Thanks so much for the arc!

Loved the folklore, dragons and magic. There wasn't a story I didn't like but there wasn't one I actually loved and luckily none were repetive. Though some were downright forgettable. But books like these are amazing in that you can find new authors.

I love a good anthology. It's always an opportunity to read some of the more obscure works of known authors and to sample new authors. It is always a delight. While I didn't love all the stories in this collection, I certainly enjoyed them.

Recommended for fantasy readers looking for something new.

Thank you to Netgalley and Outland Entertainment for the reading copy.

The Neverland's Library anthology was provided for me as an ARC courtesy of Netgalley and the publisher. Unfortunately anthologies are tricky things - in this case, Neverland's Library was one I struggled to sit through in one reading. The stories were overall not ones that particularly resonated with me, which was disappointing, as the theme of the anthology was interesting. Others may enjoy it more.

Unfortunately I could not get through this book. I hate when I DNF and rarely do it but this book just wasn't what I like to read. I am sure that to other people this was a good book.

(Sorry but DNF)
Thanks NetGalley and the Author for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

I tried to like this book. I really tried but I don't know what happened- I just stopped reading it and never came back to it. Maybe it was due to the burnout I got from reading another ARCs while reading this. However, I would go on to say that even while reading this book, it never caught my attention for a sufficiently long amount of time< I would start reading a story and usually, I would get distracted by one reason or other. Maybe it was some fault with my mindset at that point and this book came to me at the wrong time.

Some of the stories in this anthology I enjoyed a lot, some I felt that I wanted more of and some just didn’t appeal to me. There were some of the stories that I felt needed to be made into longer stories or books.

All in all I gave this anthology three stars.

I wanted to like this book. The premise is interesting, but sadly, I had to force myself to read it. I gave up about 3/4 of the way through. Reading should not be a chore. I can't put my finger on why I disliked it so much.

There were a few good stories in this collection but overall I wasn't very impressed. There are other anthologies that I would recommend before this.

Thank you to the publishers, author and NetGalley for the free copy of this book!

This was great! I always love short stories and all of these were perfect. I'm not familiar with all of the authors so I enjoyed reading the different styles.

This one, like the vast majority of anthologies, has good stories and others not so good, but as a whole they complement each other well and the result is satisfactory and enjoyable.

i really enjoyed this anthology, each story worked together with each other. I thoroughly enjoyed the genre and look forward to more from this anthology series.

Just magic.

I was completely invested in this book from the start.

It was like being a child again but with all the grown up elements.

Summary: Tad Williams explains in his introduction, that the anthology's title comes from Peter Pan - "about continuing to see the world as children see it". While I didn't expect any mentioning of a library in the stories, the children's point of view didn't really manifest in the featured stories. They were mostly too adult, forgetting about the children's view. This anthology appeared originally in 2014 by publisher Ragnarok and has now been re-published by Outland Entertainment at 11.8.2020. Back in 2013, the funding kickstarter project ended fishy, though I don't know the details (and doesn't really affect this edition). Sadly, this edition was shortened by several stories from well-known authors like Mark Lawrence, Brian Staveley, or Miles Cameron. My question to the publisher for the reason behind the exclusion wasn't answered, and I feel a little sad to have missed them. Also, the author introduction at the end is way outdated - e.g. Marie Brennan has authored several novels, the latest one just recently is Driftwood.

Two gems were outstanding: "The Height of Our Fathers" by Jeff Salyards about two graverobbing children, and a vampire novelette "An Equity in Dust" by R. S. Belcher. Also very good was "Restoring the Magic" by Ian Creasey which tells the story of repatriating magical creatures in Slovakia, sponsored by the European Union. The only author I've read before was Marie Brennan (her novel "Driftwood" has been published just recently), but her story of a nine-tailed fox wandering East Asia wasn't outstanding. Most of the other stories were likable enough - the anthology is no must-read but an interesting selection with many lesser known authors and investigation a broad spectrum of fantasy subgenres - from litrpg-similar "The Machine" via savages centric "Season of the Soulless", a fairy tale "The Last Magician" to said vampire story by Belcher. I couldn't identify a common topic of the stories and leave with an arbitrary feeling. 

Contents:

(didn't read) • A Soul in the Hand • short fiction by Jeff Mariotte and Marsheila Rockwell 
★★☆☆☆ • The Machine • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Kenny Soward
★★★☆☆ • Season of the Soulless • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Betsy Dornbusch
★★★☆☆ • Fire Walker • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Keith Gouveia
★★★★+☆ • The Height of Our Fathers • 2014 • Fantasy novelette by Jeff Salyards
★★☆☆☆ • The Last Magician • 2014 • Fantasy short story by William Meikle
★★★+☆☆ •  Restoring the Magic • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Ian Creasey •
★★★☆☆ • Charlotte and the Demon Who Swam Through the Grass • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Mercedes M. Yardley
☆☆☆☆☆ • On the Far Side of the Apocalypse • 1997 • Horror short story by Peter Rawlik • didn't read, because horror
★★★☆☆ • The Stump and the Spire • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Joseph R. Lallo
★★★★☆ • An Equity in Dust • 2014 • Vampire novelette by R. S. Belcher
★★★☆☆ • Centuries of Kings • 2014 • Fantasy short story by Marie Brennan

I enjoyed some and was bored by others.
That is what happned with anthologies I guess. But i did look up the authors of the stories I did love reading so that was a big plus for me! Marie Brennan for instance was a surpise for me as I had never heard about her before picking this up.

Thank you Netgalley for the free eArc in exchange for an honest review.

I found most of these stories boring and a slog to get through. Many of them didn't feel like they had a satisfying payoff at the end. Eh


*****
Thank you to NetGalley an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This is a good collections of stories, some I liked and some I didn't. I think that is to be expected when a collection is made up of multiple authors though! It's a bit difficult to write a full review on this collection, but I think those that enjoy short stories will really like this collection.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary eARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes. I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me this opportunity!

An excellent anthology. I especially loved Mercedes M. Yardley's short story, but I expect anyone will find true gems here.

Like many have probably said before me, this collection of stories, like all anthologies, had good stories and bad stories. That's the main reason why I find it hard to write my review, I'd need to review every single story individually but that's obviously not doable nor useful to anyone.

Overall I think this is a good collection, especially for those that love the genre and would love to dip their toes into the short stories genre. I also think that this would be perfect for people that want a sort of sample of different authors' writing, to try out their stories and see what works for them and what doesn't, as a way of finding new authors to love and read.

This collection of stories is written by different authors, so of course there were some good stories and other that I sadly found boring.
I have mixed feelings about this, probably the stories I liked are less than the ones I didn’t like.

I received an ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Like many collections, Neverland's Library has its positives and negatives. Marie Brennan, who was the main draw for me to this collection, contributed my favorite story, "Centuries of Kings," mastering the use of first person present tense to amp up suspense. :Firwalker" by Keith Gouveia was a cool dragon story with unique aspects to the dragons' abilities. And "The Last Magician" by William Meikle being about the loss and restoration of magic was quite sweet.
However, there are also some unmemorable and outright painful bits. One particularly difficult story is the one that opens the anthology, "A Soul in the Hand" by Marsheila Rockwell and Jeffrey J. Mariotte, due it being ridiculously long and hard to get into.
One of the perks of anthologies like this is that there is something for everyone, though, even if not everything may be your cup of tea. If a few of the authors and the concepts of their stories strike you as interesting, it may be worth giving it a try.