A review by sarrie
Silver Birch, Blood Moon by Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling

4.0

Normally when I pick up one of these anthologies of fairy tale retellings I expect the 'dark, and gritty modern' take. Keep in mind I dislike these, but I keep throwing myself at that wall anyway. This one though, this one was wonderful. The stories weren't dark and gritty for the sake of it, they were unique and interesting, and if anything I'd describe them as light (though they had darkness to them).
It was refreshing, there was only one story I skipped within the anthology and that was by an author I know I don't get on with so no harm no foul there.