Review: Beautiful short
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2013
"Innocent Hearts" by Jess Mountifield contains two short stories.The first is a lovely little fantasy story about Bronwen, a half elf, who leaves her home to join an elf city in the North.Mountifield does a great job at describing Bronwen's journey, which is very hard for her until she meets a fellow Elf Arden. She also introduces two Nepharil, who then feature in the second story about Liza, a young Nepharil girl trying to learn to fly.Appropriately titled Innocent Hearts the book is a homage to innocence and goodness and is beautifully written. To me it felt like a fantasy escapism that doesn't pretend there is no evil, but carries a sense of hope and optimism.Very enjoyable.