A review by hannahvictoriamyers
Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic by Daisy Butcher

5.0

Butchers take on the gothic is a refreshingly new one. We all know about the vampire or the were creature or even the lesbian that wants to "kill" all of the pretty girls that all the eligible bachelors are after. It's not often we see killer plant gothic being expressed in such a way. I have known Butcher for many years, in an academic sense, and have watched her love of the killer plant grow over the last few years. Her choice of book has always interested me and so I was going to always pick this book up. Her short stories are well thought out to match her theme and her introductions are superb. I really recommend this to anyone that loves the gothic or killer plants (or even the illusion that the plant is actually the penis/vagina and it wants to destroy humanity - not that this is ever expressed by Butcher but these stories are always an allegory for one this or another)