I haven’t read any of the other Borderlands books (though I was intrigued enough by this story that I certainly will now), but I thought this worked really well as a stand-alone.

“Ours Is the Prettiest” is a Borderlands series, which is a series of books and stories where authors share the same characters and settings. They are usually rooted in reality, but they have elements that transcend it. What holds the collection together is Nalo Hopkinson’s effortless blending of the fantastic and the mundane. The stories vary throughout in tone and genre, some feeling light and airy, and some veering into horror. One of my favourite stories was a cozy narrative about a gay couple (who are in a BDSM relationship) that have a missing chicken. Actually, the first sentence had me sitting down and paying attention: I didn’t used to like people much.īesides, there is additional queer content beyond “Ours Is the Prettiest”. This was a book that I tried to draw out the experience of reading because I didn’t want it to end. (Though it is the longest story, for what it’s worth.) Usually, I probably wouldn’t include a book with that little queer women content at the Lesbrary, or at least I would only review that particular story, but here’s the thing: I loved this book.

First things first: this is a short story collection with only one story that has queer women content.

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