A review by bucketsjen
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Dark fairytale of rescue and hope. A princess sets off to find a way to kill a prince protected by powerful magic, in an attempt to save her hostage sister. There are impossible tasks, a bone dog, a goblin market, witches, fairy godmothers, a disgraced knight, and a demon chicken. The main character is thirty years old and gets anxious asking for directions. 

Everything about this book was absolutely perfect. I devoured it. 

This book gets recommended as fantasy romance, so here's a slightly spoilery comment on that: 
it's a romance subplot which is really sweet but there's no spice in the book
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