A Tangled Magic

By Andrea Eames

Rapunzel meets Six of Crows in this darkly imagined high fantasy for fans of T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, Naomi Novik's Uprooted, and Disney's Tangled, as a woman with amnesia--and magical hair--searches for her lost memories while navigating a web of royal intrigue, bone magic, and secret monasteries.

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All her life, Netta has only known the Tower--its musty shelves of books she cannot read, ink-splattered quills, and endless scrolls of paper. Her mother, ambitious and analytical, has spent decades perfecting her greatest masterpiece: a spellbook of unspeakable power. Netta's only companions are her long red Hair, which moves of its own accord, and a telepathic raven named Baldbeak. Her only amusement lies in crafting intricate embroidery from scraps of silk and thread.

When attackers storm the Tower, her mother and the spellbook vanish. Determined to find her, Netta ventures into a kingdom on the brink of civil war. The monarch lies dying, while pious Temple fanatics and the noble elite scheme for the throne, forging secret alliances and building hidden armies. For reasons she cannot yet fathom, all these factions seek Netta--and the dangerous, uncontrollable magic in her Hair.

But whom can she trust? The sharp-eyed pickpocket bent on revolutionizing the use of magic? The elusive black-market trader known only as the Book Man? The charming magician who slips between shadow and light? From masked carnivals to opulent ballrooms, from hidden monasteries to catacombs, Netta must untangle a web of lies and intrigue--not only to find her mother, but also to uncover the true nature of the power that has shaped her life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164566189X
• ISBN13: 9781645661894
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Erewhon Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A fun twist to Rapunzel

Some people are just so nice and good that it hurts when they are betrayed time and again by those looking for the power they hold, or the connections they have to others. Netta is one of those people. So it is easy to root for her, and feel the pain as she naively leaves her isolated tower with only a raven for company (though Baldbeak is the best other character and I love his and Netta's conversations!) to search for her missing mother and a valuable spell book. With the tower and the magic hair with a mind of its own, it does feel a bit like Rapunzel but when you add in bone magic, mysterious attackers with connections to the church, a handsome rogue who keeps popping up to help Netta, special talents with embroidery, and a dark history of plague relating to magic, it is a much different world and I enjoyed finding out about it along with Netta as she travels to find her mother and the truth that was hidden about Netta that will change her life forever, if she survives the journey! Sadly there are mostly nasty characters, though it makes the few decent people that Netta finds, shine even brighter. Though I will say Baldbeak tops them all! This was a fun audiobook to listen too. The narrator, Olivia Dowd, did a wonderful job in bringing Netta and her adventures to life in the wide world beyond the tower. Many thanks to RBmedia for giving me the chance listen to this and meet Netta, and Baldbeak. :)