finish each book.Miranda in Milan:Every Heart a Doorway:Sisters of the Vast Black:Sorcerer of the Wildeeps: 2Oh wow, I did not expect to not like this book. I loved A Taste of Honey and expected to love this too. It just wasn't to be!First off, the writing is beautiful. It's very poetic. But, BUT all that poetry is at the cost of clarity. So many times I read passages and didn't know what they meant or what was actually happening. I was constantly confused about the timelin...

I just finished reading Every Heart a Doorway, and I am crying now, for pain and love and heart.And Sorcerer of the Wildeeps.Blew me away. <3

Anche quest'anno Tor ha realizzato una raccolta di racconti a tema LGBTQ+, e anche quest'anno il risultato è ambivalente. Per quanto i racconti siano tutti più o meno incentrati sulla tematica, in realtà in alcuni di questi si tratta solo di una caratteristica del (della, di solito) protagonista, e non il problema centrale della storia; o perlomeno, avrei preferito che fosse maggiormente enfatizzato nella narrazione.Miranda in MilanDopo le avventure raccontate da Shakespeare nella celebre The Te...