Some I wanted to discover more about, hoping that there will be a continuing story and others I savoured, relishing in the sweetness of it's size. I was so there, in every story and I really enjoyed diving in and discovering something different in every one. Winter would have to be my favourite season, and since it's summer down under, I loved reading these stories that had snow falling in the backdrop or the frost setting on a window…sigh. When I think of winter I think of snuggling up on my couch with a great book and a mug of chai latte to tantalise my senses and enhance my reading experience.

They will accommodate any tastes and what's even great is that the remarkable anthology has a common theme throughout. This collection of short stories are so wonderfully written and amazingly captivating. She is so generous and I'm honoured to have been chosen to read this for review. There would definitely be a story or two for any reader here!īefore I begin this review, I wish to thank Heather McCorkle for providing me with a ecopy of this book. very diverse authors with varied writing styles and subjects. I liked things about all the stories in this book. Great story that gives one pause to think.if you could have exactly what you wanted, did you really want it at all or was it just the acquisition or the thought that you SHOULD want it? Loved the main character in this one. The other was The Fat Files by Jodi Burrus. Its a heartbreaking piece about friendship, loss, heartbreak and devotion. I look forward to reading her full length novel to continue this story when it comes out next year!Īs You are by Crystal Salmen is a novelette that made me all sniffly when I read it. The wedding of Rownan and Vienna was so sweet seen through the eyes of Treygan, Rownan's brother.įinally, Blood on the Snow by Heather McCorkle was an intriguing story about shapeshifting dragons. Karen Amanda Hooper's The End of the World was a backstory to some of the characters from her very unique Tangled Tides novel. I love reading some of the scenes that were in Lacrimosa from Lori's point of view in this short, as well as finding out more about her. It centers around Lorelei, the sister of Nesy and gives a little more clarity and detail to what happened in the past and how she knew she was a seer. The first of course being Enigma by Christine Fonseca.

The stories I enjoyed the most from this collection definitely were the ones I recognized had novels attached with them. However, when I heard that one of my favorite Young Adult writers, Christine Fonseca had a short story in this collection with more backstory on the seers from her Lacrimosa saga, I had to buy it and am glad I did. I usually feel if the story was good, it could have been a novel in its own right and been better. Let me start off by saying, I don't usually gravitate towards short story collections.

Winter Wonders by Alexandra Shostak