Sew a cloak of owlcloth and nettles, build a dog of cured bones, and catch moonlight in a jar of clay….Three tasks, and then the dust-wife would give her the tools to kill a prince.” “Three tasks the dust-wife had given her. However, when she learns there’s something sinister to her sisters’ marriages, and that death is on the doorstep of her sole remaining sister, she sets out on a desperate quest to save the day. Quiet and timid, the convent is a solace, not a cage to our heroine, Marra. Our heroine is not a young, teenaged heir to the throne, but the third-born, thirty-something princess, who was sent to a convent to wait for the birth of her elder sisters’ heirs. Though the premise is traditional fairy tale fare, the story itself is anything but typical. Nettle & Bone ’s premise is that of a typical fairytale-our heroine must complete three seemingly impossible tasks in order to receive help on an incredible quest. 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.

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 jarīut, as is the way in tales of princes and witches, doing the impossible is only the beginning. 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. It's the one where she kills him.Īs 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. This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure. Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventureīuy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depositoryįrom Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Published by Tor Books on April 26th 2022 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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