mariahaskins's review against another edition
5.0
Sword and Sonnet contains fantasy and science fiction stories featuring women or non-binary battle poets. That theme might sound somewhat specific and narrow in scope, but instead, Sword and Sonnet is one of the strongest and richest anthologies I’ve read this year. Every story here is a gem and I can't recommend it enough for anyone who enjoys speculative fiction.
It includes a heart-stopping and uniquely imagined tale about a gunslinger who can kill with a word by A.C. Wise; the breathtaking “A Subtle Fire Beneath the Skin” by Hayley Stone; C.S.E. Cooney's devastating and beautiful “As For Peace, Call It Murder”; the lyrical lushness of A.E. Prevost’s “Labyrinth, Sanctuary”, and Khaalidah Muhammed-Ali’s powerful and compelling “She Searches For God in the Storm Within”.
It includes a heart-stopping and uniquely imagined tale about a gunslinger who can kill with a word by A.C. Wise; the breathtaking “A Subtle Fire Beneath the Skin” by Hayley Stone; C.S.E. Cooney's devastating and beautiful “As For Peace, Call It Murder”; the lyrical lushness of A.E. Prevost’s “Labyrinth, Sanctuary”, and Khaalidah Muhammed-Ali’s powerful and compelling “She Searches For God in the Storm Within”.
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