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"Blood and Iron" Elizabeth Bear

Blood and Iron was, I think, the second Elizabeth Bear book I ever read and it's the one that made me a fan. This and its companion volumes (there are four in the series so far) are Bear's take on the urban fairies/elves and urban fantasy sub genres. This one and Whiskey and Water are set in the modern day and the other duology (Ink and Steel & Hell and Earth) are set in Shakespeare's England (with Shakespeare as a character). The basic premise is "what if the Fair Folk of myth and legend were real?". It's not the cosy imaginings of Mercedes Lackey's urban elves books (which I do like too) instead it's more akin to the old ballads and the Celtic mythology. The Tam Lin story is one of the stories that binds this book together, along with the story of Arthur.

This is part of my re-read of all the fiction on my shelves, and you can read the rest of my review on my blog.
Tags: author: b, genre: fantasy, review
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