Nettle and Bone

 Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher, 245 pages.

Kara just beat me to writing about this one! You can read her review here

Princess Mara is the third daughter of a poor kingdom and practically a nun (she's lived as one for fifteen years but hasn't taken orders, for political reasons on both counts). But when she sees how abusive her older sister's husband (a much more powerful prince) is, she decides she must set out on a quest to kill him and save her sister. She collects a motley crew for the impossible task, but what better group to accomplish an impossible task than a collection of people that sound like something out of a fairy tale?

This book is super cool! It has the exact energy of being a fairy tale retelling without actually being based on any particular story, which I think is a very specific mood to hit. I really liked our cast of characters, and the book definitely kept me engaged the whole time.