Review: I want to keep traveling on this path!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2012
Paths Less Traveled included two short stories.  The blurb describes "kick butt heroines" and that is right on the money.The first story is a sci-fi tale about a female psychic living in a world where psychics are shunned.  She's a newbie crime-scene investigator and the story is told in the first person, which was perfect.  The first person view added a "private-eye" type of feel as we saw the crime scene and the setting through her psychic eyes.  I really liked this story and I hope that the author expands it to create a full novel in the future.  There was definitely enough character building and a great setting to provide enough material for the start of a novel.The second story was a fantasy setting with another truly impressive female protagonist.  This time, she is a pseudo princess (secret stepchild of the king), but publicly she filled the role of an all-purpose special assistant to the king.  It was a bit complicated to follow at times, primarily because there was so much to it.  However, I never lost interest and it definitely came through with an almost cross-genre mystery/fantasy feel as our heroine searched desperately to solve the crime of a stolen prized horse.  She is under a strict time constraint and if she fails, her friend will face wrongful imprisonment (or worse) and the king will face an embarassment that could threaten his alliances.  Both stories were superbly written and definitely worth the read.  As I said, I hope to see more from this author and both of these stories left me with the desire to keep reading.