by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Melissa Marr, Carrie Ryan, Veronica Roth, Nancy Holder, Rachel Caine, Beth Revis, Kelley Armstrong
Short story in this Anthology by Melissa Marr. I'm a big fan of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series and also enjoyed her Carnival of Souls, which has now been renamed "Carnival of Secrets". This story is totally different from any of that. At her site she says this story is "Nidhogg is real; soci...
This is the short story by Veronica Roth "it's about a girl who gets a brain implant to hear the music of the dying in the midst of an apocalypse" - From Veronica Roth's website I liked this one, Although I'm not really impressed with her last book this short story was decent. When your a Hearken...
I really liked three stories, the last three in fact. I was okay with two of the stories and four of the stories I was not particularly fond of and did not find entertaining.
I don’t often read short story collections, but when I heard that these were dystopian stories, I knew I had to check it out.The book is edited by Melissa Marr (whose Graveminder I read and loved) and Kelly Armstrong, and contains stories by Veronica Roth, Kelley Armstrong, Margaret Stohl, Rachel C...
This was my firs anthology and I have to say, it lived up to my expectations. All the stories left me wanting more, especially Veronica Roth's HEARKEN. I hope that one day she develops it into a full-length novel. The only story I had a problem with was LOVE IS A CHOICE because if you haven't read A...
The majority of these stories are well-written and intriguing, but I don't think the short-story format worked for most of them. I think most dystopian fiction benefits from being longer, drawing the reader into the world (even if it may not always make sense). The short form just highlights incongr...
This review and others are posted at Read, Rinse, Repeat.Each story in this anthology is around 30-40 pages. I'll provide a synopsis, mini-review, and rating for each story. I'll also provide an overall rating for the book as a whole at the bottom of page.Hearken by Veronica Roth: Hearken features...
It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't read any of these authors again had I first read their work in this anthology. For the most part, the stories here needed more background to work, and a couple just made absolutely no sense in the context of a post-apocalyptic world.For example, the first story, Th...
April 2013I only read two stories in this anthology as I only like two of the authors.Branded by Kelley Armstrong: 4 starsBranded was by far the best short in the anthology, as was to be expected. The story is well written and engrossing as I've come to expect from Armstrong. The world could easily ...
This review will be broken into 3 parts: one, brief summaries of the stories; two, my personal favorites; three, an overview of the anthology.----1. Brief summaries of the stories (MAY BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS BY SOME):"Hearken" by Veronica Roth - Darya has perfect pitch, which makes her eligible to t...
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