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🐉REVIEW RATING: 🔥🔥🔥🔥/5 How has it taken me this long to read a T. Kingfisher book?! Nettle & Bone captured me with its opening passage, but then held my interest with each character added to the traveling party. I adore Marra with her social awkwardness and determination to see each difficult task through to the end. As Marra and her new friends plot to kill an evil king, and the characters trust enough to share details of their lives, the story explores the concept of heroism. What makes a hero? Is it the seemingly impossible tasks they overcome? Their willingness to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Or could it be simply the decision to choose goodness when you have a capacity for evil. Kingfisher’s tale of a woman whose value is determined by her fertility, is especially timely. The fight for reproductive rights has always been of high importance, but with the recent overturn of Roe v Wade, this story hits more emotionally than it may have a year ago. Nettle & Bone centers on a quest for vengeance and the rescue of a beloved sister. But at its heart, this book is a battle cry for reproductive freedom. With heavy themes and dark settings, Nettle & Bone still manages to be a light read with humor spread throughout. The traveling party is rounded out with the affectionate Bonedog and a chicken “with a demon in her.” And the banter between characters is affectionate and wry. They remain lighthearted despite pursuing a quest they believe is destined to fail. In the author’s note, we learn this novel began as a short story. I hope I can find it online, as I’m curious to see how this tale evolved. I also want to know more about the blistered land, visited briefly. It seems there is more story to be told there than the little bit shared in Nettle & Bone. #nettleandbone #tkingfisher #ursulavernon #torbooks #fantasybooks #bookreview #feministbooks #mybodymychoice #reproductiverights #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CfzOqRapCv6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This is a wonderful and original fairy tale remix! Full of characters I would die for and laugh out loud moments. Recommended for grownups who fondly remember reading Ella Enchanted and fans of A Spindle Splintered. T. Kingfisher is rapidly approaching the “I’ll just buy whatever she writes no questions asked” territory. #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #nettleandbone https://www.instagram.com/p/CdBcq6TLr4Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=