Fantasy · WarmThe youngest of three princesses leaves a convent to help her sister, with a dust-wife and a demon-possessed chicken
Nettle & Bone
A fairy-tale quest with a dust-wife and a chicken
Tor Books in the US and Titan in the UK published the novel on 26 April 2022, and it runs to 272 pages. T. Kingfisher is the pen name of Ursula Vernon. It is a dark fairy tale about Marra, the youngest of three princesses, who leaves a convent to help her sister Kania. The characters and world first appeared in the short story "Godmother". The story is told non-linearly.
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Who
Marra, her sister Kania, the knight Fenris, the fairy godmother Agnes and the dust-wife.
World
A fairy-tale kingdom.
What makes it different
The author, Ursula Vernon, writes as T. Kingfisher. The book opens with Marra crafting the bone dog. It won the 2023 Hugo.
Feel
Wry and warm.
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Further reading
- Nettle & BoneWikipedia