A very considered review of The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales (Russ has asked that any other book I ever do with him has a shorter title – I have promised) over at Scary Minds. Thanks, Scary Minds! 🙂
I had an absolutely marvellous time with The Girl With No Hands and enjoyed each of the sixteen stories the collection contained. While I’ve mentioned the similarities between Ms Slatter’s stories and the traditional faery tale this should in no way imply that the Author is writing children’s fiction, each of the stories is an absorbing yarn that talks in an adult voice. Angela Slatter presents a series of remarkably good female role models for teens that should have parents of those teens rushing their local bookshops to get a copy of the collection in preference to glittering vampires and the big V on her forehead Bella. Okay full recommendation, I’ve got nothing else to say, go buy the book.
The rest is here.