3 stars just because it’s difficult to give anything higher for these types of books. for what it was, i really enjoyed it, and fell in love with the illustrations (my poor fiancé had to deal with me sending him a picture for every single story).

i enjoyed reading each story even though short stories aren’t normally my cup of tea. maybe because many of them were referenced to before so it felt familiar (juris, grigori, elizaveta, magda, anastasia, alina, etc etc). even the other ones, it was fun to try and pinpoint what the message was from each.

i feel like leigh bardugos short stories are actually insane, she writes them so well and they flow so easily.