![]() ![]() “Letting the Right One In” by Patrice Caldwell.Of course, I didn’t love every single story I came across, but I will say I enjoyed almost every single one of them, with a few standing out among the others, those being: In this case, I was able to find the stories meaningful and fun, and had no worries that my analysis of them wasn’t the best it could be. I didn’t have the experience I had with The Moment of Tenderness, where I thought I was missing something, some other deeper element in the story. ![]() ![]() There are sixteen stories in this book, and all of them are a fairly quick and fun read. In this case, though, since it was fantasy stories, with a couple of sci-fi thrown in there for variety, I thought I’d enjoy them more than usual. As you might know from my recent review of The Moment of Tenderness, reading short stories isn’t what I usually go for. (I’m actually a little late with this review, since this was the April book, but at least it’s here!)Ī Phoenix First Must Burn is a collection of short stories which are all written by black authors (for a full list of the participating authors, see the end of this post), and feature black teenage girls and gender non-conforming people. And I thought I’d join! Starting with A Phoenix First Must Burn, a collection of short stories! I’ve been locked inside for a while, and while I can’t interact with anyone, I heard of an online book club going on: the Black Girls with Magic Book Club. ![]()
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