Fairly hit-or-miss for me, as anthologies tend to be. Like a lot of people, I bought it for Rat Catcher, but I decided to be good and read the other stories first.

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Quartered made good use of the magical bard given to us by assorted RPGs and the consequences of wrong assumptions, but I saw the pregnancy bit coming a mile away and found it hard to believe that Evicka could be so deeply invested in her own suspicions that she would miss the obvious undercurrent of "they accept us here when no one else would", even though I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be equally oblivious in real life.

Bone Garden got more interesting as it went. The whole "actors who are also frequently prostitutes" background thing put me off at first, because prostitution in fiction too often comes across as "I want this character to be poor and desperate, but in a sexy way", but the impact of immigration on cultural magic in a fantasy setting is fascinating, so I'm glad I kept reading.

The Sergeant and the General is just depressing. Mellé got what he deserved, but I don't read for cautionary tales of what happens when a main character is an irredeemably horrible person, so this wasn't a rewarding story at all.

Rat Catcher was also fairly depressing, actually, but because I'm actually familiar with the series it ties to, I was able to recognize it as a temporary emotional dip. The bare bones of the story are covered in Forbid the Sea, another Tybalt short story available on McGuire's website, but this one covers those events directly and also offers a firsthand look at life in a Court of Cats, which is useful for those of us who'd like to know every little detail of things.

Overall, I'd say it's nice to get ahold of if you've been following any of the series represented, but that limited audience makes it easy to see why there aren't more copies available even two years after it was printed.