Fantastic Hope | 
panSomewhere between a pan and a bail. Anthologies can be a mixed bag, but this started off more uneven than most: I skipped over three authors I know from experience I dislike, I disliked the two stories I read, I DNF'd a third at the third sentence, and the remaining 10 stories didn't attract so much as my glance. Massive thumbs down here.
esurient Shinn (Not in this Lifetime) - an utterly ungrounded ghost story. I liked the friendships. I loathed that the mystery of the haunting was vastly less desirable for Shinn to explore than the romance was. And then social justice issues were introduced at the climax? 3y
esurient Briggs (Asil and the Not-Date) - I've enjoyed Briggs' writing for years now, but I'm over this series. The plot only worked if all characters were idiots. I think it was supposed to be funny, and I just thought thought it was dumb. It made me unhappy to be reading, from an author I once adored. (edited) 3y
esurient Hamilton (Zombie Dearest) - just. I need to stop reading Hamilton. I need to forget that I've been following her writing since the 90s and concentrate on the fact that the last book I've enjoyed in this series was in 2001. The writing has become unbearable and grating, the horror elements have long been eclipsed for sex, and I cannot stand the characters. I just need to remember all this the next time I see one of her works. 3y
AmandaBlaze I think I stopped reading the Anita Blake books at Obsidian Butterfly. 3y
esurient @AmandaBlaze I think I lasted through Incubus Dreams. I should have stopped where you did. 3y
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