It stands out because there are moments when the reader believes they are reading an original variant of what the posterity of all the characters will tell as a “simple fairy tale.” Readers will be able to identify the fairy tale tropes and they will be able to distinguish them from the (dark) fantasy tropes. Nettle & Bone is a balance of dark fantasy and fairy tales. Marra’s fellowship is set, but can they pull off the task of killing a prince without getting caught? Last, Marra asks her fairy godmother-that’s right-for her guidance, too. Both Marra and Elspeth “recruit” Fenris, a knight of prowess with a dark past, from the Goblin Market. Next, Marra needs a strong fighter to aid (and protect) her on her quest. The dust-wife, Elspeth, says she will help Marra, for a price. She searches for a dust-wife-a combination of a witch and gravedigger who is rumored to speak to the dead and have knowledge of the world. Marra needs to do the impossible, so she leaves the convent to gain assistance from someone who can perform magic. The question is, how can she do it without it leading to war? Marra decides the only way to protect her family and her kingdom is to kill the prince.
And Marra and her family know when Vorling tires of Kania, he’ll go on to marry her. Second, Kania is suffering under her husband’s cruelty and neither Marra nor her parents can intervene without risking war. Now Marra finds herself in a perilous situation. It is not until Princess Kania’s marriage to Vorling that both Marra and the rest of the Royal Family understand how precarious the alliance is for their kingdom, and they all come to the same conclusion about the circumstances of Damia’s untimely death. Marra does not comprehend how dire the need for an alliance is during her isolation away from court, even when Princess Damia marries Prince Vorling of the Northern Kingdom, then dies five months later under mysterious circumstances. Because Marra is the youngest princess, she is sent to live at a convent while her older sisters-Princess Damia and Princess Kania-are left to deal with the politics of the kingdom. This conflict forces Marra’s mother, the Queen, to forge an alliance through marriage. She is the youngest princess of her small kingdom, which the two neighboring-yet larger-kingdoms “haggle” over for access to the ports within the Harbor Kingdom. The protagonist in this narrative is Princess Marra of the Harbor Kingdom. Kingfisher is that book and there is a reason why everyone who has read it can’t stop talking about it. Then, there are the books that do not receive as much attention compared to other titles, yet everyone who has read the book can’t help but say continuously how “excellent the book is,” “everyone needs to read it,” etc. The reason we decide to read any book can vary from school assignments to personal interests to recommendations.
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