Week 38 Review: Buried Deep and Other Stories

From Goodreads:

A thrilling anthology of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set.

From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi Novik's most beloved stories. Here, among many others, we encounter:

• A mushroom witch who learns that sometimes the worst thing in the Scholomance can be your roommate.

• The start of the Dragon Corps in ancient Rome, after Mark Antony hatches a dragon's egg and bonds with the hatchling.

• A young bride in the Middle Ages who finds herself gambling with Death for the highest of stakes.

• A delightful reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, in which Elizabeth Bennet captains a Longwing dragon.

• The first glimpse of the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik's upcoming epic fantasy series—a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries.

Though the stories are vastly different, there is a unifying theme: wrestling with destiny, and the lengths some will go to find their own and fulfill its promise.

My Review:
This was a delight to read! I may have read the ancient Rome story before, but most of these were new, and I had such a blast reading them! Naomi Novik is an author that I love, and these stories, stand alones and ones from series, new and old, yeah, they were so good! 

I'm not sure what I was most excited for, a new Scholomance story, or the Pride & Prejudice in the Temeraire world. Both lived up to the excitement, I had such a great time reading the both of them, one a familiar story but with dragons, and the other, seeing the world after the events of the series, seeing how things have changed, oh, it was a delight! 

The new world, the setting of the new series, the potential it has, the possibilities are endless. Like, is it going to follow the characters? Or might this story be years in the past, well after they've now discovered this new continent. I can't wait to find out! 

Seven Years from Home, and Seven, both very different stories but sharing Seven in the title, were both really fantastic reads, a sci-fi and a fantasy, bio-manipulation and creating statues. Plus the titular Buried Deep, a Minotaur retelling, oh, it was so good and so sad, and I am a tad bit confused by the end, it was such a great story! 

Loved reading this collection, and I'm so excited to see what might come from this new world! 

Author: Naomi Novik
Series: Temeraire, Scholomance
Read: September 18th, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: September 17th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars