Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher
- Crafty Goblin
- May 3
- 2 min read
Author : T. Kingfisher
Publisher : Pan Macmillan / Tor
Released : August 21th
Page count : 368
Format : e-ARC
Genre : Cozy Fantasy, Dark Fairy Tale, light horror
Content warnings : Injuries, blood, a bit of violence
Source : NetGalley
Representation : female lead
Part of a Series : No
★★★★★ — A new favorite !
Quote from the book:
“I just want to save people and then have those people go away and, ideally, not take arsenic again. Is that really so much to ask?”
Summary :
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind
Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.
Not to die, but to save—seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.
But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja’s unorthodox methods can save her.
Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.
Or it might be the thing that kills them all.
My Thoughts on this Book :
If it is coming from T. Kingfisher it is always a hit for me. Though, I usually prefer her horror section, she managed to combine both Horror and Fantasy in this dark and witty retelling of Snow White.
I love this author, especially her horror stories and I was happy to see a mix of horror and fantasy based, loosely, on Snow White Tale with dark humor, and as usual a witty female character developed with talent.
That's something I love with Kingfisher's work, the character development and this one was awesome. It's probably the character I can relate with the most in all her work. A badass curvy woman, who's not taking bullshit and stereotypical lifestyle and a tad neurospicy in my opinion. I love her.
The romance is on the light side and without graphic intercourse, much appreciated as writers nowadays seem to add that everywhere to sell wick world building and barely inexistant character development, and most of the time badly written stories.
It's fun to read, a cozy fantasy on a darker side. The writing is excellent as usual with this writer. More a grey kind of villain and not stereo-typically over wicked and exaggerated in her development.
The female lead is incontestable as usual.
I also like how botanic and wisdom in general are studied beforehand and properly introduced in the story without the scholar boring side but more educative and fun.
It's a solid dark fantasy tale and as usual a pleasure to read T. Kingfisher's stories.
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