After reading The City We Became, I realized I should've been reading Jemisin a lot sooner, and what better way to fix that than by reading this incredible short story collection? Despite the astonishing breadth in genre and scope shown here, all of the stories share an energy and a thematic throughline that make the entire book feel like a single, coherent conversation about the relationships between people and the places they call home or travel to. It's not hard to see The City We Became's DNA everywhere in this collection. Can't wait to dig into more Jemisin novels in the future!