A review by elpisgalaxy
Distant Gardens: Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family by J.S. Fields, Heather Tracy
4.0
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Distant Gardens is a lesbian-centric anthology featuring female characters in science fiction and fantasy settings.
As soon as I read the blurb for this book, I was intrigued right away as this sounded right up my alley. It was overall an excellent read. I liked that the type of relationship was listed before each story so that I had some idea going into the story what I was getting myself into. I also liked that the stories were all a decent length and weren't as short as stories in most anthologies. I liked the representation especially ace representation which I don't see in books often enough. Unfortunately I did have a hard time getting into some stories and it just felt like they were dragging on longer than necessary. My favorite stories from this anthology ended up being Radiant, Jellyfish Lovepotion, Killer Trees and Second Chances, How to Steal a Planet, and Brie and the Marsh Kraken. Overall it was a good way to find more authors to follow.
4/5 stars
Distant Gardens is a lesbian-centric anthology featuring female characters in science fiction and fantasy settings.
As soon as I read the blurb for this book, I was intrigued right away as this sounded right up my alley. It was overall an excellent read. I liked that the type of relationship was listed before each story so that I had some idea going into the story what I was getting myself into. I also liked that the stories were all a decent length and weren't as short as stories in most anthologies. I liked the representation especially ace representation which I don't see in books often enough. Unfortunately I did have a hard time getting into some stories and it just felt like they were dragging on longer than necessary. My favorite stories from this anthology ended up being Radiant, Jellyfish Lovepotion, Killer Trees and Second Chances, How to Steal a Planet, and Brie and the Marsh Kraken. Overall it was a good way to find more authors to follow.
4/5 stars