Where the Veil Is Thin

**Thank you, Netgalley and publisher, for giving me an electronic ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.**

I loved these stories! I honestly don't know why it took me so long to read them.

Story 1 THE TOOTH FAIRIES: — QUEST FOR TEAR HAVEN — Glenn Parris: This story held me tight and creeped me out. This was my favorite line: "Cats, on the other hand, were wily creatures with an innate sense of the occult."

Story 2 GLAMOUR — by Grey Yuen: I wasn't a fan of this one; it felt like something that would be in the middle of a novel. This was my favorite line, I liked how descriptive it was: "Like everything on the street, the apartment was an old relic with a new skin draped over ancient bones, except this one had nothing in between , no meat, no substance."

Story 3 SEE A FINE LADY — by Seanan McGuire: This was my favorite one and I would do exactly what Frankie did. My favorite line is: "It wasn’t the sort of horse that went unnoticed. It wasn’t the sort of horse that went unremarked. It certainly wasn’t the sort of horse that belonged in Target."

Story 4 OR PERHAPS UP — by C. S. E. Cooney: This one was interesting I liked the imagery and descriptions. My favorite line is: "Hell, I should’ve remembered all those aforementioned fairytales (of which mamita and I were both so fond): that swans nearly always show up where dead girls drown."

Story 5 DON’T LET GO — by Alana Joli Abbott: This story was cute, I enjoyed reading about the fairies and myths. My favorite line is: "Rain had decided that if there was someone not to be trusted, it was that woman, who reminded her of nothing so much as fire— beautiful but destructive, and quick to burn."

Story 6 THE LOOPHOLE — A Story of Elsewhere by L. Penelope: I enjoyed the supernatural elements to it, I feel like this would be a great ending to a novel. My favorite line describes the sadness of Rhenna and really pulls you into her story: "This was a part of exile that she hadn’t expected. Not just being unable to go home, but unable to create a new one in this peculiar, human world."

Story 7 THE LAST HOME — OF MASTER TRANQUIL CLOUD — by Minsoo Kang: In the beginning I felt as if I was in a history class, but once it got to the story of what happened to Tranquil Cloud, I was hooked. I found myself liking the fox people and I would do exactly what Tranquil Cloud did. My favorite line is: "But my sorrow and rage over how I died turned me into a fox spirit so I could avenge myself. I met other fox spirits who had been women and girls who died under such circumstances. We came together, and we helped one another."

Story 8 YOUR TWO BETTER HALVES — A Dream, with Fairies, in Spanglish by Carlos Hernandez: I use to love chose your own adventure books! My path was, F, D, I, Q, LL, H, L, C, R, !, I chose LL and Q as my final form. That was fun!

Story 9 TAKE ONLY PHOTOS — by Shanna Swendson: If I had cleaning fairies, my life would be so much easier. I would have taken the rock too since the description was cool. "I didn’t want to say that the rock spoke to me because that sounded odd, but something about it had captivated me. Even now, I didn’t think I could articulate why. It was sparkly and a funny shape, but not so strange or beautiful that it should have even caught my eye."

Story 10 OLD TWELVEY NIGHT — by Gwendolyn N. Nix: Unless I am mistaken I believe this was a Persephone and Hades retelling. It was really cute, and felt genuine.  My favorite line is: "The apple-god toppled, his ancient soul bare before the hacking picks and daggers of the mischief-things. Datura had brought a blight to the copse with her wants and dreams and wishes. And she still felt like she hadn’t seen anything, still ached that she hadn’t done anything."

Story 11 THE SEAL-WOMAN’S TALE — A Tale of Arilland by Alethea Kontis: This story didn't hold my interest as much, I did enjoy the shapeshifting aspect of it.

Story 12 THE STORYTELLER — by David Bowles: I liked the stories and the family dynamics in this story.

Story 13 SUMMER SKIN — by Zin E. Rocklyn: This one creeped me out due to her loosing time, and taking the skin of another person. I feel like I need a shower or something in order to take my mind off it again.

Story 14 COLT’S TOOTH — by Linda Robertson: Nope, just nope. I am now scared of the tooth fairy and barbers.

Where the Veil is Thin did a wonderful job of taking a focused theme and exploring it in all of its potential. I had no sensation that one story echoed any other and found many new authors I would gladly read again, only having been familiar with a few of those included in the collection. Well done! A haunting read!

A good taste of creepy. The tooth fairy tale had me reaching for my teeth the entire time and just cringing. Loved it.

Well this was lovely anthology. Such and odd but welcome surprise to come across a multiple choice story. Ooh wish those would become published more often in books. Favorite was. All super good but my favorite
Or Perhaps up by S. E. Cooney

I loved this collection of stories! It was the perfect combination of familiar and strange folklore and fairytales. I enjoyed every bit of it.