#118 of 2011: Sixteen edited by Megan McCafferty
Was I ever so eggzited to have a copy of this! For one thing, it has an awesome editor, and an equally awesome pool of writers. Another thing? It has a Jessica Darling story. HOWEVAAAH, I have to be honest and say I didn’t quite enjoy it as I thought I would. The first stories were v. promising but during the middle part? Oh no, Ms. McCafferty, I think you could have made a better arrangement for the stories. To add in-salt to injury, David Levithan’s contribution wasn’t exactly new. In fact, it was the same story that appeared in his How They Met book, which was all v. disappointing for me because I was expecting to get a fresh Levithan story. Blame’s partly on me, though, because this anthology is kinda old, and I’ve already read a lot of better stories written by the contributing authors, hence my (-) feelings. About the JD story? Well, if you’re so inclined to see the life of Jessica Darling pre Hope Weaver’s departure, then, it will be quite enjoyable. But IMO, there’s a reason that part is not included in the series.
