Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Nettle
Bex Hogan · 2024
75/100
👍 Worth It
Bex Hogan's Nettle lands well for readers ready for faery court intrigue but not yet for the more adult content of ACOTAR — it occupies a genuinely useful niche in YA fantasy. The lyrical prose and grounding in British and Irish folklore give it real atmosphere, and multiple ARC reviewers found it compulsively readable. The rushed relationships and abrupt ending are real flaws, but they don't undermine a world-building effort that earns its praise.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing80
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy78
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check76
Penny’s verdict75
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