T. Kingfisher's Hemlock & Silver
This won't be released till August, but it was my BIRTHDAY this past weekend which means I get to read an ARC I'm excited about, and Kingfisher riffing on Snow White was the one! The protagonist here is a thirty-something woman who studies poisons and antidotes, and then the king callsnon her to see if she can figure out what's up with his daughter Snow, who is mysteriously ill. There is a lot of the trademark Kingfisher humor and also creepiness, but there is also a talking cat, so two thumbs up for sure. I will say that the narrative voice/protagonist/love interest will feel familiar to readers of Kingfisher's other works—that’s fine with me, I like all that, but I have seen people talk about some of her books hitting similar beats and this is definitely one of them. The plot/mystery is solid, though, and I enjoyed this a lot. A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in August.
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