Novik never seems to make a misstep, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed adventures, and offer a glimpse into the author's newest world-building adventure--which I already love.
I love reading Naomi Novik's books without exception--just check out the links to my many rave Bossy reviews at the end of this post to find out how much.
Naomi Novik's newest work, Buried Deep, is a collection of thirteen stories that span the worlds of her fantastic novels--and hint at new works to come.
When I read a collection of short stories, I inevitably develop favorites, and while reading Buried Deep I enjoyed all of the stories but particularly loved three.
"After Hours" allowed me to delve back into Novik's Scholomance series, which I adored. I hated for this one to end, because what I actually wanted was the impossible: to read another full-length work taking place in the world of El and Orion.
"Dragons & Decorum" is a glorious mashup of Novik's dragon stories (see my mention of the Temeraire series, below) and Pride and Prejudice, and it made me grin with glee the whole time I read it.
And "The Long Way Round" is a tantalizing peek into Novik's next world, with a savvy, gruff female captain at sea, her beloved, artistic, romantic brother, and a big adventure. I'm already obsessed with this story and can't wait to read the full-length version.
I received a prepublication copy of Buried Deep and Other Stories courtesy of NetGalley and Ballantine.
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Naomi Novik is the author of richly wrought fantasy novels featuring main protagonists I love: Uprooted and Spinning Silver as well as the Scholomance series, A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, and The Golden Enclaves.
Novik has also written a series of nine fantastic books about dragons, the Temeraire series. The dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal to their riders, Novik explores world politics and the intricacies of nations' relationships and airborne dragon battles within the books' alternate history, and the human protagonists are wonderfully faulted and fantastic. I've read seven of the nine installments, and I'm dreading reaching the end of the series.
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