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Review #5: Ursula Vernon does it again

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

December 23, 2023 by Monty 8 Comments

“The trees were full of crows and the woods were full of madmen. The pit was full of bones and her hands were full of wires. Her fingers bled where the wire ends cut her. The earliest cuts were no longer bleeding, but the edges had gone red and hot, with angry streaks running backward over her skin. The tips of her fingers were becoming puffy and less nimble. Marra was aware that this was not a good thing, but the odds of living long […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon

Monty's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon ·
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I Have Never Been so Happy in My Entire Life

Dragonbreath #1 by Ursula Vernon

July 18, 2022 by esmemoria 7 Comments

CBR Bingo: Monster Dragonbreath #1 by Ursula Vernon has cured all my ills. This story about an irrepressible dragon named Danny who can’t breathe fire (but has no fear) is so delightful, and the illustrations so insanely adorable, that it’s changed my entire day, which until this point has been as fun as a case of scurvy.     Dragonbreath #1 follows Danny around as he goes about his day, starting at the Herpitax-Phibbias School for Reptiles and Amphibians, where he is the only semi-mythical […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Ursula Vernon

esmemoria's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Ursula Vernon ·
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Falling in Love with the Spirit in the Sword

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

January 11, 2019 by melanir Leave a Comment

I have sung the praises of T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon many times here on Cannonball. Her books are autobuys for me, and I have never been disappointed with them. They are funny, clever, sensible fantasy romps and I love them to pieces. I love her world building and they way that so many of her novels are reactions to other stories. For example, in this book Kingfisher was annoyed by Elric (Michael Moorcock’s Elric? I haven’t read them, I’m not familar) and claimed the real victim […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon

melanir's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon ·
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“I am afraid for your priorities, son”

July 21, 2017 by melanir Leave a Comment

Jackalope Wives and Other Stories is another short story collection by T. Kingfisher and I loved it. I’ve read a couple of these stories previously, when they were first published, but I love that they’re all collected in one place. I especially that that because while the collection only contains two completely new stories, most of them were new to me. Kingfisher brings her usual sensibility and love of practical characters and talking animal companions to this collection. If you like her work then this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Short Stories Tagged With: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon

melanir's CBR9 Review No:64 · Genres: Fantasy, Short Stories · Tags: t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon ·
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Summer, Baba Yaga, and a were-house

February 16, 2017 by melanir 7 Comments

I love portal fantasies. I’ve loved them for as long as I can remember, from Narnia to Oz to Wonderland to Amber and even for a brief moment Xanth, I have loved stories of someone from this mundane world transported to a world full of magic and wonder. Summer in Orcus is an offering in this category from T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon, and it is marvelous. The best I can describe it is a middlegrade fantasy for adults, and much like Catherynne Valente’s The […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: middle grade fiction, portal fantasy, t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon

melanir's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: middle grade fiction, portal fantasy, t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon ·
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My other theme this month is Fairy Tales

October 28, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Toad Words and Other Stories is a collection of fairy tale retellings by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) most of which were published previously on her blog, though there is at least one new story. I’ve read a couple of the stories when they were on her blog, but there were a number that were new to me. I really enjoy Kingfisher’s approach to fairy tales, where magic may exist but that’s no reason to throw logic out the window. For the most part this book […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: fairy tale retellings, short stories, t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon

melanir's CBR8 Review No:97 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: fairy tale retellings, short stories, t kingfisher, Ursula Vernon ·
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