Libbie Hawker
Författare till The Ragged Edge of Night
Om författaren
Serier
Verk av Libbie Hawker
A Light in the Merced River (Short Story) 1 exemplar
River in the Sky (The Crown of War #1) 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Songs of Blood and Gold — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Priser
Du skulle kanske också gilla
Associerade författare
Statistik
- Verk
- 31
- Även av
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 1,866
- Popularitet
- #13,792
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 98
- ISBN
- 70
- Favoritmärkt
- 2
Kate Quinn opened this anthology, and she is flawless as always. Everything she writes is amazing and layered and transports me to another era. Even in short story format, her story The Apple is no exception.
I also liked Shecter's The Horse, but that was because it was succinct.
Thornton's story of The Prophecy was middling for me. Cassandra was a compelling character, but the story felt repetitive and unremarkable.
Everything else I couldn't stand, particularly Whitfield's piece about Agamnemnon. Gosh, was that a slog. I couldn't care less about a character than I did about him. He was either drunk or in heat the whole time. There was no evidence of the great king he was supposed to be. A major letdown of one of mythologies more well-known characters.
As for everything else, all you need to know is that everyone was either screwing each other or wanted to. That's pretty much it. Now, I like some good Harlequin every now and then, but this was all just angsty and "I'm drawn to him but I don't love him. He's too powerful for an emotion as human as love." Blah blah blah. Please. Spare me.
So, I'll spare you, reader of my review. Read maybe the first couple stories, and then just go read the Iliad. You're not missing any nuance by skipping this.
… (mer)