★★★☆☆ Average
(Military Fantasy Romance) A warrior falls in love with the cook at an inn on the eve of a major campaign. (870 words; Time: 02m)
"The Cook," by C.L. Clark [bio] (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas), appeared in Uncanny Magazine issue 22, published on May 1, 2018.
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Pro: The narrator wants a relationship with the cook, and by the end of the story, she has that.
Con: There’s not much substance to the story. It’s never clear what they see in each other, what the narrator is fighting for, etc. It's not entirely clear it's speculative fiction at all.
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Con: There’s not much substance to the story. It’s never clear what they see in each other, what the narrator is fighting for, etc. It's not entirely clear it's speculative fiction at all.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 22)
C.L. Clark Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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