this ebook was won as part of the May 2012 batch from Librarything's Early Reviewers, it consists of a 7 short stories, which (judging by the end notes) have been previously published elsewhere.

Occurring in every story, Smeds does seem to like using the word "hiccuped" which I suspect he nor his editor has noticed, probably because the stories have been written over a longer period that if written specifically for this publication. However, that's just a minor sidetrack.

Each story has a female protagonist, finding themselves in unexpected situations, from the girl who (to get themselves being sold off to pay debts) becomes pregnant by her dream lover; to the girl who travels the world with her uncle who is in possession of a magical book that scribes their lives and thoughts, with always the temptation to find out how it ends.

I doubt that any of the stories would translate into a full length story - i think they are all pitched at the right length and end just at the right time. Not usually a short story fan but think these were most enjoyable ( )

this ebook was won as part of the May 2012 batch from Librarything's Early Reviewers, it consists of a 7 short stories, which (judging by the end notes) have been previously published elsewhere.

Occurring in every story, Smeds does seem to like using the word "hiccuped" which I suspect he nor his editor has noticed, probably because the stories have been written over a longer period that if written specifically for this publication. However, that's just a minor sidetrack.

Each story has a female protagonist, finding themselves in unexpected situations, from the girl who (to get themselves being sold off to pay debts) becomes pregnant by her dream lover; to the girl who travels the world with her uncle who is in possession of a magical book that scribes their lives and thoughts, with always the temptation to find out how it ends.

I doubt that any of the stories would translate into a full length story - i think they are all pitched at the right length and end just at the right time. Not usually a short story fan but think these were most enjoyable ( )

Interesting Read ( )

This was a collection of short stories which was really enjoyable to read. The stories were all magic based stories, but were all very different from each other when it comes to the plot lines. Many of them had strong female characters as the main characters. I would recommend this to people that like fantasy based books, especially if you enjoy having the main characters being women. ( )

I really enjoyed this collection and finished them in two sittings.

Excellent writing and gripping stories. At first I didn't realize it was going to be short stories so I was a little confused at the second "Chapter" but figured it out pretty quick. I may have to re-read them again; they were that good! ( )