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Nettle & Bone
Nettle & Bone | T. Kingfisher
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With her signature mix of the grim and the delightful, award-winning author T. Kingfisher takes the old bones of fantasy and fairytale and makes them into something entirely new in this enchanting adventure. After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marrathe shy, convent-raised, third-born daughterhas finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a princeif she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning. On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last. Nettle & Bone is the kind of book that immediately feels like an old friend. Fairytale mythic resonance meets homey pragmatism in this utterly delightful story. It's creepy, funny, heartfelt, and full of fantastic characters I absolutely loved! Melissa Caruso, author of The Tethered Mage
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Michellesibs
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What happens when the fairytale turns bad? When the Princess is a victim of domestic violence from her husband the Prince? What if you are Marra and have already lost one sister and your last remaining sibling is walking the very same path?

As you sit with Maara as she builds her bone dog, meets a grave witch, reunites with her fairy godmother and enters the goblin market, it's impossible to not get wrapped up in this fantasy land.

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Jari-chan
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Jari-chan
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For how many years have I wanted to read this book? Ever since I finished my first Kingfisher book. I'm happy I finally managed to read it, thanks to #DoubleSpin & @TheAromaofBooks
Surprisingly, it took quite a while for me to get into the story. Only when the Dust Wife appeared, I slowly started to come to terms with this book. But after that I was all in. I started to love the characters, liked the world and the feminist plot. And the sidekicks.

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TracyReadsBooks
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#12Booksof2023

Starting a day late…the tagged book was the third book I read in January & from the first page I suspected it would be one of my favorite books of the year. When I met the demon possessed chicken, I was sure of it. Everything about this book is a delight. My favorite book in January is also one of my 2023 Top Ten.

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 —so fun seeing everyone‘s picks and finding new books to read.

Andrew65 This looks intriguing! I definitely need to check it out. 3mo
Andrew65 I love seeing these each year, and always enjoy reviewing my year of reading. 3mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm You had me at “demon possessed chicken.” 😅🤣 3mo
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BookishMadHatter
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Time to put on the winter tires so I'll dig in to my next read while I wait

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Chittavrtti
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Lauredhel
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My next two reads: horror and, well, partly horror, of a very different kind. As Claire G Coleman says, all Aboriginal fiction is apocalyptic.

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xicanti
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It‘s a tteokbokki & makkoli kind of a night, with NETTLE & BONE for entertainment. The book‘s great so far, but I think I‘m gonna end up reading it too slowly. I‘ve got so many other things going on all of a sudden. Like, last night I watched A HAUNTING IN VENICE in company, and today I laid a laminate floor. Both things took a goodly stretch of time. 🤷‍♀️

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majkia
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I do love her books! Imaginative, lighter hearted than many such fractured fairy sorts of stories, filled with weird and wonderful and awful characters.

Balibee146 I added this to my wishlist just yesterday....this makes me want to read it even more 👍 5mo
majkia @Balibee146 Hope you enjoy it! 5mo
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TracyReadsBooks
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🎉🎉🎉

Love. This. Book.

This is one of my favorite books of the year!!! Thrilled to see this announcement on Tor Books‘ Instagram.

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Lin3han
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This book was just so much fun! Mixing fantasy with horror, this book swept me into its world. The characters had me laughing out loud. The writing style is superb and filled with hilarious quips during gruesome scenes. I truly enjoyed every second! 5 stars! #scarathlon #creepinitreal #cir

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sarahgreatlove
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I love having such a big backlist of stuff to slowly work through with t kingfisher. I found the characters totally loveable and bizzarre. Not too long either which was great. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Littlewolf1
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4.6⭐️ This was an amazing story with great characters and a strong FMC. The world building is good but I wouldn‘t have minded a little more detail. Speaking of extra detail, would have loved to have a little bit more information and interaction with the villain. All in all, thoroughly enjoyed. This was also my #BooksSpin for August #BookSpinBingo.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 6mo
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BookMaven9
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Mehso-so

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If you like your fairy tales a bit dark, whimsical and twisty with a side of humor, this is your pick. Some very good elements here with magic, although I found the quest a bit boring at times, which left me putting the book aside.
The characters were fine, the world needed to be explored more deeply for me to get a good handle on it. would have liked more scenes like the goblin market with more magical beings like the toothetaker.

dabbe Hello there, reflective, sweet pup! 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Well THAT'S a new favourite. I'm grateful to the book community members who read this before me and, having thought it would be adventure romp with supernatural animal sidekicks, cautioned future readers it was considerably darker than expected. This braced me for the dark bits and made all the funny bits a delightful surprise. The same humour as A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking shines through, with a strong thread of feminist commentary. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 The heroine's interest in fibre arts is a pleasing bonus, as are certain fairy tale elements refreshed/subverted, and made into something wholly unique. I will be keeping a look out for future T Kingfisher (or her other names') works. If anyone can recommend specific gems in her back catalogue (I'm fairly picky when it comes to fantasy, YA and horror, and don't really go in for romance-forward fantasy/romantasy, which is why I haven't dived head first into her bibliography), let me know! ⚠️ cannibalism, miscarriage, child death, spousal abuse (verbal, physical), reference to SA 7mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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🤣🤣🐓

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Robotswithpersonality
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HA! 💀🦴🙎🏼‍♂️

CBee I loved this book 😊 7mo
Robotswithpersonality @CBee Me too! 😁 7mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Everyone's a critic. 😂🐤

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Robotswithpersonality
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It's a LOT. 🫠😵‍💫

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Robotswithpersonality
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OMG, information management= info organizer = herding dog.
Info herding dog.
My personality is border collie?! 🤯 🤦🏼‍♂️

SamAnne I‘ll love my border collie! 7mo
Robotswithpersonality @SamAnne I loved the collie mutt my folks had but I didn't realize how much we had in common! 😅 7mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Sinister Minas Tirith vibes ...

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Robotswithpersonality
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☠️🐶 Even skeleton dogs are OBVIOUSLY good bois. ☺️

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Robotswithpersonality
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Democratically suspicious goats. 😏🐐

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KateReadsYA
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#BOOK2BOOK @AllDebooks
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Please comment down below if you are interested in receiving this book. If more than one person is interested, I will be randomly pulling names and letting you know who wins!
@Bookish_Gal @LiteraryinLawrence @Chrissyreadit @Clwojick @bcncookbookclub @Cuilin @Tineke @julieclair @Catsandbooks @TheAromaofBooks @Soubhiville @BookwormAHN @CSeydel @Lizpixie @TheBookHippie @dabbe @AllDebooks

Chrissyreadit this is also on my TBR- and i‘m interested! 7mo
julieclair I‘m interested! 7mo
Clwojick @Chrissyreadit @julieclair it was so good! I‘m not huge on fantasy normally, but I had a blast! Good luck to both of you! 🍀🍀 7mo
Soubhiville I‘d like to be on the drawing for this one please. 7mo
dabbe Yes, please! 🤗 7mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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A 30 year old princess who has spent half her life in a convent finally comes to the realisation that the Prince her sister is married to, is abusing her (and likely murdered her eldest sister before marrying the middle sister) and that no one is going to do anything to stop him because of the *political ramifications* so begins her quest to kill him - and what a delightful adventure we go on to make that happen!

Loved this!

BooksNBowls One of my top reads this year 8mo
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kwmg40
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A Hugo Best Novel nominee, this story provides an interesting take on the fairy godmother character. I always enjoy books by T. Kingfisher, a.k.a. Ursula Vernon.

First book finished for #RushAthon! @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

#hugoawards #hugo2023
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 8mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 8mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 8mo
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Littlewolf1
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So here is my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for the August 2023 round of #BookSpinBingo 😊 Nettle and Bone has been on my TBR list for quite some time, while A Promise of Fire was picked on a whim. Here‘s to a good reading month… Happy reading, everyone!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 8mo
Nessavamusic Nettle & Bone is a delight! 8mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Agnes and the dust witch make for such a fun duo definitely don‘t want to end up on their bad side.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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The dust-wife and Agnes not even being slightly subtle while checking out Fenris made me laugh so hard.

Agnes on the next page being all “oh no he got wet” 😏

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I am enjoying this immensely

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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It‘s me realising it‘s the last day of the month and that I haven‘t started my not quite a book club book for July…

Great opening tho!

AllDebooks What an opener 😍 8mo
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SpeculativeFemale
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This is the book that sucked me back in again after a recent reading slump!

While the world building and plot are both great, it was really the characters that made this one for me. Unique and quirky, but with depth and relatable motivation, the characters felt like they could step right off the page at times.

Overall I absolutely loved this book and cannot recommend it enough!

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MidnightBookGirl
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Re-read this for book club this morning and it‘s just one of my favorite fairytales of all time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

JuniperWilde I almost bought it Saturday at my favourite local bookstore but I opted for the Bear and the Nightingale. 🍃 10mo
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AshleyC816
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This was just the right mix of creepy fairytale, adventure, and warm found family. I‘ve never read T. Kingfisher before but after this one I‘d like to try more.

Bette Exactly! It‘s my 2nd book by Kingfisher, and I just like her stuff so much. 10mo
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Cazxxx
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Finished this week

Nettle and bone 4 ⭐️
Anatomy 3 ⭐️
Fix the system 3.5 ⭐️
House of Odysseus 3 ⭐️

Gissy Amazing! 👏👏👏 10mo
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Eggbeater
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I absolutely adored this unique, somewhat dark but sweet, fairytale. The grumpy, possessed hen was my favorite. I don't think this book could have been written any better. The author's imagination is fantastic.

Bette Good description, I was totally sucked into it too. 👍❤️😊 10mo
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Zuhkeeyah
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An unlikely heroine fighting the most dangerous of villains, one who hides in plain sight. Marra felt like a normal person who just happened to be a princess. She was sweet and took the world at face value. To defeat an evil prince, Marra finds help in unexpected places. I liked the story though Marra‘s innocence was hard to accept sometimes.

May #bookspin complete! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 11mo
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Jas16
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Quiet Marra is an unlikely champion for her sister who is under the thumb of an abusive prince who also holds the fate of Marra‘s small country in his hands. However not even Marra knows the depths of her own strength as she embarks on a quest in order to save those she loves. Impossible tasks? Easy peasy! Goblin markets? Not a problem! Marra was a tenacious heroine of the best kind and I loved the fairytale world Kingfisher created.

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Super_Jane
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4.75/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌖 It starts of a bit slow and boring, but once it picked up a bit I couldn‘t stop listening. #audiobook

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Bette
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The author started this in a grocery store parking lot, by the time she was checking out she had a short story called “Godmother” which had things in common with but was very different from the book.
Readers online wanted to know about the woman with the bone dog…..and years later she wrote Nettle & Bone.
So satisfying. So inventive. I loved this book. 🦴 🐕

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currentlyreadinginCO
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A creepy, dark little story that I'll be recommending to everyone ✨

mcipher I just love her books! 11mo
currentlyreadinginCO I read What Moves The Dead not long ago for a book club, and I'm hooked! Will be working my way through her stuff going forward 🤓 @mcipher 11mo
TracyReadsBooks Loved this one! 11mo
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vlwelser
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Fun audiobook. I definitely recommend this if you're looking for an entertaining story. Especially if you don't want to dive into a crazy long fantasy series.

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KateReadsYA
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KateReadsYA As far as the Grave Witch and the Godmother, they made this story all the better! I loved the banter between them and laughed out loud so many times. 😅 I loved that Marra was so focused on saving her sister and went through tremendous challenges to do so! That's love. 12mo
persephone1408 I totally agree with katelyn, the grave witch was my favorite, and her demon chicken. Lmao 12mo
KateReadsYA @persephone1408 Hahaha yes and the baby chick ugh my heart. And we cannot forget about bone dog 💙 12mo
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Clwojick Demon chicken and bone dog!! ❤️ 12mo
Read4life I liked this one. It‘s not one I would have picked up if not for this group. Definitely loved Bone Dog & Demon Chicken!! 12mo
KateReadsYA @Read4life I'm so glad you gave it a shot. I feel like it qould have sat on my shelf for years so glad everyone picked it. 12mo
brittanyreads @Read4life I, too, have neglected to pick this one up. I'm glad the book club encouraged me to do so! I really enjoyed it! The demon chicken was a great addition and Bonedog had my heart. Agnes was a favorite, too. I love a good sweet, friendly character that's secretly evil on the inside! 12mo
BooksNBowls @BrittanyReads I loved Agnes too! And I loved her relationship with the Grave Witch! They balance each other out and I‘m glad they left together in the end. 12mo
brittanyreads @BooksNBowls Yes! Me too! They need a spin off novel on their own 😂 Like..Magical Golden Girls! 12mo
BooksNBowls @BrittanyReads brilliant!! I‘d read it! 😍 12mo
SamAnne This is not one I would have read on my own--outside my usual reading genres. But I enjoyed it, the quirky characters and imagination of the author! Also was a good audio book. And I did love the bone dog! And I do have 3 black hens that I call the “Demon Hens“ because they have really bad attitudes! 12mo
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persephone1408
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I wanted to start the book later in the month so I didn't have to wait to finish it. So I started....and finished it today. Lol I liked it so much more than I thought I would. I loved the characters and laughed out loud at them at times. @KateReadsYA great pick! I might not be around for the discussion as I'm having surgery Tuesday & Idk if I'm gonna feel well enough. #whimsicalreads

KateReadsYA I hope everything goes well for you during and after surgery! I'm so happy you liked this pick and it's okay you take your time healing! 12mo
Reggie I hope everything goes well for you! 12mo
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willaful
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#ISpyBingo “sword.“

This went in a very different direction than the opening set it up for, which I think was a weird editorial choice, but I still enjoyed it very much. A quest with very high stakes, a lovable group of oddballs, each powerful in their own odd ways, and a touch of romance, which always makes a book better IMO. 😁

willaful #WhimsicalReads Was actually more whimsical than it initially appeared. 12mo
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willaful
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Started this last night which was a huge mistake, because I couldn't put it down. 🥱 Sorry, all the other books I was reading! #WhimsicalReads

(I do hope this doesn't turn into a “dig two graves“ sort of story. I want the villain to get what's coming to him!)

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SamAnne
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Soft pick. Outside my usual reading spectrum. I don't read much fantasy unless it skews more sci-fi. But an enjoyable fairy tale. While not totally my jam, always glad when Litsy gets me to read outside my usual spectrum. And what‘s not love about a bone dog? Enjoyed the feminist take on princess tales. Might join next month! #whimsicalreads @katereadsYA

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BookmarkTavern
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Marra, in the fairy tale tradition of Rescue by the Sister, sets out with unlikely allies to save her sister from the abusive king who married her.

Wow! I adored this. I loved how all the characters were presented. Marra was so relatable. The world building was just broad enough without being overwhelming. Pacing was great. Fairy tale elements everywhere. Narration was perfect for the tone. My first by Kingfisher, but not the last. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

BookmarkTavern Chapter 5, references to domestic violence, reproductive coercion, and multiple miscarriages; Chapter 14, off page child death 12mo
KateReadsYA I definitely want to read more from her. 12mo
Clare-Dragonfly I agree with every word of this review! 12mo
BooksNBowls Spot on! Felt the same way! 12mo
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