Week 28 Review: Nettle & Bone

From Goodreads:

From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.

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.

My Review:
This was such a fantastic story! I'm really starting to love T. Kingfisher's books, and this is one that has a lot of love, and I can see why, it was such a cute and enjoyable read set in this fantasy land with some hard points.

I loved the way that this book was told-we begin with the start of the tasks, and then we find out why she's doing these tasks, because of the marriages this prince has had with her two older sisters, and how she wants to break free the one who is still alive.

This cast of characters was so cute and fantastic! I utterly adored this found family, the dog of bones, and the possessed chicken were favourites, they were so hilarious to read about, and added levity to a book that could've been dark and serious and not as enjoyable.

Watching them make a plan on how to deal with this prince was really interesting, their plan definitely wasn't easy, and it was so great to watch them execute it. The teamwork was great, and it was really satisfying to watch him being taken down! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by T. Kingfisher! 

Author: T. Kingfisher  
Read: July 12th, 2023 
Source: Library
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio / Tor
Published: April 26th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars