Tillie Walden is my must-buy author. Anytime she releases a book, I must run out and buy it - it is the law. When I saw this beautiful collection announced, I was a bit torn - I had, of course, hoped for a new self-contained story, but was also excited to finally complete my collection, as I don't own physical copies of The End of Summer or A City Inside.

The collection itself is beautifully made and each story holds its own while also not falling out of line - seeing as how some of Tillie's earliest work is included, this is most definitely a testament to her talent. While I still consider diving head first into Spinning or On A Sunbeam to be the optimal way to get started on your Tillie Walden reading journey, there is definitely no harm in reading her shorter works without any experience with her longer ones.

I have started seeing many young artists on social media platforms such as TikTok masterfully emulating her art style, which only cements what I have been saying since I first read Spinning and got to go to a reading event for the book: Tillie Walden will be one of the most influential visual storytellers our generation has to offer, though, to be fair, I think she already is.