evelikesbooks's review
3.0
I read it for my feminist sci-fi book club; I might not have finished otherwise. Some of the stories were pretty good, so between the ones I really liked and the ones I really didn't like I give it 3 stars. It's too bad; I expected this to be a lot better than it was.
sistermagpie's review
4.0
This collection of short stories is not like anything I'd ever read before, which is down to the author having a strong voice all her own. All the stories are fantasy/science fiction, but if there was a theme that really stood out to me it was one of being caught between two worlds. Characters often aren't sure which world they belong in, even when they've ostensibly chosen one way and even lived there for years. Describing individual stories doesn't really put across what the stories are like, but to give an idea, there are characters caught between being black and white, New York and New Orleans, being a human and gathering nectar from humans, living in the ocean or on land--each choice is different but equally powerful.
tregina's review
4.0
There was something really captivating about this, a combination of the cerebral and the sensual, science fiction with a mythic feel to it.
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