Marra enlists the help of a powerful old woman who can speak to the dead and the dust wife agrees to assist, but only after Marra completes three impossible tasks: creating a cloak out of nettles, building a dog out of bones, and capturing moonlight in a jar. As Marra connects the dots she comes to understand that the only way to save her sister, herself, and the kingdoms is to kill the prince. Marra is content with her quiet life but she can’t help but think there was something strange about how her eldest sister died, and her other sister always has bruises she tries to hide and is constantly pregnant. Her sisters were married away to the prince of the northern kingdom years ago to form a political alliance. In her thirties, she’s been living in a convent for most of her life and her only real talent is weaving. Marra, the third daughter the king and queen of a small kingdom, isn’t much of a princess. Summary: “This isn’t the fairy tale where a princess marries a prince… It’s the one where she kills him.” Series (if applicable): This book is not part of a seriesĬontent warnings (SLIGHT SPOILER): Domestic violence, child death, death of a loved one, mentions of ritual suicide, animal death Number of Pages: 240 pages of story text plus an Author’s Note That’s how you get basilisks.”” ( Nettle & Bone by T.

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Nettle & bone by t kingfisher