A Sorceress Comes to Call

By T. Kingfisher

Named a Best Fantasy Book of the Year by NPR, Elle, and Paste A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call—a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl," rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic. *The hardcover edition features a foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.* Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on her daily rides with him. But more than simple eccentricity sets her mother apart. Other mothers don’t force their daughters to be silent and motionless for hours, sometimes days, on end. Other mothers aren’t evil sorcerers. When her mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people, and as her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family. "Kingfisher never fails to dazzle."—Peter S. Beagle, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning author of The Last Unicorn "Kingfisher is an inventive fantasy powerhouse."—BookPage Also by T. Kingfisher Nettle & Bone Thornhedge What Moves the Dead What Feasts at Night A House with Good Bones

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Published Aug 6, 2024

352 pages

Average rating: 6.9

224 RATINGS

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Readers say T. Kingfisher’s "A Sorceress Comes to Call" blends dark, gothic retelling with Regency charm, showcasing her vivid imagination and distinc...

Rabbit12
7/10 stars
Overall and interesting read. I enjoyed it on audible
Kristin Rose
8/10 stars
Another highly anticipated book for me! It was a little slow and boring at times but I thoroughly enjoyed the gothic vibes and the characters.
KristenMPath
8/10 stars
I couldn't put this one down! I was surprised at how interested I was in all of it and to find that it was loosely based on Grimm's Goose Girl story was interesting. I had to look up the Goose Girl tale because I had never heard of it. Honestly I would recommend this story to anyone who likes fantasy with a dash of danger and murder.
WinterEgress
9/10 stars
 This was primarily our audio art and wine book. But we ended up liking it so much we listened together at other times too.

KT kingfisher continues to be on my short list of authors that I will buy and read anything I see by them. Well sort of a short list

T Kingfisher 
Alix E Harrrow 
Ali Hazelwood 
Lyonne Riley 
Jeff Vandermeer 

I feel like I'm missing someone but I'm going with that list for now

And this book just keeps that streak going. I'm kind of fascinated with T Kingfisher. Her books have such different tones. Or such different levels of creepy. But they all have some unique T kingfisher thing to them. And it's more than just her storytelling voice - which is also distinctive and amazing.

It's her imagination. It's an imagination so strong and so vividly hers that it's like a color in a pallet.

When we started this book the author's voice was evident immediately, but we didn't think it had that usual t kingfisher vibe to it. And then we got a little way into it maybe 10% or so? And there it was. And then we got a little further and there it really was.

And by the end of the book it was definitely there. There's at least one aspect to the book that is still kind of haunting me to this day. And it's been maybe a month since we finished it.

No spoilers. But let me just ask you, does a horse move the way it moves because of the way it's weight is distributed across its body? And if that weight distribution fundamentally changed would it move like something different? Like a spider maybe? Yeah ponder that. And read this book.

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thereadingbanshee
Another emotionnal support T. Kingfisher read for the win