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READ THE INTERVIEW
What is your favorite book today?
Til We Have Faces by CS Lewis – it’s a retelling of Psyche and Cupid from the perspective of Orual, Pysche’s older sister. Most agree it’s Lewis’ best work, and he has many books beyond Narnia worth checking out.
Tell us about your current book in 10 words.
Siblings willingly transform into marionettes to rescue their kidnapped sister.
What are you reading right now?
Dissonance of Songbird by Alexandra Beaumont
It’s fantasy folklore – probably not for the beginner but so far it’s worth checking out.
What books do you have on hold at the library?
I have several. What comes to mind is The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo. I said ‘deliver later’ and shortly after other reviewers I follow find it mixed, so now I’m curious.
Do you have any bad book habits?
Like going months or years between books and not rereading anything so I know what happened? Or starting with book 2 then reading the series, then going back and reading book 1 at the very end? I’m sure there’s more.
E-Reader or print? and why?
Hard one! I prefer print but ebooks are useful and they don’t take up as much space and sometimes it’s nice to use the audiofeature. If I’m worried about my tablet going missing, print absolutely.
One book at a time or multiples?
Multiple. I often read books for school in addition to books I liked, and the habit stuck. Plus now, I listen to audiobooks and have a print and an ebook on the go. Usually something shorter like nonfiction I knock out of the park in a few days but it can take days or even weeks to read some of the thicker fiction books I’m fond of.
Dog-ear or bookmark? (don't worry—Librarian Judith won't hold it against you—much)
Bookmark but I use anything as a book mark. Scraps of paper, string, anything other than the beautiful bookmarks I ordered for promoting my book. Those are for other people!
Least favorite book you've read this year?
I haven’t read all that much in 2025, but off the top of my head for 2024 was Daughter of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller. My one niece wanted to read it and I said I’d check it out for her for my sister – it’s a romance where the main character’s plan is to get captured so she can look around a pirate ship for a piece of a map. I don’t understand the plan of sending a beautiful young girl to be held captive by a bunch of violent outlaws and, assuming El Capitan was smart enough to keep her under lock and key so no one has the chance she isn’t going to be able to search for the map.
It’s super popular so no shade if you enjoyed it.
Do you loan your books?
Yes, but not so much anymore to friends. Too many times I never got them back. My beta reader is an exception, but I loan books to kids and people who seem genuinely interested in a title all the time.
Re-reader or not?
Yes, but it takes time to get to do that! I tend to wait a few years between rereads unless I’m checking for something.
What would make you not finish a book?
I’m a completionist, but I also can tell relatively early whether or not something will be my cup of tea. It irks me if I thought the second book was meh compared to the first but, part of me wants to finish so I can judge the whole thing.
READ THE BLURB
Would it hurt you to just do as you're told?
The O'Connell siblings live in the shadow of their parent's past, held back by obligation to keep the people of Stagmil safe when their father has to lead the non-hunters of their village to drive off a wyvern.
Lily doesn't trust the stranger who calls herself Madeline when she staggers into the pastoral lands. The puppeteer seems to take an interest in Lily's talent with the family mandoline, and she teaches Lily new music. Lily's had songs stuck in her head before, but nothing like this.
Twins Seth and Tiffany however can't wait for their father to return so they can get on with the shearing. Seth should at least be helping hunt the wyvern, and Tiffany wants to take her best friend Molly and head to the nearest city and see the world.
The twins and several other villagers are lured by song into the woods and transformed into marionettes: Seth breaking free before he can be strung, and Lily tainted in a way she doesn't understand. They have the skills to track the woman down, but to restore Seth to his body, and rescue Tiffany and the others?
Tracking the woman takes them far from the familiar woodlands they know, across the sea to an enchanted castle, where in an effort to rescue their sister they'll learn something much more sinister than turning folk into puppets is going on. They'll get help, of course, but not from who they expected.
After all, last Seth checked, foxes are only supposed to have the one tail.
READ AN EXCERPT
“Got any more kitsunes or other surprises?” Caleb asked, squatting down without spilling his buckets. “I’d like to hear the story you were trying to tell me in the castle a little later. Right now it seems like you need help. I’ll take my sword back.”
Lily unbelted it, but Boscoe out of nowhere nabbed it from Lily, ran towards the lake, and pitched it in. Then he sat down, never breaking the squire’s gaze, and scratched behind his ears.
“Why did you do that?” Caleb demanded. “That was my father’s!” He tried to take his boots off, the lacing slowed him down.
“You’re cold, let me do it,” Lily said, sliding off her overdress. She shot Boscoe a sour look, who simply beamed at her. Caleb on the other hand turned around and shielded his eyes.
“Could you not?” he asked.
“I know you can see me, stop pretending like you can’t or I’m indecent.” Her chemise and trousers were dark, chosen for adventuring thank you very much; she’d learned what to wear to repel after a wayward ewe long ago. She hung her overdress on a low branch and waded into the cold water.
“Do you have any idea how long it took me to get these on?” Caleb asked the kitsune, who went, Yip yip! “Fine. To your left,” he offered. Part of her spitefully wanted to disobey him, but figured his father’s sword was important. “How’s the water?”
“Refreshing,” she called back, but paused when she got to about her navel. She didn’t think it was that deep. “Tell me this lake doesn’t have an overabundance of leeches.”
“I’ll help you pick them off,” Caleb offered.
“You’re very kind,” she told him. The water was murky and dark, she couldn’t see his sword so she felt around with her feet and finding it, resigned herself to the dive. Thankfully, she got the sword on her first attempt, and she brought it backup tip first.
Caleb had waded out anyway, but really had only gotten to his knees. He also looked at her with wide eyes, kind of like an idiot for a half-second. “What?” she asked, wading towards him, offering him the sword. “Go on, take it—make sure I didn’t find someone else’s sword.”
Caleb hesitated, but upon grasping the handle unsheathed it, then cast a glare back at the kitsune, who put a paw to his nose and stuck out his tongue. “You’re not a kitsune or a mermaid, are you?” he asked eventually.
Lily couldn’t stifle a guffaw. “You see a tail or scales?” she asked, brushing her hair behind her ears.
“Sounds like something a lake monster would say,” he said with just a hint of teasing.
She flicked water at him, but the way the way the water and sunlight reflected off the blade, she noticed engraving. “It’s got an inscription?”
He held it so she could read it. “Old language. Means ‘Do not unsheathe me without reason, do not wield me without valour.’ Hey, you got a little leech, right—” Caleb gestured to his own neck.
“Waaah!” Lily panicked and fell backwards, and upon getting up, seeing him chuckling and realizing it was a ruse, reached for the sword. “Give me that! Boscoe didn’t get it in far enough.” He had longer strides so she had to settle for splashing him.
MEET THE AUTHOR
L.T. Getty is a Manitoba Paramedic. She received her degree in English in 2006 from the University of Winnipeg, and has gone on to write several novels. Her latest title, Titan’s Ascent, is a sword and sorcery forthcoming from Champagne Books for 2025.
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6479207.L_T_Getty
Twitter/X:
http://www.twitter.com/getty_lt
Blog:
http://www.ltgetty.ca
Instagram:
http://www.instagram.com/leiagetty
Amazon (US):
https://www.amazon.com/Fable-Wood-String-Getty-ebook/dp/B0DDDQZ2LF?ref_=ast_author_dp
Amazon (Canada):
https://www.amazon.ca/Fable-Wood-String-L-Getty/dp/1777698073
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/it/it/ebook/a-fable-of-wood-and-string
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