Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor

Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Length: Short Story (35 pages)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

“Sweetlings” by Lucy Taylor is about a small enclave of people living on the shrunken east coast of the United States, surviving and evolving as Earth’s seas rise.

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The plot twists were handled nicely. One of the things I enjoyed the most about them was how much time Ms. Taylor spent introducing her characters before she gave any real indication at all that her readers were about to surprised by what would happen to them. She did a good job developing the storyline early on before diving into what Mir’s life was really like.

The characters in this story used terms to describe the world they lived in that were never really explained clearly to the audience. As interested as I was in figuring out what they were talking about, it was a little frustrating for me as a reader to see so many references to certain events and other things that I was never quite able to completely understand. A little more exposition in this area would have gone a long way.

There’s something mysterious about the ocean in general. This is even more true for characters who live in a time when the seas are rising and evolution is working faster than it ever has before. Some of my favorite scenes in this tale were the ones that described why the humans were so afraid and what they encountered every time they wandered out by the sea. Not only were these sections a joy to read, they added a layer of urgency to the plot that made it impossible for me to stop reading until I knew what Mir’s fate would be.

Sweetlings should be read by anyone who loves post-apocalyptic fiction.