Praise for The River Has Roots "This book is lyrical, elegant, and above all, kind. Amal El-Mohtar is quite simply one of the best writers on the scene in ages." --T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author of A Sorceress Comes To Call "Half delicious murder ballad, half beguiling love story, Amal El-Mohtar transports us to Faerieland so seamlessly it seems as though she just stepped out of it." --Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A book you''ll want to revisit like a favorite song, especially once you know the words to sing along." -- Kirkus , starred review ". a marvelous story that pulls on old Grimm fairy tales of violence and truth telling, of what it means to be sisters in a story of fae and folklore, and of the kind of true love that exists between sisters." -- Booklist , starred review "A murder ballad in book form that will linger long after the final page is turned.
" -- Library Journal , starred review "El-Mohtar''s ethereal prose paints a clear picture of the unbreakable bond between her worthy heroines." -- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to storytelling, Amal El-Mohtar is like one of the grammarians of Thistleford, a magician capable of deftly transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar and the numinous into the humane." --Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga "Gorgeous and glorious! Every sentence sings!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop "T he River Has Root s is the perfect fable: both bright and brutal, very old and brand new. It''s a story that outlasts itself, lingering like a song; I adored it." --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House " The River Has Roots is truly exquisite." --Zoraida Córdova, USA Today bestselling author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina " The River Has Roots has all the dark comforts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love." --Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe " The River Has Roots is about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar''s writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action.
" --Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love "A lyrical embodiment of language and song, The River Has Roots is dreamy and lush, lyrical and vivid. Amal El-Mohtar is a sorceress." --Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil "Amal El-Mohtar knows how to reel us in with beautiful prose and some of the most dazzling writing that we''ve seen." --Cosmo "El-Mohtar delivers a meditation on love--between sisters and between lovers--on language, magic, loyalty, and transformation." -- Locus "El-Mohtar is one of our finest crafters of sentences." -- Esquire tarred review "El-Mohtar''s ethereal prose paints a clear picture of the unbreakable bond between her worthy heroines." -- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to storytelling, Amal El-Mohtar is like one of the grammarians of Thistleford, a magician capable of deftly transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar and the numinous into the humane." --Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga "Gorgeous and glorious! Every sentence sings!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop "T he River Has Root s is the perfect fable: both bright and brutal, very old and brand new.
It''s a story that outlasts itself, lingering like a song; I adored it." --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House " The River Has Roots is truly exquisite." --Zoraida Córdova, USA Today bestselling author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina " The River Has Roots has all the dark comforts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love." --Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe " The River Has Roots is about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar''s writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action." --Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love "A lyrical embodiment of language and song, The River Has Roots is dreamy and lush, lyrical and vivid. Amal El-Mohtar is a sorceress." --Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil "Amal El-Mohtar knows how to reel us in with beautiful prose and some of the most dazzling writing that we''ve seen.
" --Cosmo "El-Mohtar delivers a meditation on love--between sisters and between lovers--on language, magic, loyalty, and transformation." -- Locus "El-Mohtar is one of our finest crafters of sentences." -- Esquire ts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love." --Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe " The River Has Roots is about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar''s writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action." --Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love "A lyrical embodiment of language and song, The River Has Roots is dreamy and lush, lyrical and vivid. Amal El-Mohtar is a sorceress." --Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil "Amal El-Mohtar knows how to reel us in with beautiful prose and some of the most dazzling writing that we''ve seen." --Cosmo "El-Mohtar delivers a meditation on love--between sisters and between lovers--on language, magic, loyalty, and transformation.
" -- Locus "El-Mohtar is one of our finest crafters of sentences." -- Esquire tarred review "El-Mohtar''s ethereal prose paints a clear picture of the unbreakable bond between her worthy heroines." -- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to storytelling, Amal El-Mohtar is like one of the grammarians of Thistleford, a magician capable of deftly transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar and the numinous into the humane." --Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga "Gorgeous and glorious! Every sentence sings!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop "T he River Has Root s is the perfect fable: both bright and brutal, very old and brand new. It''s a story that outlasts itself, lingering like a song; I adored it." --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House " The River Has Roots is truly exquisite." --Zoraida Córdova, USA Today bestselling author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina " The River Has Roots has all the dark comforts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love.
" --Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe " The River Has Roots is about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar''s writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action." --Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love "A lyrical embodiment of language and song, The River Has Roots is dreamy and lush, lyrical and vivid. Amal El-Mohtar is a sorceress." --Ananda Lima, author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil "Amal El-Mohtar knows how to reel us in with beautiful prose and some of the most dazzling writing that we''ve seen." --Cosmo "El-Mohtar delivers a meditation on love--between sisters and between lovers--on language, magic, loyalty, and transformation." -- Locus "El-Mohtar is one of our finest crafters of sentences." -- Esquire tarred review "El-Mohtar''s ethereal prose paints a clear picture of the unbreakable bond between her worthy heroines." -- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to storytelling, Amal El-Mohtar is like one of the grammarians of Thistleford, a magician capable of deftly transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar and the numinous into the humane.
" --Fonda Lee, author of the Green Bone Saga "Gorgeous and glorious! Every sentence sings!" --Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop "T he River Has Root s is the perfect fable: both bright and brutal, very old and brand new. It''s a story that outlasts itself, lingering like a song; I adored it." --Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House " The River Has Roots is truly exquisite." --Zoraida Córdova, USA Today bestselling author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina " The River Has Roots has all the dark comforts of an old tale and all the light vigors of a new classic, and will inspire you to raise your voice in song with those you love." --Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe " The River Has Roots is about love, and language, and how language is always a kind of sorcery, and El-Mohtar''s writing is a demonstration, too, of this sorcery in action." --Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love "A lyrical embodiment of language and song, The River Has Roots is dreamy and lush, lyrical and viv.