{"id":12858,"date":"2022-04-27T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12858"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T23:26:28","slug":"w-is-for-weaving-crafting-with-nettle-bone-she-must-master-to-stop-great-evil-by-t-kingfisher-book-review-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12858","title":{"rendered":"W is for weaving & crafting with NETTLE & BONE she must master to stop great evil, by T. Kingfisher (book review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A kingdom threatened,
no prince as heir,
daughters as pawns\u2026 or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third daughter of a king with no sons, 15-year-old Marra is hidden away at a convent, remaining within its walls for years and years, as her older sisters are married in political alliances<\/a> to save their tiny kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weaving and healing skills<\/a> she learns there will serve her well as now-grown Marra flees the security of Our Lady of Grackles, seeking ways to save her sister from the brutal prince of the Northern Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She travels far and then farther to find the powerful dust-wife who communes with the dead and has the magic she needs. The spell requires Marra to make a cloak from nettles and cursed wool, to fashion a dog from bones, and bring moonlight in a jar – three impossible tasks (and she does them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Away they go to kill the prince – Marra and Bone Dog, the dust-wife and her demon-possessed hen, through enchanted marketplaces and haunted lands, releasing from ensorcelment a man who unwisely slept in a fairy fort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secrets of the Northern Kingdom lie deeply buried in the crypts beneath its palace – danger and doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its king lost in madness, the terrible prince rules with an iron fist and paranoia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to infiltrate the crypts? How to steer all blame from Marra’s sister? How to escape with their own lives? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A princess exists solely for the kingdom’s benefit, but not Marra\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just published yesterday (4\/26\/22) – read the first two chapters on the publisher’s website here<\/a>, free! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What non-traditional princess story is your favorite?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Nettle & Bone \/ T. Kingfisher. Tor, 2022. [author info<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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