Book Review: Color Outside the Lines: Stories about Love / Edited by Sangu Mandanna

 

What a delightful surprise! I am NOT a romance reader, and while there were some luv stories in here, these were more than that - these were love stories. You don't see the difference? Luv stories are all romance, kissing, drooling all over each other and are gag-worthy as far as I am concerned. These stories, on the other hand, were about love. Many about romantic love, some about the start of relationships, some just about love between people.

What is even better? Each of these stories have some type of complexity: interracial, or LGBT, or forbidden relationships. Each of these stories was a little different than the others, but all of them were good. 

AND reading Color Outside the Lines is a way to sample a bunch of different authors. These are pages in which to walk in someone else's shoes and see how it feels to be someone very different than yourself. These are stories through which to learn more about yourself and others. These are stories to sip slowly - one at a time so you can digest each tale. This is honestly one of the best short stories collections I have read. I hope you might also enjoy it.

You will find this book on the shelves on Nashua South or you can find it in the Nashua Public Library catalog.

"I like how you look at me. There's a story in your eyes that I would give anything to hear."
 ~ Lori M. Lee in Starlight and Moonlight