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Review of The Edge of Everything Short Stories

Safe Harbor by Nicola Yoon

Julia at the Drive-in by Rainbow Rowell

Winter Breakage by David Levithan

The Price of Admission by Dustin Thao

Three of Hearts by Katie Cotugno

Back to You by Ann Liang

July 11, 2026 by Classic Leave a Comment

Here’s my review of the newest collection of original short stories with the theme of coming to age short stories that revolve around love, school, angst, and everything in between. I honestly enjoyed the majority of the stories, and only really didn’t really gel with one. Safe Harbor by Nicola Yoon and David Yoon (5 stars)-I thought the first story in the collection was great. We follow teen Isabel who has been sent to a group therapy appointment by her parents to help her get […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Ann Liang, Back to You, david leviathan, david levithan, David Yoon, Dustin Thao, Julia at the Drive-in, Katie Cotugno, nicola yoon, Rainbow Rowell, Safe Harbor, The Edge of Everything #1, The Edge of Everything #2, The Edge of Everything #3, The Edge of Everything #4, The Edge of Everything #5, The Edge of Everything #6, The Price of Admission, Three of Hearts, Winter Breakage

Classic's CBR18 Review No:70 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Ann Liang, Back to You, david leviathan, david levithan, David Yoon, Dustin Thao, Julia at the Drive-in, Katie Cotugno, nicola yoon, Rainbow Rowell, Safe Harbor, The Edge of Everything #1, The Edge of Everything #2, The Edge of Everything #3, The Edge of Everything #4, The Edge of Everything #5, The Edge of Everything #6, The Price of Admission, Three of Hearts, Winter Breakage ·
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The Power of a Beautiful Woman Against a Kingdom

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

August 13, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Before starting A Song to Drown Rivers, I wasn’t familiar with the Four Great Beauties of China beyond a vague recollection of the phrase. As I started, I did a quick google of Xishi and her story, which has two possible endings – one where the king she served has her assassinated for fear the skills she used to topple the Wu kingdom may be turned on him, and another where she and Fanli are able to live out in freedom and happiness. The execution […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History Tagged With: a song to drown rivers, Ann Liang, Fan Li, Fanli, Four great beauties of China, great love story, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Wu, Xi Shi, Xishi, Yue

LB's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: a song to drown rivers, Ann Liang, Fan Li, Fanli, Four great beauties of China, great love story, historical fantasy, historical fiction, Wu, Xi Shi, Xishi, Yue ·
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