Nettle & Bone

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This was such a surprising and hilarious team of heroes, they had so many memorable and unique dialogue, and I just loved each of them so, so much! She was bent over the left front paw when the skull’s jaws yawned open and it stretched as if waking from a long slumber. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince-if she can complete three impossible tasks. The brown hen stood on the death mask, which had split in two, looking as serene as only a chicken can look. The witch gives her three impossible tasks and when she comes back after finishing two, the witch is stunned having believed the simple girl would fail and go home.

the dust wife (demonic chicken’s owner), who is the coolest character and has lived a life of solitude tucked away in a hard to reach graveyard, until marra needs her help and proves she is worthy of it. The more they eat, the more they fear it—they do not cook the flesh, you see…” She rubbed her face, obviously distressed.it's just another story of a girl trying to kill a prince to protect her sister AND THE FRIENDS SHE MAKES ALONG THE WAY.

It was a cruel spirit that would punish starving people for what they had been forced to eat, but the spirits had never pretended to be kind. Marra enjoys her life there as she has more power and freedom as a nun than as a princess of the realm. com, Martin Cahill observes that Kingfisher "doesn't shrink or hide from how often fairy tales brutalize young women, how so many stories take their agency, their bodies, and their will for use and abuse by kingdoms and kings alike.Previously, I have only picked up Horror stories from Kingfisher, but this proves her talents know no bounds. It's also got a fabulous cast: an aging himbo warrior, a not-so-fairy godmother, a witch of the dead, a demon chicken, and of course, the dog made of bones. The book is beautifully written with some wonderful turns of phrase, several laugh-out moments, some wonderful creepiness, strong characters and some tugs on the heartstrings, all set in a vivid world.