A review by musingswithmiranda
Love & Other Poisons by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
5.0
Silvia Moreno-Garcia is one of my favorite authors of all time. So far, I have read this book, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Untamed Shore, and Mexican Gothic. I honestly trust her as a author so much now that I will automatically buy anything she releases. I do not know how she does it, but every book I have read so far has been five stars.
Love and Other Poisons is a wonderful collection of eighteen different speculative short stories. They follow a darker fantasy theme, but each story is unique. The author combines many different elements throughout this collection: gothic, ghost stories, fantasy, science fiction, etc.
I am always amazed at Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s writing. Her works are not only well-written but are typically very atmospheric as well. Her writing style is one of my favorites I have ever read. It is very immersive and typically has more of a slow build, which I really enjoy. I appreciated how some stories seemed to talk to her other books that I have read. Certain quotes definitely made me think of specific things from her other books, but to avoid spoilers, I will not go into too much detail about that.
As I was working on this review, I really wanted to talk about some of my favorite stories before realizing that I genuinely loved all of them. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down my list, but some of my favorites are Variations of Figures Upon the Wall, Man in Blue Overcoat, Enchantment, and A Handful of Earth.
Love and Other Poisons is a very unique and intriguing collection of stories. Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia should definitely try to get their hands on this at some point, but I know it may be difficult as it is currently out of print. I really hope this can reprinted one day because I would love a physical copy too!
Love and Other Poisons is a wonderful collection of eighteen different speculative short stories. They follow a darker fantasy theme, but each story is unique. The author combines many different elements throughout this collection: gothic, ghost stories, fantasy, science fiction, etc.
I am always amazed at Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s writing. Her works are not only well-written but are typically very atmospheric as well. Her writing style is one of my favorites I have ever read. It is very immersive and typically has more of a slow build, which I really enjoy. I appreciated how some stories seemed to talk to her other books that I have read. Certain quotes definitely made me think of specific things from her other books, but to avoid spoilers, I will not go into too much detail about that.
As I was working on this review, I really wanted to talk about some of my favorite stories before realizing that I genuinely loved all of them. It was incredibly difficult to narrow down my list, but some of my favorites are Variations of Figures Upon the Wall, Man in Blue Overcoat, Enchantment, and A Handful of Earth.
Love and Other Poisons is a very unique and intriguing collection of stories. Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia should definitely try to get their hands on this at some point, but I know it may be difficult as it is currently out of print. I really hope this can reprinted one day because I would love a physical copy too!