Review: 4 Short Stories
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2012
This contains 4 short stories and the first 5 chapters of another of the author's novels.  I am only reviewing the short stories here as the novel is on my list to be read and I will review that after I read the entire book.  These short stories each contain an element of fantasy and are quite dark at times.  The first one involves a pregnant witch who takes people up the river on her boat.  She has a special relationship with the river where she nourishes the river and the river nourishes her.  The second story involves crossing the border, but with a twist in it as to how the crossing is accomplished.  The third involves a girl named Cassy that  the town thinks is a witch and she ends up saving the town from a deadly tornado (with the help of another person).  The last story is the story of a mom and her 2 children and the lengths she will go to protect them.Overall I enjoyed these stories and it was a very quick read.  I liked the fantasy elements in each of them but just felt like they were too short.  There were also some typos that kind of threw me out of whack but there weren't too many.  Some of the stories ended abruptly and I wish there had been a little bit more development.  I look forward to reading a novel by this author which is on my reading list in the near future.I received this ebook free through LibraryThing member giveaways in exchange for an honest review.