Sisters of the Lost Marsh by Lucy Strange

The six Fernsby sisters spend their days working on their father's farm, with their father's obsession with the Curse of the Six Daughters controlling their lives--especially that the eldest, Grace, who is to be married off by next spring. But the sisters find their joy in each other, and in their Grammy, whose secret stash of forbidden books gives the girls dreams of the world beyond the small marsh village where they live. When the mysterious Full Moon Fayre arrives in town, Willa, Grace, and Freya anticipate a rare night of revelry--but when Grace disappears the morning after the Fayre, Willa goes after her, beginning a journey of peril through the murky waters of the Lost Marsh. If she wants to save her sister, and the rest of her family, she will have to face not only the dangers of the mire, but her own father and village as well...

 

An unputdownable fairy tale, full of dark mystery and haunting detail. The world Strange creates is at once vague in a fairy tale sense and thrillingly detailed. Willa is a strong, well-rounded female character, which I love, and the story has feminist messages about living your own life without letting a man control you. Basically everything I need in a fantasy book!