Winter Moon

This is a book of three novellas, one each by three authors. I got it to read C.E. Murphy's story, Banshee Cries, and then read the other two as well to try out those authors, both of whom I've heard good things about.

I think traditional fantasy is just not so much my thing. I hesitate to say that, because my brain throws up all these “hey, yes you do!” and points out all sorts of fantasy that I love, and that I grew up loving, but none of them are really what most think of when they think straight-fantasy. They're more fanciful children's/YA stuff, or set in present day. Somehow, traditional fantasy is just not as accessible to me as other kinds of fantasy.

All of that is said to be kind of a disclaimer for when I say that I didn't enjoy the other two stories quite as much. They were good, they were well written, they were enjoyable, I just had a much more difficult time getting into them. Eventually I did get into them, and did wind up glad I'd read them - of the two, I particularly liked Mercedes Lackey's Moontide - but they just didn't strike me as much as Banshee Cries did. Somehow it felt like a rhythm thing.

I did love the strong female protagonists in each story, though, and the variation between them.