Let's say you're an editor with some very interesting anthology ideas, and you're fascinated by these concepts:🍜 an anthology of interconnected stories that all take place in the same neighborhood at the same time, in which each story is full of tiny references to the others and forms a seamless web that enhances each story's meaning;🍜 an anthology that spans across genres, from contemporary romance and horror to gang rivalries and ghost stories and superhero tales, in which stories have little

Third book of August, and I think this book was pretty good. In case you didn’t know, Hungry Hearts is not an actual full-length novel, but thirteen tales, all taking place at the same setting: Hungry Hearts Row. They all take place in different places in Hungry Hearts Row (and I have a suspicion that they take place within a few months of each other) and with different main characters. Initially, I expected a fluffy contemporary book of thirteen people and their love stories, but some of these

3.75/5 Stars Rain by Sangu Mandanna 4/5 Kings and Queens by Elise Chapman 3/5 The Grand Ishq Adventure by Sandhya Menon 4/5 Sugar and Spice by Rin Chupeco 2.5/5 Moments to Return by Adi Alsaid 3/5 The Slender One by Caroline Tung Richmond 4/5 Gimme Some Sugar by Jay Coles 3.5/5 The Missing Ingredient by Rebecca Roanhorse 2.5/5 Hearts à la Carte by Karuna Riazi 4/5 Bloom by Phoebe North 4/5 A Bountiful Film by S.K. Ali 4/5 Side Work by Sara Farizan 3.75/5 Panadería ~ Pastelería by A...

My full review is now up on my blog, The Quiet Pond. I also went on a food crawl to find all the food in this anthology!-Reading this anthology felt like sampling a tasting menu of the rich and brilliant colours of life. I loved this anthology and its stories so much - it's my favourite anthology I've ever read! - and is my fifth 5⭐ read of 2019.- This anthology is a collection of surprises. I had expected a thoroughly wholesome book (and indeed, some stories were wholesome!) but there were so

13 stories about food and the different cultural and social significance food plays both in day to day life as well as special events. All of the stories are own voices, which I really appreciated, and we see a wide variety of different cultures centered around one town. We have cute romances, crimes and spiritual stories with smatterings of different characters appearing or bridging the gap between each chapter. Story breakdown: Rain - a quiet story about grief, finding comfort in others and th...

4/5 stars, while that wasn’t what I was expecting it was an entertaining time nonetheless As this is a short story collection I felt I should review them individually, especially as they are all so different. I went into this expecting some really cute stories of love and food, as was promised by the cover, but it was actually quite different. So many stories involved magic and a bit of mystery, and one was even really dark, but they were all entertaining. The stories take place in this area of

Blog | Instagram | Youtube | Ko-fi | Spotify | TwitchThis was our December 2020 pick for the Dragons and Tea Book Club! 🐉☕ ➽ content and trigger warnings: death of loved one (Rain), death (Kings and Queens), frequent mentions of death (Moments to Return), bullying (Sugar and Spite), racism (Sugar and Spite), ill loved one (Kings and Queens, Gimme Some Sugar) -- thank you so much CW @ The Quiet Pond!

I don’t know what it was, but about halfway through with this anthology, I was just so ready to be done, The stories stopped grabbing me and were consistently average and I just didn’t really care about it anymore. But I didn’t want to DNF it so I just stopped taking note, so this review isn’t going to be a story-by-story breakdown typical for my other anthology reviews, just my overall thoughts. Hungry Hearts follows the lives of people on Hungry Heart Row, a thriving foodie destination that fe...

rain: maybe I tried very hard not to cry and didn’t succeed. the writing was beautiful, and every single time the rain was described I swear I could feel it. the way this little story portrayed in a such a short amount of pages a broken but on its way to mending father-daughter relationship got me tearing up a bit (4)kings and queens: this was so not what I had expected it to be. it took me by surprise, and I’m definitely not mad about it. I loved the conversation about the different kinds of fo...

I stumbled onto this anthology by accident while searching one of its authors, and feel very lucky to have done so. For one thing, I LOVE food and have a special fondness for the human stories of the restaurant business, because of my work history. For another thing, short stories make great snacks during the pandemic when longer tasks seem intimidating. I also really adore the way all the stories are linked despite having separate authors, because all the restaurants and families that run them

Check out more reviews @ Perspective of a Writer...The BuzzMy first anthology was a selection of short stories edited by Elsie Chapman centered on diverse Asian culture and fantasy. I LOVED it and hadn't ever been able to finish or get into an anthology before. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings made my top books of the year too. So when I heard about Hungry Hearts I knew that I would jump on an opportunity to read these...The cover certainly gives you the contemporary vibe that is at the heart

That was fun and full of surprises! This ranged from rom-com to borderline horror, and I definitely did not expect that, but there were stories on each end of that spectrum that were faves. I think I loved Sara Farizan and Elsie Chapman's stories most, but there was nothing in there I didn't like (and even as I type this sentence, I'm thinking "and Jay Coles's! And Rin Chupeco's! And!, and I love books about food so these descriptions definitely hit the spot. I feel like it really brought out a

it’s a recipe for disaster when this book is all about food and I only pick it up when I’m hungry

Rain - love is when a stranger gives you a box of pastries because you look like you really need it. Kings and Queens - what the fuck did i just readThe Grand Ishq Adventure - damn, i don't know why i always relate to Sandhya Menon's charactersSugar and Spite - thank the god it ended. I've never wanted to dnf a short story badly. Moments to Return - this one was good. it made me google how many varieties of dumplings are there and i want EVERYTHINGThe Slender One - now, this is what i wanted. Gi...

This is the best story collection I’ve ever read. I adored every single story, and I love how they’re woven together and how the same characters and places kept popping up. Each story is unique and yet fits together with the others. This book is about food, obviously, but it goes way beyond that. Through food, Hungry Hearts explores themes of family, friendship, love in all its forms, growing up, grief, anxiety, sexuality, learning how to move on from mistakes, and more. It’s incredible how much...

I think, if I did my math correctly, the average of all the ratings of the stories is 4.11. But I also think this anthology deserves bonus points for the way the stories worked together, alluded to each other, and led up to each other.I loved this and the links between the stories really added something extra to the anthology. Review to come! I took notes on each story.

As this is an anthology, I have rated the individual stories below but I’m still rating the overall collection a 5 star because I think it’s beautiful and heartfelt and has an important message.While this book has been on my most anticipated list of 2019 and I have eagerly awaited its release, I somehow never realized that all the stories in this anthology are interconnected and that was actually a nice surprise. I completely fell in love with Hungry Hearts Row, with its diversity and amalgamati...

This is honestly one of my favourite anthologies I've ever read! I especially loved how all the stories were interconnected.

As soon as I heard about this book, I knew it had been written, very specifically, for me. 😌 so sorry if you thought it was yours; no, it is mine. It is like a love letter to FOOD. 13 short stories (including ones from authors I adore like Anna-Marie McLemore ahhhh [heart-eyes]) all centric on food, how it can be magic and healing and also deathly. It is the ultimate foodie fiction and I am just thriving here after devouring (heh heh) each story and growing so hungry at one point I had to stop a...

This is the December pick for the Dragons & Tea Bookclub <3 dates & breakdown: December 6th: Rain + Kings and Queens + The Grand Ishq AdventureDecember 7th: Sugar and Spite + Moments to ReturnDecember 8th: The Slender One + Gimme Some SugarDecember 9th: The Missing Ingredient + Hearts à la CarteDecember 10th: Bloom + A Beautiful FilmDecember 11th: Side Work + Panadería ~ PasteleríaYoutube ☆ Twitter