Nettle
- Author Bex Hogan
- Narrator Anna Burnett
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
- Run Time 6 hours and 23 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy, Fairy and Folk tales.
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What to expect
Inspired by faery myth and folklore, the haunting, heart wrenching tale of a changeling called Nettle in a dark, foreboding faery kingdom.
A wild misfit in the human world, Nettle is enthralled by the glamour of the faery realm, with its two moons and scarlet stars. She grows close to Conor, a human stolen centuries before, and she also falls under the spell of mysterious Ellion, a Shadow Faery. To try to help her beloved grandmother who is fading in her world, Nettle makes a pact with the faery king. He’ll heal her grandmother in exchange for Nettle completing three tasks. She agrees, not realising that cruelty lurks beneath the beauty of this place, and that she has been tricked…
In this wild, dangerous fantasy kingdom Nettle discovers, too late, her part in a centuries old love story and the price she will pay - remaining forever in the realm of immortals for those she loves.
Critics Review
Nettle is full of wit, wisdom and charm, I was stung on the first page and fell head first into Bex Hogan’s magical world.
Drenched in magic and beauty, Nettle will transport you into a dark yet gorgeous faery tale you won’t ever want to leave
An elegant, dreamy tale steeped in folklore references, featuring a resourceful protagonist doing her best to counter the dark, devious bargains of the faerie world
It feels both freshly new and deeply old
A beautiful, heart-wrenching tale, drenched in magic
Bex Hogan’s Nettle establishes itself with the perfect fairy-tale formula… once cast it is a spell that does not leave us until we have finished the final page.
A story of hope and determination
I am still thinking about this book… [Hogan] created something special with this fantasy fairytale retelling
I loved everything about this story, and I will shout about it from the rooftops until everyone has read it… I honestly loved every single second
Fantasy and folklore lovers, you’ll wanna add this to your ‘To Be Read’ pile immediately.
An engaging and atmospheric fae tale that did not disappoint… definitely one for Holly Black fans.
A heroine unlike any other and one that readers will love… this is a great read for 12+.
Nettle is an intriguingly magical tale of faeries, power and identity. Readers are transported to a world of tricks and traps where a jealous king, changelings and shadow faeries prove anything is possible.
Hogan has never been one to shy away from darkness in her writing and Nettle is no exception… A wonderful slice of faery magic, tempting and duplicitious.
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