Love is in the air in this is a collection of stories inspired by romantic tropes and edited by #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Gilded, Marissa Meyer. The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that's been there all along, ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favourite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will swoon for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding and serendipitous. Contributors include Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Marissa Meyer, Sandhya Menon, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle and Abigail Hing Wen.
Short story collections aren't always my favourite type of read, but I enjoyed this one. I found that, generally speaking, the stories were just the right length, not too long and not too short. None of them felt like excerpts from longer works; they all felt very complete.
There's a great mix of tropes here relating to a wide range of romances. I loved how this wasn't the same story retold in different ways; there's a huge ranges of sexes, genders, orientations, ethnicities and everything else. Everyone will find something in here to reflect them. (Except the aces, but as this is explicitly a collection of romance tropes, that's to be expected.)
Collections like this are a fantastic way for people to sample authors they otherwise might not have tried, and the writers featured here are a wonderful mix, some of the best writing in this genre at the moment. I'm sure that readers will find a few extra to add to their reading lists.
A great collection that's going to do really well.
Serendipity publishes on the 4th of January in both the US (top image) and the UK (lower image). I received a free copy and am giving an honest review.
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