This hits a lot of my buttons because it’s calling the rain and dragon vs phoenix and dragon romance, all mixed in.It is well-written and all about hope and resiliency. This is the third story of the anthology about a dragon helping push back deserts.I have very little sympathy for genius creative men who are so violent when things don’t go their way that the women around them fear them.The emphasis on pregnancy and bio-kids was a little off-putting for me, though. The voice of this one was excellent and the story engaging.The rest of the story was fine, but I avoid books with young protagonists for a reason. It opened with her throwing a tantrum like a little kid. The protagonist was way too childish in this one for me. I loved the importance of rain and women turning into dragons. This was sweet and gay and delightful.The writing is great, the plot is surprising, the whole thing is heartwarming and full of hope. This is the first one that really captured my heart.The technology was cool, Farscape-esque stuff, but I picked the villain in the first 500 words and there were no surprises or twists at all. A cute story that reminded me a lot of a lesbian Winry from Full Metal Alchemist.As I often do, I’m going to go through each story one by one and leave a little comment about each one. Wings of Renewal: A Solarpunk Dragon Anthology, edited by Claudie Arseneault and Brenda J Pierson, is not explicitly queer, like a lot of the anthologies I’ve been reading recently. Dragons and hopeful nature-settings in an anthology form? Hell to the yes.
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