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wild_avalon_lass 's review for:
Nettle & Bone
by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
THIS is what I want in a fairytale.
Not a retelling, but its own original thing.
A princess-nun (first a princess, sent to a convent, decided to be a heroine) who decides to save her queen-sister, even if it's an impossible task. A dishonored knight with too much honor for his own good. An annoyed old witch who speaks to the dead and calls everyone (dead or alive) out on their foolishness. A sweet little fairy godmother with limited power in blessing babies...and too much power in cursing them. A demon hen. A chick cursed to find safety. An undead bone dog.
The most unlikely ragtag crew of heroes on their way to kill a magically-protected and cruel king, destroy his immortal fairy godmother, and get rid of a generational blessing that's a curse to everyone else.
Also, it was so refreshing to read a fantasy fairytale book where the leading lady is in her 30s.
Marra is 30. She is more content to sit and embroider than fight. She is so neurodivergent-coded that my brain found such solace in her mental patterns.
Agnus and The Dust Wife are both older ladies, old enough to be grandmothers. Cranky enough to be great-aunts.
And Fenris. <3 I want more book men like Fenris. Older (almost 40!!), quiet, reserved, honorable, pining over Marra but too dang good to do anything about that, but protect her with his very breath.
He wasn't just a green flag. He was a whole army of green flags, and he was Marra's Green Flag Army.
He was also ridiculously hot, and Agnus both admiring that openly and shipping Marra and Fenris together was great fun.
I will immediately attempt now to read everything T. Kingfisher has ever and will ever write.
Not a retelling, but its own original thing.
A princess-nun (first a princess, sent to a convent, decided to be a heroine) who decides to save her queen-sister, even if it's an impossible task. A dishonored knight with too much honor for his own good. An annoyed old witch who speaks to the dead and calls everyone (dead or alive) out on their foolishness. A sweet little fairy godmother with limited power in blessing babies...and too much power in cursing them. A demon hen. A chick cursed to find safety. An undead bone dog.
The most unlikely ragtag crew of heroes on their way to kill a magically-protected and cruel king, destroy his immortal fairy godmother, and get rid of a generational blessing that's a curse to everyone else.
Also, it was so refreshing to read a fantasy fairytale book where the leading lady is in her 30s.
Marra is 30. She is more content to sit and embroider than fight. She is so neurodivergent-coded that my brain found such solace in her mental patterns.
Agnus and The Dust Wife are both older ladies, old enough to be grandmothers. Cranky enough to be great-aunts.
And Fenris. <3 I want more book men like Fenris. Older (almost 40!!), quiet, reserved, honorable, pining over Marra but too dang good to do anything about that, but protect her with his very breath.
He wasn't just a green flag. He was a whole army of green flags, and he was Marra's Green Flag Army.
He was also ridiculously hot, and Agnus both admiring that openly and shipping Marra and Fenris together was great fun.
I will immediately attempt now to read everything T. Kingfisher has ever and will ever write.