A review by beehan__
Distant Gardens: Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family by J.S. Fields, Heather Tracy

3.0

This book is difficult for me to review because it is very different to what I usually read. I love the cover, and I find the idea of this anthology interesting. I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped to though. I found the writing in a lot of stories to be clumsy, sometimes I thought a plot twist had been prepared and then it never came. I like the sci-fi setting though, and I did appreciate the intro notes on all of the stories including a note on sapphic representation and "heat level". My favourite stories were “Dew Diligence” and "Jellyfish Lovepotion".

I would recommend this book for people with more of an interest in both sci-fi and romance.

(I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.)