Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher (through NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Title: Nettle & Bone
Author: T. Kingfisher
First published: 26. April 2022
Edition: Tor Books
ebook, 262 pages
Genre: Fantasy | Horror | Adventure
Summary:
This isn’t the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince.
It’s the one where she kills him.
Marra never wanted to be a hero.
As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince.
Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:
—build a dog of bones
—sew a cloak of nettles
—capture moonlight in a jar
But, as is the way in tales of princes and witches, doing the impossible is only the beginning.
Hero or not—now joined by a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother, an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl familiar—Marra might finally have the courage to save her sister, and topple a throne.
◄ 5 out of 5 stars ►
Nettle and Bone was such a wonderful book. I fell in love with it from the beginning. Everything about this book worked perfectly for me and I couldn’t put it down. This is one of my new favourite books and I want to read everything T. Kingfisher has ever written (and is going to write). I’m so happy that I got the opportunity to read this story!
Nettle and Bone follows Mara as she tries to save her sister. Mara is joined by a some people she meets along the way and together they attempt to complete the quest. This story involves a lot of traveling which I very much enjoyed. All the traveling allowed for the world to be built and explained. I enjoyed learning more about it as the story progressed. The plot of Nettle and Bone was gripping as well. I wanted to know how they were going to rescue Mara’s sister, as there stood quite a few obstacles in their way. I couldn’t put this book down, I just needed to know if and how everything was going to work out.
If you look at the genres that this book falls under you will notice one of them is horror. There were some very dark topics discussed in this story. It showed some of the darkest and most horrific actions that humans are capable of. I would recommend looking up content warnings for this story, before you read it.
Nettle and Bone felt like a dark fairy tale and I enjoyed every moment of it. Though I must say, my favourite part of this book were the characters. There is just something so captivating about all of them. I wanted to know more about them and I loved seeing them interact with each other. They formed such a wonderful group and they were a joy to read about. My favourite character in the entire story was, obviously, Mara. I loved the way she approached things and how much she cared about her friends and family. She has a quiet strength that I really admire. I loved seeing her form new relationships with her companions.
As I already said, I loved Nettle and Bone. I would definitely recommend checking this book out. I definitely need to get my hands on a physical copy of this book. I want to have this story in my collection as I know I will want to reread it in the future.
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