That road trip part of the book was more entertaining, sarcastic with witty dialogues help us take a break after the dark, eccentric, mysterious opening of the story.

They need more accomplices.Īt the second part: new team members join their road trip: including a chicken: possessed by demon, a reluctant fairy god mother, a disgraced knight named Fenris ( sweet romance alert) Let’s not forget the dust-wife is very powerful graveyard witch who can make meaningful chats with ghosts. She finds a creative way to sew a cloak of nettles in expanse damaging her left hand.ĭust-wife cannot believe in her eyes but deal is a deal! They have an impossible mission to accomplish and a cruel prince to destroy.īut two of them are not powerful enough to achieve their task. At the opening of the book we witness how she digs the ground to find the proper bones left from cannibals to build a bone dog. Smart dust-wife offers the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:-build a dog of bones-sew a cloak of nettles-capture moonlight in a jarĪnd surprisingly Marra completes those tasks. She seeks help to accomplish this suicide mission by demanding the help of dust-wife. Only way to save her middle sister to kill the prince. She decides to take the matters on her own hands to get revenge.

I like her sarcastic, sharp, direct tone!Īt the first part: we’re introduced to Marra, shy, resilient, youngest of three princesses from little kingdom, sent to convent as one of her sisters is dead and other one is getting abused by the same vicious prince she’s married. I have to admit: I’m a devoted fan of the author! She never disappoints me with her extraordinary creative mind, taking me trips to meticulously built fantasy worlds with adorable characters.

Nettle and bone kingfisher