Zoraida Córdova

From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, RECLAIM THE STARS takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world. Follow princesses warring in space, haunting ghost stories in Argentina, mermaids off the coast of the Caribbean, swamps that whisper secrets, and many more realms explored and unexplored, this stunning collection of seventeen short stories breaks borders and realms to prove that stories are truly universal. Reclaim the Stars features both bestselling and acclaimed authors as well as two new voices in the genres: Vita Ayala, David Bowles, J.C. Cervantes, Zoraida Córdova, Sara Faring, Romina Garber, Isabel Ibañez, Anna-Marie McLemore, Yamile Saied Méndez, Nina Moreno, Circe Moskowitz, Maya Motayne, Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez, Daniel José Older, Claribel A. Ortega, Mark Oshiro and Lilliam Rivera.

17 Tales Across Realms & Space

Reclaim the Stars

Zoraida Cordova

Edited by Zoraida Cordova, Reclaim the Stars features seventeen fantasy and science fiction short stories from leading voices in the Latin American diaspora...

Seventeen Tales Across Realms & Space

Ashton Reed

A clever collection. As is typical with anthologies, I liked some stories better than others. The sci-fi ones, Rogue Enchantments, and the final story were my favorites.

Liz Griffin

Lillian

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

To be honest, it's very hard for me to review this book, because I was initially extremely excited for it. Latin American SFF Stories? Sign me up! Then, I went on Goodreads and found out that several authors on this anthology had been anti-Indigenous, and I didn't really know how to rate it after that? Because I don't want this to reflect badly on the other amazing stories that are in this anthology (and trust me, there are amazing stories in this anthology), but I also am not sure I am comfortable supporting those authors? So as far as I know, the ones who have been accused of being anti-Indigenous are Faring, Bowles, and Ibañez.

That being said, some of the stories here were extremely charming and enchanting, and dealt with the intersectional identities of being Latin American in beautiful ways. As I'm not Latin American, I cannot speak to how accurate the representation was, but I did love the stories! Some that stood out to me were - Reign of Diamonds, This Is Our Manifesto, and River People. I thought they were beautifully written and very powerful!

So, yeah. This is a difficult one to put a rating to, so I'll leave it with that.

Avery Baumel

wanted to like this so much but i just CANNOT get into collections :(( loved some of the stories more than anything but I’m a novel girl at heart and this just wasn’t my fave, plus some of these stories were awful. It was the only slump I’d been in this year so far because I didn’t want to read it LOL

Nash

This is the book I’ll give to the next generation of teens to read. I was hooked from the first story. It brought tears to my eyes. AN analogy of 17 tales so well written, that they will stay in your heart forever. 


Thank you Wednesday Books for sending me this gift. I’ll cherish it forever.

OH my goodness. This collection of short stories is utterly breathtaking.

Goodreads synopsis:
Reclaim the Stars is a collection of bestselling and acclaimed YA authors that take the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world. From princesses warring in space, to the all too-near devastation of climate change, to haunting ghost stories in Argentina, and mermaids off the coast of the Caribbean. This is science fiction and fantasy that breaks borders and realms, and proves that stories are truly universal.

Authors include Daniel José Older, Yamile Saied Méndez, Anna-Marie McLemore, Mark Oshiro, Romina Garber, David Bowles, Lilliam Rivera, Claribel Ortega, Isabel Ibañez, Sara Faring, Maya Motayne, Nina Moreno, Vita Ayala, J.C. Cervantes, Circe Moskowitz, Linda Nieves Pérez, and Zoraida Córdova.

As I said, I am astounded by how incredible these stories are. I’m currently taking a creative writing class and writing short stories myself, so I found myself reading critically on accident - and yet, I still fell head-over-heels for these stories, enveloped over and over again into tales of magic, empowerment, magical creatures, sacrifice, mythology, love and loss. I found every story surprising, engaging, and unique; I’ve never read anything like these stories, which I imagine can be at least partially credited to their purpose: to show the world a whole new side of magical tales in ways they’ve never been told before. And that’s beautiful. I’m so honored to have been able to experience these stories and to have learned more about what magic lies in other places on the globe.

*I received an e-arc of Reclaim the Stars from Wednesday Books and Netgalley; all opinions are my own. It was published February 15th, 2022.*






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