Janine’s Reviews > Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment > Status Update

Daughter of Time by Madeline Dyer: An experiment brings two young women from different times together to learn about connections. A fun story, but I wish some things were explained a bit more. 4/5

Do You See Me? by Isa Fiel: A young woman tries to avoid a family cure of misery or death on her 18th birthday. A interesting horror story with interesting characters. 4/5

Paper Rebellions by Rukman Ragas: A magical archivist has to fight book bans. This was okay and had some interesting concepts, but it felt too “ripped from the headlines” and was missing connective tissue. 3/5

Flying Solo by Claudie Arsenualt: In a fleet depended on dual flying, a pilot wants to fly solo. This was a fun space faring story with interesting characters. 4/5

Swordmaiden by Kalyn Joesphson: A sword creating maiden reluctant to marry opens her up to the truth of her duty. A fun fantasy story that gripped me the whole way through. 5/5

Thomas Marley’s Fake Bride by Ian M. Carlisle: A noble young man schemes his way to a fake bride. A fun fast paced fantasy and enjoyed every minute of this one. 5/5

Joust Friends by Rosiee Thor: A day at the fair brings an insight about relationships. Starts slow, but was fine with it by the end. 3/5

Preservation by Demi Ashing-Giwa: A young person rebels after being made outcast by a rich family. This story written in a love letter format had a good idea, but the story itself felt like a miss. 2/5

Lovesick by Taka Owen: A virus to make people lovesick sweeps the world. This was okay, but i didn’t entirely click with this one. 3/5

The Binding by Soumi Roy: A village’s ritual leaves those without love as outcasts, but not everything is as it seems. A interesting concept made fantastical and twist of lack of attraction. 5/5