Full transparency, I only read certain stories from this book and reviewed them in the order they were read. I’m not generally a fan of anthologies, so I read what’s relevant to the series I’m reading and leave the rest.“Student of Ostriches”
Kinda cute story of Kylaia and her essentially teaching herself to fight. I thought it was pretty obvious she was going to meet a Shang warrior at some stage and be brought on as a student.
“Elder Brother”
Happy to see some follow up to Numair turning Tristan into a tree. I thought it was both kinda cute and kind of annoying… I hate, hate, hate when religions get involved in such hateful ways toward women. Qiom having to deal with learning to be a man was semi-interesting.
“Hidden Girl”
A semi-continuation of the Qiom/ Fadal storyline. Follows a different girl, Tedry, who becomes an avatar for a non-binary god trying to bring balance to their religion. It was alright. I’m not a big fan of religion in general and especially not ones that demonize women, as I said earlier. Having someone try to fix that is better in my book.
“Nawat”
I feel like Nawat’s character development has been walked back, but as we didn’t actually get to spend time with him outside of battles, perhaps not. I also know he’s a crow, but… yeah. I dunno. Not a super fan of Nawat anyway, though I am glad he decided against infanticide and continuing to be “crow enough” for the Rajmuat flock.
Babies and the reality of their existence are shown here. I kind of like that it’s represented. It’s neat that Nawat can tell how Ochobai will grow. Seems like a marketable skill for the crows in Nawat’s band.
“Lost”
Well Adria’s father’s a piece of work, that’s for sure. I really don’t have any other feelings about this one. Darkings are everywhere, which is kind of cool. Much shrugging.
“The Dragon’s Tale”
This story is from Kitten’s POV. It was vaguely interesting, if kind of confusing at times. I liked getting to know Spots a bit, and Kitten a lot more.
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