Harrow's A Spindle Splintered and Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood series should pick this up immediately.' - Library Journal (starred review) 'Blending fairy-tale familiarity and common-sense characters, Kingfisher's prose balances grim circumstances with humor and heart. At its heart a story of good people doing their best to make the unjust world a fairer place, this marvelous romp will delight Kingfisher's fans and fairy tale lovers alike.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) ' darkly funny feminist fairy tale.The plot snaps along as quickly as a good joke, and beneath the whimsy, there's an underlying sympathy and sincerity that enables Kingfisher to handle tricky issues like domestic violence with great compassion and care. Hero or not―now joined by a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother, an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl familiar―Marra might finally have the courage to save her sister, and topple a throne. Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:īut, as is the way in tales of princes and witches, doing the impossible is only the beginning. But her sister wasn't so fortunate―and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince.

This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince.Īs the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure. From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T.

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