I don't usually enjoy short story collections but I devoted every one of these. Ms Burgis is an absolute whiz at drawing you into worlds, caring for characters, and left wondering what happened after the story ended. Chef's kiss

If you could look up the perfect mashup between Once, Lost, Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and The Great British Bake Off, you would find this book in the middle of that complex Venn diagram. Delightful read.

For those seeking the sweeter, closed door side of loving monsters, with a heavy dose of what it might have been like if Sara had worked in the Labyrinth for a good while before facing Jareth. Slow burn romance, heavy focus on world building, a good way to spend a weekend.

An entertaining read with plenty of footnotes, reflecting the scholar heroine... But I'll admit I have to go back and read half of them because I was enjoying their growing intimacy.

And that epilogue. Friends, you're gonna enjoy that epilogue.

Enjoyable, but wanting more!

A rather too loyal narrative style to Jane Austen's, with fades to black on things that seemed most interesting, including conversations and consummations. Her later works definitely address these issues and I'm looking forward to reading more.

Closer in plot and narrative style to Jane Eyre than Rebecca, this is a traditional Gothic tale with a slow burn, sweet romance and tidy ending.

This went places I didn't expect, but it was definitely a more hopeful end than The Great Gatsby, which I kept thinking of while reading even though it was supposed to be more Mean Girls inspired.