This was almost as good as Nettle & Bone (still my favorite from the author), I love T. Kingfisher's dark fairytales. The only reason why I didn't love it as much was the fact that half of the story is told from the perspective of 14-year-old girl, I much prefer Kingfisher's older characters. Herster and her gang (and Tom!) were absolutely delightful, I loved them so much. I know I'm going to reread the book one day just for them.