The Briar Book of the Dead
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Narrated by:
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Jess Nesling
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A.G. Slatter
About this listen
Set in the same universe as the acclaimed All the Murmuring Bones and The Path of Thorns (one of Oprah Daily's Top 25 Fantasy Novels of 2022), this beautifully told Gothic fairy tale of ghosts, witches, deadly secrets and past sins, will be perfect for fans of Hannah Whitten and Ava Reid.
Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to be born into her family for generations. The Briar family of witches run the town of Silverton, caring for its inhabitants with their skills and magic. In the usual scheme of things, they would be burnt for their sorcery, but the church has given them dispensation in return for their protection of the borders of the Darklands, where the much-feared Leech Lords hold sway.
Ellie is being trained as a steward, administering for the town, and warding off the insistent interest of the church. When her grandmother dies suddenly, Ellie's cousin Audra rises to the position of Briar Witch, propelling Ellie into her new role. As she navigates fresh challenges, an unexpected new ability to see and speak to the dead leads her to uncover sinister family secrets, stories of burnings, lost grimoires and evil spells. Reeling from one revelation to the next, she seeks answers from the long dead and is forced to decide who to trust, as a devastating plot threatens to destroy everything the Briar witches have sacrificed so much to build.
Told in the award-winning author's trademark gorgeous, addictive prose, this is an intricately woven tale of a family of witches struggling against the bonds of past sins and persecution.
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- Tas
- 10-10-24
Wonderful
Magical and with twists and turns that kept me intrigued throughout the whole listen. I wish more of AG Slatters books were on audible. Really recommend those looking for something more magical realism with witchy characters.
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- Sophie
- 20-10-24
Magical story
LOVED the story, witches, sisterhood, betrayal… performance itself was good however for some reason every now and then a line would be repeated? Which was a little jarring. Not sure what happened there but it makes it sound like the narrator is rereading the last sentence she read before leaving off for the day!
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- kate
- 07-07-24
Beautifully written. Ties up loose ends from the last book.
Author and narrator well matched. Excellent as always. There is something timeless and traditional and yet unique in her style. Wonderful.
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- Anna
- 18-08-24
Beautifully written again...
I love this series written and narrated, based in the countries of the UK. I've been as captivated by this story as much as the previous two and eagerly await another tale
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- Anonymous User
- 01-04-24
Another perfect spooky witchy mystery
AG Slatter has just perfected gothic fantasy and I hope she NEVER stops writing I cannot fault this story and it’s a perfect addition to the Sourdough universe
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- pebbles
- 28-08-24
a great read
after all the murmuring bones i couldn't wait to listen to another A G Slatter book. this one did not disappoint. the characters were interesting the story line gripping. the only complaint is that I've finished it
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- Anonymous User
- 21-03-24
Another triumph
Although it didn’t engage me as much as the two other books I still thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy fest! Narrator was excellent and the twists and tales kept the pace and entertainment to the end.
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- Valerie Norris
- 20-03-24
Couldn’t stop listening!
I absolutely loved this book! To be honest, I love every book AG Slatter writes! This story is amazing, quirky and dark at times, with brilliant characters and an amazing plot. I also really enjoyed the narrator’a performance. Pure delight!
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- Tim Armishaw
- 14-09-24
Perfect dark fantasy
There were two Angela Slatter books available for free on audible and I’d been considering buying one of them so I jumped on the chance to try her work out. They were outstanding and I quickly bought this one because I so love her way of writing. Briar Witch is replete with the fairy tale storytelling, dark undertones (and overtones), strong female leads, and an overarching sense of the fantastical and strange which unifies it with her other work that I’ve read. In this it reminds me of Terry Pratchett in that each book stands on its own but there is a world and a worldview which gives each book depth. Don’t get me wrong, these are not Discworld books, but they do have the same way of putting real people into fantasy (in this case fairytale) settings and treating those characters with empathy and and sense of how humans work. It.s well performed but there are some editing errors where we get the same sentence twice but for myself this is minor when you’re being swept along on such a great flood of a story
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- Alexander Beetle
- 15-12-24
The blood price.
What a slow, tedious and ultimately boring end to the series. Repetitive use of the phrase above to drum it into us when once was quite enough just one of many things which made this book so disappointing. The supposed plot twist was flagged up loud and clear so early on that it felt like teeth were being drawn for the rest of the book. I wanted it to be better. I wanted it to be different, surprising and interesting, which it could have been in this imaginative and strange world. It wasn’t. To it’s credit no thread was left unexplained, the aggressive bird, the left boot item and the final but obvious confession among them, Even narration in this gentle Welsh accent was eventually grating, which I blame entirely on the repetitive nature of the writing, with very little variety in the mood or tone in which the characters spoke. A number of poor edits where the narrator picked up again after a break adding to the irritation factor. I’m sorry, I tried, I wanted it to be better and I persevered to the bitter end, but ultimately I cannot recommend this book. A sour taste and the wish to delete it from my library are all that remain.
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