Book Review/Blog Tour: Foreshadow edited by Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma
Hey friends!
Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After, which won the APALA Honor Award and the Walter Honor Award, received six starred reviews, was an LA Times Book Prize finalist, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram: @exrpan." -Algonquin Books
Review
I devoured this book over the course of just a few days. I'm a big fan of short story collections; there is just something so special about being able to dive into story after story. I'd heard about the Foreshadow literary collection before and I thought it was a really cool idea to bind the stories into a book. I also thought it was a great idea to include the writing craft essays in the book. Not only did it provide a built-in way to better understand the stories, it also allows for creative minds to start crafting their own stories.
The stories in this collection were written by very diverse authors and cover vast genres, from contemporary romance to fantasy and science fiction. Personally, I liked the fact that many of the stories were feminist and all mainly followed female protagonists, but that may be a drawback for some people looking at this book as a celebration of the magic of YA (boys read YA too!). My favorite stories were probably "Princess" by Maya Prasad because I'm a software programmer and it involves convincingly portrayed AI and "Fools" because the fantasy realm it takes place in is just honestly really cool.
I would recommend this book for YA readers looking for expertly written and charming stories, especially those who want to see books with their names on them on the shelves one day.
I rate this book four stars!
Kyra
I just finished reading the anthology Foreshadow and I'm so excited that I've partnered with Algonguin Young Readers for their blog tour because I just need to discuss it! Thanks to Algonquin for reaching out and providing me with an ARC for the tour.
Summary
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Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma are two authors who started the online literary magazine Foreshadow to celebrate short stories for young adult readers. This collection takes 13 of these stories by new authors, introduced by established writers in the YA space and wraps them up with essays from the two editors.
About the Editors
"Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Walls Around Us, which was an Edgar Award finalist. She also wrote Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone and is co-creator of FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and teaches writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania. Originally from the Hudson Valley, she spent most of her adult life in New York City and now lives in Philadelphia.Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After, which won the APALA Honor Award and the Walter Honor Award, received six starred reviews, was an LA Times Book Prize finalist, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram: @exrpan." -Algonquin Books
Review
I devoured this book over the course of just a few days. I'm a big fan of short story collections; there is just something so special about being able to dive into story after story. I'd heard about the Foreshadow literary collection before and I thought it was a really cool idea to bind the stories into a book. I also thought it was a great idea to include the writing craft essays in the book. Not only did it provide a built-in way to better understand the stories, it also allows for creative minds to start crafting their own stories.
The stories in this collection were written by very diverse authors and cover vast genres, from contemporary romance to fantasy and science fiction. Personally, I liked the fact that many of the stories were feminist and all mainly followed female protagonists, but that may be a drawback for some people looking at this book as a celebration of the magic of YA (boys read YA too!). My favorite stories were probably "Princess" by Maya Prasad because I'm a software programmer and it involves convincingly portrayed AI and "Fools" because the fantasy realm it takes place in is just honestly really cool.
I would recommend this book for YA readers looking for expertly written and charming stories, especially those who want to see books with their names on them on the shelves one day.
I rate this book four stars!
Kyra
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