A review by kali
The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, by Stephen Jones, Lisa L. Hannett, Kathleen Jennings, Angela Slatter

5.0

I have fast become a massive fan of Angela Slatter's fairy tales. The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings expands the worlds built in Sourdough. This is a prequel, and stitches together landscapes on a more epic scale. There are port towns, nunneries, and an assassin school, villages encased in snow and ashes. Books are a recurrent motif throughout the stories, in their creation, limning, capturing of oral spells and tales, and their power and danger. My favourite story is 'The Badger Bride', though all are rich with colour, jewels, smells and precious fabrics.