Hello and happy Sunday. I know it’s been a while since I last posted a review and I’m sorry if you thought I wasn’t going to post again. I had this beautiful plan to finish reading all my NetGalley ARCs before July ended, and obviously that didn’t work because here I am, on August 6th, giving you excuses. I started working at a new school last week, so that meant that the last week of July and the first week of August were super chaotic and I didn’t have the time or the state of mind to sit down and read, let alone at the pace I’d anticipated. That means that from now on, I will go back to posting once a week or even less frequently. Now that we got that out of the way, let me tell you about We Have Always Been Who We Are by Sofía T. Romero. Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the chance to read and review this book.

This is a collection of short stories that are connected among themselves, usually through a couple of characters, and that become increasingly more speculative and magical while being set in our world. I loved the first stories and thought they were very impactful and right up my alley, but as I kept reading, I felt that they were too many to remember or to keep track of, and some of the less realistic ones went completely over my head. Mind you, I started reading this at a point of transition in my life, so I wasn’t in a state of mind to sit down and focus all of my attention and energy in a short story. I am also still trying to figure out the kind of short story reader I am since I mostly read novels.

The book is pretty short, and so are most of the stories, which makes the reading experience generally pleasant. I wouldn’t suggest readers to go through the whole book in one sitting, but that depends on everyone’s preferences and styles. I would say that until halfway through the book I got vibes from No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July, which is my favorite short story collection, so if you liked that book, you might enjoy this one.