Nettle & Bone

I was torn between 3 and 4 stars but the author note at the end pushed it down. At 240 pages, this is a rather thin fantasy, literally and figuratively. At times it was quite clever and interesting but the characters are flat and the plot is predictable so I never felt drawn into the story.Thank you to Tor Publishing who kindly sent me a free ARC for review.Generally, I'm a fan of authors appending information for the edification of readers (and in the case of historical fiction, I consider it de rigeur) but sharing that the plot was dreamed up in the grocery store should be saved for interviews as it smacks of unnecessary vanity.