Book Review: Spirits of Suburbia
Original review written Oct. 25, 2014 on Goodreads Original review (with updated comments) I picked up this little anthology at ConBravo this past summer as a way to support several authors and get a taste of their writing without breaking my bank account. As the title, "Spirits of Suburbia" suggests, the stories deal with fantasy in an urban setting and how that affects the characters. Some gain a new understanding of the world, while find an unlikely answer to some of their own problems. My favourite story in the book is "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" by Tecuma Macintyre. A young lady invites her witch friend to cleanse her bookstore of evil spirits. The author does an excellent job of teasing out the back story of both these women in a way that intrigues the reader, but still feels like a complete tale. When Abby, the witch, is going through the cleansing ritual, I was actually a little scared. There is a lot of depth to this world, and I would be int