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Tegan Anderson

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in Devon, The United Kingdom

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Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy

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Tegan Anderson is a storyteller from Devon, England, where they grew up believing in fairy tales and wishing they could become one too. They attended Falmouth University to study Photography and were lured into getting a master's degree after spending too much time longing to turn their stories into screenplays. They are the author of BBNYA finalist Paper Forests and BookLife Prize semi-finalist There Will Be Other Summers, and are currently working on novels focusing on neurodivergence and disability acceptance. Tegan spends most of their time surrounded by chow chows and overflowing bookshelves. ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 88 ratings · 65 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Paper Forests (The Paper Forest, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauty in the Breakdown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Will Be Other Summers 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Ghosts (The Paper Forest, #1.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nettle & Bone

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Tegan said: "

This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's the one where she kills him.

'Nettle & Bone' is a good fit for those seeking a story that subverts traditional fairytale tropes, featuring a shy and unlikely heroine who embark

This isn't the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It's the one where she kills him.

'Nettle & Bone' is a good fit for those seeking a story that subverts traditional fairytale tropes, featuring a shy and unlikely heroine who embarks on a dark, adventurous, and often funny journey to save her sister and challenge an abusive prince. The author takes the bones of fantasy and fairytale and makes them into something entirely new with what I have learned is a signature mix of the grim and the delightful.

There are so many elements here that make me feel like the book was written for me specifically, including this being a quest fantasy with a found family element, and also being fairytale-esque. It plays with fairytales in a way where we have the comfort and cosiness of the story with a dark thread running through it. I think that tonal dissonance might be offputting for some readers, but I think the darkness is well-woven with the cosiness, and I greatly enjoyed reading it. It's one of my favourite ways to see fairytales explored. It's also not a retelling in any way that I can tell, just heavy on the fairytale vibes.

The writing is what really made this book. It's not a long book, somewhere in the mid-200 pages. It's definitely short and contained. The imagery and the setting were immaculately described, and the tone in places was almost blunt and very to the point, which was quite refreshing. This is my first T. Kingfisher read, and I am already deeply in love with her fantasy work and how unique the worlds are. It was also just nice to read about characters in their thirties (and older) going on adventures, even if that adventure is a quest for revenge. I think this book is marketed as 'horror fantasy' on Goodreads, and I can see why based on some of the more disturbing elements, but it's not particularly scary or gruesome, just a little creepy in places.

The reason for me not rating this a full five stars (I rated it 4.5 stars on StoryGraph) is that the plot does go what I can only describe as a little astray in the middle. I think we lose the thread and the urgency of the plot and it ambles in a way which is quite common for quest fantasies. I usually love the stops we take along the way, but you can easily stray too far from the main plot.

This is also the rare case where I will say that I would have loved if this had a stronger romantic element, but I'm desperately trying to review books for what they are rather than what they are not. We are also living through a surge of 'romantasy' and spicy fantasy, so I feel like it's important for those readers to know what is involved before they start reading. The romance elements are more of an implication that the two characters are interested in each other and it played into how the book ended, and the ending is surprisingly heartwarming and uplifting. This book is ideal for anyone who enjoys fantasy with little to no romance - which I almost always do - but I think this one would've been better with either absolutely no romance or stronger romance. I was left wanting a little more of that particular element, but overall, that's not what this story is.

This is my first T. Kingfisher read. I fell in love with it from the first page, and it's my favourite read of the year so far. I will definitely be reading more from this author in the future. ...more "

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“But we’ve made the trade: one awful inescapable thing for that golden moment in time, that moment of honeycomb light and a warm summer day tapering to an eternal evening.”
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“We circle each other, our gazes remaining locked, the white dress fanning out and wrapping around our legs. Neither of us make any attempt to remove it as my free hand drops to her waist, hers on my shoulder. We spin and sway down the aisle in imperfect sync to the beat of the progressing song and eventually I feel my body relax, allowing a small smile to form.”
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“Everyone wanted me to feed them that story—darkness to light, weakness to strength, broken to whole. I wanted it, too.”
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“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
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The Argo II sailed into the night.”
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“I can recount our small collection of memories from the time we spent exploring through those trees, running carelessly as if we were children again. I can easily remember the fallen tree serving as a bridge over the stream, the one that we both hung upside down from and felt all of the blood rush to our heads. I would give anything to regain that childlike sense of innocence we shared in our sparse moments of escaping from our problems. Unfortunately, they crept back as soon as the trees were fading into the horizon and the front door shut behind us.”
― Tegan Anderson, Beauty in the Breakdown

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“It’s times like this when it feels as if everything has gone from zero to a hundred miles per hour in an instance before crashing into a wall and exploding. You jump into a situation head first without knowing what’s going to happen and it ends up awful. You feel as if you will shatter at the slightest touch, about to crumble into dust if another situation becomes too ridiculous, too desperate.”
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