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Permeable Borders (2012)

by Nina Kiriki Hoffman(Favorite Author)

4.36 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Fairwood Press

review 1: If you loved Red Heart of Memories as much as I did, you must read this collection. Various short stories, many with the characters from RHoM and it's sequels, including Edward and Matt, filling in the gaps I've always known were there. Beautiful, sometimes sad stories, with a theme of home and kin. I particularly liked the retelling of Cinderella. Note that her first collection, Courting Disasters, is really hard to find these days, and scoop this one up. (And if you have a copy of that you are willing to lend out, please contact me.)
review 2: I read this book for the Endeavour Award - actually I asked the library to buy it and they eventually did. But the reality is I will buy it eventually anyway - first because I love this author's work and secondly becaus... moree it really is a great book. This is a collection of short stories - and it is a fairly small book - there are no novellas here - just 16 short stories. But just enough of them are interconnected that you can almost see them as being in the same universe. In fact it kind of has a vaguely Newford feel to it (which for me is a good thing). I guess I'm a sucker very simple but well written first person short fantasy stories set in modern day (aka urban fantasy even when it is in a rural setting). There are some philosophical underpinnings about what might be an acceptable life - but they pretty well hidden. I just wish this collection had been longer and that the author would write more and more books. I would happily see read a lot more stories of the recurring characters in this collection. less

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