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Bonedog is the best! A happy go lucky pup made of bones and copper wire. Always there for his friends. Without bonedog this tale may have been too dark doe me.
Marra was placed in a monastery to keep in holding incase she is needed to marry the prince. Marra sees how he treats her sister and sets out on a quest to save her sister, the queen of the north lands. Along the way she visits enchanted markets, wastelands, and catacombs. She collects friends along the way that help with her quest.
This b ...more
Marra was placed in a monastery to keep in holding incase she is needed to marry the prince. Marra sees how he treats her sister and sets out on a quest to save her sister, the queen of the north lands. Along the way she visits enchanted markets, wastelands, and catacombs. She collects friends along the way that help with her quest.
This b ...more

This was INSANELY enjoyable.
The tone, pacing, the atmosphere, the characters and their dialogue.. Every part of this was immensely delightful, largely, I think, because the author kept to the feel and elements of what a fairytale is, at its core: A story that is simple, driven, and that you could see being retold aloud.
The basic premise is one girl sets off to try and right the wrongs mostly for her family and her sister, but is driven by a larger cause to right the wrongs of a few kingdoms, a ...more
The tone, pacing, the atmosphere, the characters and their dialogue.. Every part of this was immensely delightful, largely, I think, because the author kept to the feel and elements of what a fairytale is, at its core: A story that is simple, driven, and that you could see being retold aloud.
The basic premise is one girl sets off to try and right the wrongs mostly for her family and her sister, but is driven by a larger cause to right the wrongs of a few kingdoms, a ...more

T. Kingfisher never disappoints. This is a true fairy tale for adults - and I don’t mean that in the grimdark kind of way. It’s everything I ever wanted from my childhood fairy tales, but this time with characters and situations that match my adult life.
At one point I was reading and my leg was bouncing so much that my husband commented on my agitation. “It’s an exciting book, OK? Let me finish!”
I just loved this!
At one point I was reading and my leg was bouncing so much that my husband commented on my agitation. “It’s an exciting book, OK? Let me finish!”
I just loved this!

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