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Love Devours: Tales of Monstrous Adoration
by
Sarah Diemer (Goodreads Author)
We're all afraid of monsters. They coil in our subconscious, slither along the edges of thought. Still we creep to the crackling fire to whisper their stories.
Love Devours is a collection of new fables for queer women, extracted from the bones of the dark: ominous fairy tales, sinister myths, dystopias rife with nightmares. But in the midst of monsters, love still struggle...more
Love Devours is a collection of new fables for queer women, extracted from the bones of the dark: ominous fairy tales, sinister myths, dystopias rife with nightmares. But in the midst of monsters, love still struggle...more
Published
August 28th 2012
(first published August 22nd 2012)
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(I cannot get 'The Forever Star' out of my head).
From my Amazon review:
'Love Devours', Sarah Diemer's first anthology of short stories, is a dark and beautiful tapestry of monsters and love. Each story different but woven together masterfully in her chosen theme. There is one common theme I find in all of Diemer's work, aside from love, and it's hope. She always leaves me one gleaming spark of hope in each world and that transcends everything.
I had read each of these stories over the last few mo...more
From my Amazon review:
'Love Devours', Sarah Diemer's first anthology of short stories, is a dark and beautiful tapestry of monsters and love. Each story different but woven together masterfully in her chosen theme. There is one common theme I find in all of Diemer's work, aside from love, and it's hope. She always leaves me one gleaming spark of hope in each world and that transcends everything.
I had read each of these stories over the last few mo...more
Of the six stories, I rated them as follows:
"Far" - 3/5
"The Witch Sea" - 5/5
"Seek" - 5/5
"We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" - 1/5
"Our Lady of Wolves" - 3/5
"The Forever Star" - 5/5
My favorite story of the anthology is probably "Seek"; it was very unique and fit the "monster" theme of the anthology the best, in my opinion. I really enjoyed it. "The Witch Sea" and "The Forever Star" were both very moving (I had tears welling up at the end of both stories, and I'm usually not an emotional reader). "Fa...more
"Far" - 3/5
"The Witch Sea" - 5/5
"Seek" - 5/5
"We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" - 1/5
"Our Lady of Wolves" - 3/5
"The Forever Star" - 5/5
My favorite story of the anthology is probably "Seek"; it was very unique and fit the "monster" theme of the anthology the best, in my opinion. I really enjoyed it. "The Witch Sea" and "The Forever Star" were both very moving (I had tears welling up at the end of both stories, and I'm usually not an emotional reader). "Fa...more
I had an epiphany while getting the two newest Sarah (and Jennifer) books, realized I hadn't read this book and then realized it was made up of stories I half had read and half hadn't. So I had to track them down. Guys, guys, guys, Sarah blew me out of the water with so many stories in this collection.
I love best probably these three: The Forever Star, We Grow Accustomed to the Dark and the one about the muse and the knight (name of which is escaping me right now). The last one especially compl...more
I love best probably these three: The Forever Star, We Grow Accustomed to the Dark and the one about the muse and the knight (name of which is escaping me right now). The last one especially compl...more
Short stories are one of my favorites. And fables inspired by mythological monsters? Color me intrigued! Here's a quick recap of what I thought of each story:
Far - Mana and Far are a couple, who live in a city with no name. Far is unhappy and asks too many questions, which makes Mana nervous. Mana brings Far back from the After, then disappears. Can Far find her? This one didn't really work for me, as I had to read the ending more than once to try and understand what had happened.
The Witch Sea -...more
Far - Mana and Far are a couple, who live in a city with no name. Far is unhappy and asks too many questions, which makes Mana nervous. Mana brings Far back from the After, then disappears. Can Far find her? This one didn't really work for me, as I had to read the ending more than once to try and understand what had happened.
The Witch Sea -...more
There are six stories in this anthology. I'm going to break down the review for each story. I will go over them in the order I read them. : )
1. "Far" is a zombie story. It's told from two points of view. It's very sad and also quite lovely. It has a unique twist that I didn't see coming. And I always enjoy that.
2. "The Witch Sea" was very interesting. It had an ending I wasn't expecting. Another exciting aspect to the stories in this anthology.
3. "Seek" was probably my favorite of these six. It...more
1. "Far" is a zombie story. It's told from two points of view. It's very sad and also quite lovely. It has a unique twist that I didn't see coming. And I always enjoy that.
2. "The Witch Sea" was very interesting. It had an ending I wasn't expecting. Another exciting aspect to the stories in this anthology.
3. "Seek" was probably my favorite of these six. It...more
Love Devours is a gorgeous little collection of stories. I got most of them separately, but I wanted to buy the full copy anyway -- handier to read as one file, really. The collection contains Far, The Witch Sea, Seek, Our Lady of Wolves, We Grow Accustomed to the Dark, and The Forever Star. The Forever Star was the only new one for me, but I still loved The Witch Sea and Seek the most on a reread. I love Sarah Diemer's writing, and the restful fact that women loving women is totally normal in h...more
I loooved the stories collected in this book.
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Sarah is a lesbian YA author and storyteller who writes about courageous young ladies who love other ladies. She makes jewelry out of words and wire and loves her wife more than anything, ever. She randomly sparkles. Her first novel, THE DARK WIFE--a YA, lesbian retelling of the Persephone and Hades myth--is out now. She writes lesbian fantasy and science fiction as Elora Bishop.
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