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I arise from the dead to review a book as I drone on to the end of the school year. There are some very disturbing descriptions with this book, especially around loss of autonomy. Definitely check out the content warnings. If all of that sounds good, jump on in. Take Brothers Grimm, mix it with a dose of body horror, and you will have something close to A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher. A Sorceress Comes To Call (referred to from here forward as Sorceress in italics) is part of a tradition in western literature of retelling famous fairy tales with more modern writing conventions and the personal style of the author. Grimm's fairy tales are an iconic piece of European canon that has captured the imagination of creatives for centuries. T. Kingfisher uses her own skill at constructing the macabre and penchant for snappy writing to create something thoroughly new to enjoy. T. Kingfisher is an author I’ve read a fair bit of. My wife and I both found her when we were on a road…

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