After Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
If you fell for Agnes's shelter because it gave you permission to find magic in messy, low-stakes creature chaos—not epic destiny—Nettle & Bone swaps enchanted cats for a demon chicken and delivers that same weary-witch energy. T. Kingfisher hands you another prickly spinster heroine who'd rather brew grave-dirt potions than save kingdoms, grounding absurd companions in chamomile-tea sensory comforts that validate every introverted, pet-obsessed impulse you harbor.