Every new book from Angela Slatter becomes my favourite. The Crimson Road is no exception. It has everything I look for in dark fantasy fiction: a strong-willed and perfectly ironic heroine whose wry humour is subtle has me rooting for her from the first chapter, excellent world building, with friends and enemies appearing from unlikely places, along with many recognisable folkloric creatures, and others made all the more frightening with an original spin, eg, the Leech Lords along with the terrifying thing that resides in the Anchorhold. I enjoyed the detailed build up to the novel’s conclusion, so many details to make everything about this part of the Sourdough universe and its people feel real. A book I did not want to put down, and left me eagerly awaiting the next adventure set in this fascinating world.

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