![]() ![]() ![]() I think this one will appeal to fans of Naomi Novik’s Spinning Silver, Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series, and Melissa Albert’s Hazel Wood. There’s a puppet that will haunt my nightmares for sure, and a chase scene set in the catacombs beneath a castle that had me holding my breath. Kingfisher plays with themes around the structure of fairy tales and the value of older, non-traditional heroes.Īlthough this is fantasy, not horror, I love that Nettle and Bone also embraced the creepiness of fairy tales. The mythology developed is cool, unpredictable, and wise. This world feels completely real and lived in. Nettle and Bone feels fresh and imaginative, and in only 250 pages I feel like the author immersed me in enough lore for an entire series. Marra and her friends are each brave and smart in their own, non-flashy ways. The story follows a princess, a witch, a soldier, a godmother, a possessed chicken, and a dog made of bone who all set out to kill an evil prince to save Marra’s sister. Nettle and Bone has one of my favourite fantasy tropes: found family. I’ve read Kingfisher’s horror fiction before, but not her fantasy, so I didn’t know what to expect - and I absolutely loved this. Nettle and Bone is a wonderful dark, imaginative fairy tale about characters I want to be friends with. ![]()
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