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This book was published through a kickstarter, which I very happily backed, based on the premise of: a book of sff short stories featuring wlw where one woman is skilled in fighting and the other woman is skilled in something not-fighting. Delightful!
I finally got around to reading the result, and although none of the stories really blew me away, as a whole reading the anthology was just very lovely. It's nice to spend that much time reading sff that's about wlw who get happy endings! To just spend some time in a headspace where that's normal!
My favourite story in the collection was "The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec" by Ellen Kushner, a short story set in her Swordspoint universe which features Katherine from about five years after Privilege of the Sword. It was very charming! But a number of other stories in the collection were also fun and charming (especially "Margo Lai’s Guide To Dueling Unprepared," "Elinor Jones vs. the Ruritanian Multiverse," "The Commander and the Mirage Master’s Mate," "The Parnassian Courante," and "The Scholar of the Bamboo Flute"), and even the stories I felt meh about were still worth reading on some level. I didn't actively dislike any of the stories.
Overall: I'm unlikely to ever bother rereading, but glad I decided to back this kickstarter and get my hands on this collection!
I finally got around to reading the result, and although none of the stories really blew me away, as a whole reading the anthology was just very lovely. It's nice to spend that much time reading sff that's about wlw who get happy endings! To just spend some time in a headspace where that's normal!
My favourite story in the collection was "The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec" by Ellen Kushner, a short story set in her Swordspoint universe which features Katherine from about five years after Privilege of the Sword. It was very charming! But a number of other stories in the collection were also fun and charming (especially "Margo Lai’s Guide To Dueling Unprepared," "Elinor Jones vs. the Ruritanian Multiverse," "The Commander and the Mirage Master’s Mate," "The Parnassian Courante," and "The Scholar of the Bamboo Flute"), and even the stories I felt meh about were still worth reading on some level. I didn't actively dislike any of the stories.
Overall: I'm unlikely to ever bother rereading, but glad I decided to back this kickstarter and get my hands on this collection!
