Happy Wednesday(-ish)! Ugh, for some reason this didn’t quite post properly, and then I immediately went to bed early because I was tired. Oh well, fixed it! Here’s hoping this turns into another streak for this post!
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa @ Wishful Endings (and was previously hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine where it was known as Waiting on Wednesday) to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. They’re usually books that have not yet been released.
This week’s book is:
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher! 🍎🌿
This is a reimagining of Snow White, and it definitely looks interesting! I’m also just naturally attracted to fairytale retellings, so it’s inevitable that this would make it to this post, as well as on my list of anticipated books for August 2025.
This is one of T. Kingfisher’s longer books, and it looks like it might be the first of hers that I’ll read. I’ve read a few of her novellas though, and they were great, so I’m hoping I’ll like her longer novels, too.
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
LENGTH: 368 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, Fiction
PUBLISHER: Tor Books
RELEASE DATE: 19 August 2025
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind
Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.
Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat, and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.
Are you looking forward to Hemlock & Silver? What other books are coming out in the next few weeks that you’re looking forward to?
As always, thank you all so much for reading and have a fantastic day/night!
See ya ~Mar