Remember when you were a kid reading the European myths for the first time? The stories were so wild and interesting and sometimes just so clever that you would read them despite the outdated language in which those collections were always written. The language, though, makes it impossible for a grown person and developed reader to enjoy these stories if they don't get early enough exposure.

Well, now suppose that you could come back to those stories as an adult, but written in updated form and style, and written for grownups to read. Now also imagine that these stories are new to you, that you are discovering them for the first time. How wonderful would that be?

This book did precisely that for me. I know nothing of Filipino culture, and these stories were all brand new to me. And I loved them! As with all anthologies, some stories are better than others, but most of them are very good. I had a wonderful time reading them.