Kai Ashante Wilson “A Taste of Honey” (Tor.com, 2016)
Kai Ashante Wilson is a hot writer right now. The breakout piece was “Sorcerer of the
Wildeeps”, where he combined contemporary literary chops with some subtle and
skillful world building. Now he’s back
with “A Taste of Honey”, a novella set in the same world. There’s no direct connection between the two
works, and you don’t have to be familiar with Wildeeps to understand
Honey.
Fundamentally, this is a star crossed romance. A young nobleman falls in love with a foreign
soldier. That’s the sort of story we’ve
encountered time & time again.
This is a very well written novella. But to me, it fell prey to the stereotypical
problem of a literary piece, namely the plot didn’t compel me. I felt as if I
were reading a pure romance, and without the investment needed to have any
stakes in the story.
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