A Retelling (Daisy Johnson)

⭐⭐⭐☆☆

Sour Hall (Naomi Booth)

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Rosheen (Irenosen Okojie)

⭐⭐☆☆☆

Between Sea and Sky (Kirsty Logan)

⭐⭐⭐☆☆

The Panther's Tale (Mahsuda Snaith)

⭐⭐☆☆☆

The Tale of Kathleen (Eimar McBride)

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

The Sisters (Liv Little)

⭐⭐☆☆☆

The Dampness is Spreading (Emma Glass)

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

The Droll of the Mermaid (Bahaha Carthew)

⭐⭐⭐☆☆

The Holloway (Imogen Hermes Gowar)

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

I have a love of all things folklore and I really like that these have been collected from some of the vaguest of oral tales from up and down the British Iles, including one from Somerset which is close to home and rich in local tales and ghost stories! I enjoyed the modernist twist on them, and that they were all written by exceptionally talented women - especially given how little some of them had to work with from the originals (and nicely included in the back of the book!) I was particularly fond of Between Sea and Sky (based on the Great Silkie of Sule Skerrie) as I have always loved Silkie tales, I think I would like to see these tales elaborated on in their own time period too, maybe that can be a second book?! I would recommend this for anyone who has an interest in native folklore and tales