This was really good even though it didn't look like a story set in the Realm of the Elderlings. It felt very much like a fairy tale and the illustrations were quite interesting.
I wish the hedgewitch magic had been addressed more but I am happy with what I have got. Now if only I had a short story about Jinna and Fennel... ( )

Words Like Coins is a short story set in the Six Duchies from Robin Hobb’s books. In this story, we learn about the mysterious pecksies. Despite its setting, this actually stands alone perfectly fine and doesn’t require any familiarity with Hobb’s other work to be enjoyed.

I’m not normally too crazy for short stories, but I really enjoyed this one. It caught my interest from the beginning, and I was especially interested after the pecksies started to show up. From that point, I was reading somewhat anxiously to find out what would happen. One can never really be sure just what Hobb will do to her poor characters, so I felt a little more suspense than I might have otherwise. ( )

A quick Hobb short story / novella. Nothing spectacular, but it was Hobb, so of course I had to read it. Honestly though.. There's not much to say about it. I got excited when I read the blurb saying it was set in the Farseer world.. Thought there might be some connections to long forgotten friends of mine.. But nope. It's in the world, but disconnected completely from Farseer characters, which I expected but still sort of hoped to be wrong. Anyway though.. 3 stars. ( )

Robin Hobb can write an epic 1,000 page novel just as well as she can write a 50 page short story. ( )

Robin Hobb can write an epic 1,000 page novel just as well as she can write a 50 page short story. ( )