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

"The River Has Roots 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