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For this gorgeous re-issue of Duck Prints Press’s debut anthology Add Magic to Taste, 18 authors have come together to produce new, original short stories uniting four of our absolute favorite themes: queer relationships, fluff, magic, and coffee shops! Our diverse writers have created an even more diverse collection of stories guaranteed to sweeten your coffee and warm your tart. This edition also includes the 16 microfics originally written for our Kickstarter extra Mini-Morsels!
For this gorgeous re-issue of Duck Prints Press’s debut anthology Add Magic to Taste, 18 authors have come together to produce new, original short stories uniting four of our absolute favorite themes: queer relationships, fluff, magic, and coffee shops! Our diverse writers have created an even more diverse collection of stories guaranteed to sweeten your coffee and warm your tart. This edition also includes the 16 microfics originally written for our Kickstarter extra Mini-Morsels!
Sil –
I really enjoyed this anthology. A bundle of mostly cozy stories, some more adventurous, some calmer, others leaning a little towards more traditional tales with a hint of their morbidity, each story unique, a small glimpse into a rich world and their own diverse characters – including a particularily lovely, cup-sized dragon btw.
Some of the stories I really loved and wished I could have gotten way more of.
And as a bonus: With the artwork being this adorable it looks amazing on my book shelf. 🙂
AJ –
3.75 rounded up.
Overall, each story focuses on a queer protagonist, and all of these sounded intriguing ways that magic can interact now only with them but with coffee shops, bakeries, etc. I will say that each story was lovely and fluffy, not every story fully grabbed by attention. Which happens when you’re reading an anthology, but some of my favourite stories out of this whole mix are “A Tasty Crumpet” by A.L. Heard, about a young man trying to find a job that isn’t in the magic quarter of his city and not realizing that he has as he learns how to make and bake tasty treats for the unusual denizens that frequent the shop; “Bånd” by Florence Vale, about the magical proprietor of a coffee shop who accidentally casts a curse on a patron, which leads to them having to spend time together to figure out how to break it; and “Rain and Moonlight” by Lex T. Lindsay, about a two witches who run into each other again unexpectedly and learn more about each other as one bakes and one just seems to keep showing up.
I loved how cute and light each story was, even those that has a heartache hiding within its words. Even then, there wasn’t anything too heavy that the stories themselves couldn’t handle for make lighter. I also enjoyed that some of the stories got little extras with them, that expand the world of those stories just a little bit more, almost like prequels or sequels to what was going on in the original story. It helped make those worlds feel more lived in, more like there was something else going on besides the main storyline.
A very good way to get a lot of stories about diverse perspectives with some fun magic and coffee shop/bakery shenanigans to go with them. Definitely one to turn to when you need a little pick-me up after a depressing story.