All right. Since I've anti-recommended it, I can rest secure in the knowledge that it's Not My Fault.

I think I read one of the Cynthia stories? If I'm remembering the right thing, then I quite liked it. I did use to read the Sword & Sorceress anthologies, though I never collected the full set.

Okay, I'm glad it was an enjoyable read. I like Etruscans (from what little I know of them), and I like Numenoreans, but there are so many ways that combining things can go wrong. (And the next thing you know you've got monkey-ponies.) I'm glad that wasn't the case here.