Nettle & Bone

Princess Marra needs to figure out how to rescue not only herself, but her siblings too.

Another enjoyable fantasy from T. Kingfisher. This one feels a little darker in tone than Kingfisher’s non-horror fare, and is very fairytalesque, with godmothers, and princesses, and kings. As usual, Marra the protagonist is satisfyingly down-to-earth, and works with the tools at her disposal to attain her goals. A nice, quick read about comeuppances and chickens.

It's not my favorite T. Kingfisher book, but it one that I'm very fond of. And I love the curse child - that one I use in my TTRPG games.

I hope you like dancing teeth though

That's it, that's the whole review.

If you like T. Kingfisher, you will like this book. It starts off a bit grim, but by the end it felt like a cozy tale of cold blooded vengeance.

At this point I know what I'm getting into every time I open up a T. Kingfisher book, whether it's horror, fantasy or romance - and most of her books have all three, mixed at different distillations. The writing will be breezy, the plot will both be interesting and turn in directions that you wouldn't expect, the characterizations will be unique and not standard cardboard cutouts (well, her male love interests tend to be big noble depressed guys, but they're all well written). "Nettle & Bone" hits all of these - a fun read that conceals depth and absolutely wrenching moments. My only complaint is that I wish it didn't move so fast - that there was a bit more room to breathe. But across the board I'm always so excited to read new stuff from her. Every book so far has been great, and I feel like she's closing in on masterpieces.