Nettle & Bone

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I love her gentle wit and the sense of humanity she gives her characters, and her author's notes always kind of remind me of the breathless bonhomie of Ilona and Gordon Andrews. When I finished I could hardly bear to tear myself away from this eerie, vivid world, with its struggling, flawed, wonderful characters. For me, it was a pro, because I don't like Horror most of the time and thinking this was in the genre was part of the failure to read it the first time.

Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince―if she can complete three impossible tasks. I like how it's trying to tackle the issue of domestic violence through a fairytale, but while it started very strong, for me it dragged through the middle and I didn't really care about the romantic subplot. I think the sister could've shown more signs of the impact it had on her, but we don't have her POV and not all abuse victims react exactly the same, there are so many factors at play.there are definitely some interesting concepts - the goblin market, the role of fairy godmothers, and bone dogs all intrigued me - but they are brief, fleeting moments in a story that gets straight to the point. Marra realises that Prince Vorling is abusing Kania and decides to find a way to rescue her - by killing him. If you tend to like reading twisted fairy tales, cosy fantasy, and books with absolutely gorgeous female characters, then you may definitely enjoy this one!

She bent her head down against his shoulder and he reached his arm across his body to hold her close. This land was very damp, and she was grateful for the heat, and yet— “Aren’t you worried that they’ll see the fire? Agnes and Fenris were fun additions to the cast of characters, and the dust-wife brought in the dour and pragmatic voice whilst the bone dog and the demon chicken the humorous weirdness that made the story endearing. this rollicking feminist fairy tale is filled with redemption, community and courage, its dark passages the road to a satisfyingly uplifting endgame. The very special hardcover edition features a gold foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Perhaps best known for her children’s fiction, she is an author and illustrator based in North Carolina who has been nominated for the Ursa Major Award, the Eisner Awards, and has won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story for “Jackalope Wives” in 2015 and the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for “the Tomato Thief” in 2017. The same review also praised the way in which Kingfisher uses humor to contrast with the darkness of the plot. On her journey, Marra will be joined not only by the dust-wife, but also by Bonedog, her godmother Agnes, the demon chicken, Fenris, and Finder. i just loved this, it was perfect for me and my reading tastes, and i hope more of t kingfsher's fantasy stories feel like this to me, because she will really have a fan for life if so!

she seeks a powerful gravewitch - the dust-wife; she weaves a cloak of burning, magicked nettle; she builds a dog of bones; she frees a man from ensorcelled servitude; she enlists the help of a godmother; and she survives a goblin market, a haunted necropolis, a blistered land cursed with cannibals. It's been interesting for a change to see the abuse situation from the standpoint of a relative, as usually it's the victim's POV that is used. Marra had grown up sullen, the sort of child who is always standing in exactly the wrong place so that adults tell her to get out of the way.So, our little team of heroes is composed of a dust-wife with a possessed hen, a warrior who tried to die, and a godmother who's quite bad at gifting babies but ends up with a cursed chick. While the story takes plenty of detours on its way to the epic climax, it never feels like a waste of time.