Nettle & Bone

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Nettle & Bone is a darkly whimsical fantasy novel by T. Kingfisher that follows a princess on a grim, fairy-tale–like quest to save her sister from an abusive prince.

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instanceOf fairy-tale retelling
fantasy novel
author T. Kingfisher
authorRealName Ursula Vernon
award Nebula Award for Best Novel
awardYear 2022 Nebula Awards cycle
containsElement cursed dog made of bones
demon-possessed chicken
fairy godmother
graveyard dust-wife
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtist Tommy Arnold
genre dark fantasy
fairy tale fantasy
fantasy
imprint Tor
isbn10 1250244048
isbn13 9781250244048
language English
mainCharacter Agnes
Bonedog
Fenris
Marra
the dust-wife
marketedAs standalone novel
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
narrativePerspective third-person
nominatedFor Hugo Award for Best Novel
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
linked to: Locus Award
pageCountApprox 300–350 pages
plotSummary A princess named Marra undertakes an impossible, fairy-tale–like quest to save her sister from an abusive prince.
protagonist Marra
publicationDate 2022-04-26
publicationYear 2022
publisher Tor Books
publisherSeries Tor adult fantasy list
settingType secondary world
targetAudience adult
themes abuse and survival
agency and resistance
found family
sisterhood
tone darkly whimsical

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T. Kingfisher notableWork Nettle & Bone
Ursula Vernon notableWork Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher notableWork Nettle & Bone
subject linked to: T Kingfisher