I'm a tough critic of modern fantasy. I think the setting makes it really hard for me to be fully encapsulated in a fantasy setting. That being said, Silver in the Bone has exceeded my expectations and much more. When I first picked up this book, I definitely wasn't expecting the setting to be what it was, but I make it a rule not to give up on a book just because it's not what I expected. I'm so glad I didn't give up on this book. This book was nothing like I expected. It shattered all expectations, and might even earn the title of one of my top books of 2023.

After the first few chapters, I was hooked. Tamsin and her brother Cabell, are hallowers, people who have the power to see what the normal world cannot, and use that gift to steal magical relics. The only problem is Tamsin doesn't have the gift of sight. After being abandoned by her caretaker. Tamsin and her brother are left to fend for themselves, ruthlessly trying to make it in a world that is unkind to her. When a sorceress has a job for a hard to find item, Tamsin and her brother must go against other hallowers to find this one of a kind relic. But wait there's more. Here's where the story really comes into its own and becomes un-put-downable.

The world Bracken has created was simply enthralling. I found myself unable to put this book down, my mind wandering to the characters during moments I was forced to adult and unable to read. One of my tell-tale signs of a 5 star book. The world building was incredible as were the complex characters she created. There were so many layers to these characters and every few pages, we got another suprise or another peek at what made those characters tick.

Sometimes, it's hard to be surprised in a story, plots often predictive or overused, but this book literally had jaw dropping twists and turns that I didn't expect. It was such a fresh take on a fantasy, which is a very hard skill. I'm already counting down the days until book 2!

Thank you to Knopf Books for Young Readers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an ARC of Silver in the Bone!

It took me a while to find my pace with this book. The opening scene threw you right into the midst of things with no idea what was going on and a lot of terminology you had to quickly figure out. I feel like this was something the author did in Lore as well, so if you struggled with it there, be aware going into this!

There is a time skip after the opening scene and I feel like the pacing of information to answers works a lot better as we get further into the story.

Tamsin Lark is surly and has a chip on her shoulder the size of Avalon. She trusts no one and lashes out at anyone who tries to get close to her. She is exactly the type of character I love to read about, so this worked really well for me!

The last 10% of the the book was just one jaw-dropping reveal after another and I am so excited for the next book. (If Alexandra Bracken wants to send me each chapter as she finishes it, I would be over the moon)

Because of the slower start, I rated this 4.25 out of 5 stars.

Thank you to Random House Children's and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of Silver in the Bone to review!
Alexandra Bracken's new fantasy series follows Tamsin Lark who is a Hollower(a mortal with no magical abilities but someone who knows about the Arthurian Legend and magic that runs through the world). When Tamsin hears of a new task that might be very risky but also might save her brother Cabell from the curse that he has had to fight his entire life she cannot pass up the opportunity. Racing head to head with Emrys on this task to find a coveted ring that went lost 10 years ago, Tamsin finds herself getting pulled through worlds to ultimately find the ring that can save her brother. Filled with romance, twists, and betrayals I recommend this to anyone who loves Shadowhunters, Legendborn, or anyone who is looking for their next new Urban Fantasy novel. Look no further!!
I unfortunately had VERY mixed feelings about this book. Coming from someone who read and LOVED both the Darkest Minds series and the Passenger series this is very disappointing to admit. I don't know if it was a me problem and I was just never fully invested in the story but I felt like the book took A WHILE to get going and only ever got mildly good. I think that because there was a lot of structure that needed to be built it took us a while to get anywhere with the story until like 1/3 of the way into the book. Because of this I just felt like a good portion of the book felt very slow and like I couldn't identify what the main point we were attempting to reach was. My other main issue (and again this might be a me problem because I had the same issue with Legendborn) was that the Arthurian Legend just did not interest me. I don't know if I'm just not getting it but I feel like this story would've been significantly better if it did not draw on Arthurian Legend and we just made up a completely original magic system instead. The King Arthur stuff just does not draw me in or spike my interest in any way and that issue really hurt my enjoyment of the novel. I really liked all the members of our main squad but I thought their personalities could have been fluffed up just a smidge(especially Cabell).And I thought that Cabell, Emrys, and Neve all brought very unique traits and I kind of wish we got to see a little bit more of them all working together. I really liked the romance and I thought that it was perfectly balanced with the rest of the plot. I think that the twists at the climax and the cliffhanger at the very end of the book are really what made it for me. Throughout the first 85% of the book I had zero interest in finding out what happens in the next book but as soon as I got to the end I now desperately want to know how the events of book 2 unfold. Overall, I thought that this book was mostly just very average for me with a few bits and pieces that kept me intrigued enough to keep reading.

While the premise of this novel sounded appealing, Silver in the Bone did not quite live up to its hype. The beginning was slow to capture my interest and I almost DNF this fantasy that incorporates Arthurian legend. What I often do when a novel fails to grab my attention after several chapters is that I start to skim through the novel and read the final chapters to see if the end justifies my reading time. In this case, I decided to continue reading.

Overall, I found that the plot was slow-moving and uneven with no sense of urgency until the last third when the storyline picked-up the pace. There were inconsistencies with the characters and with some of the details of the world in which this story takes place. There is a cliffhanger ending that left me curious as to what happens next, but I’m not sure if I’m willing to slog through another novel in this world to find out more about Tamsin’s situation.

Thank you so much to the publisher and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I am usually 100% sold on any Arthurian legend/hint of a retelling, and an Indiana Jones type-story? Even better. Unfortunately, this particular one was a bit of a miss for me, and while I didn't completely DNF, I did skim the last 50-25% of this book.

For some reason the characters didn't really work for me, and things seemed like they were kept mysterious purely for the sake of driving the plot along and being mysterious. I can definitely see how this might work for others, especially anyone driven to read this because of the hints of Arthurian legend, and I will say that aspect of it was different than any other that I've read, but I didn't love this and ended up giving it three out of five stars.

Tamsin is a Hollower, but was never meant to be one. She doesn’t have any magical talent or the all important Sight, unlike her brother, Cabell, and the man who mentored both of them, or any of the other Hollowers. Instead, she makes up for her lack of natural ability with grit and a great deal of determination, even after her mentor vanishes into the mist and abandons her and Cabell. Now, Tamsin only has Cabell with her, but he’s been dealing with a curse for years, and it’s getting much worse. When Tamsin hears about a ring that might cure him, and that her mentor had been searching for it on the night that he left them, she comes up with a plan to find it. Helping Cabell overcome his curse is what matters most to her in the world, even when she finds herself deep in over her head, with the boy she finds most infuriating there to watch her struggle.

I received an advanced reading copy of Silver in the Bone in exchange for an honest review.

Silver in the Bone is a young adult fantasy novel by Alexandra Bracken. I’ve read some of Bracken’s books before (The Darkest Minds) and knew she’d written some fantasy as well, but I’d never actually read any of her fantasy books. When I heard that Silver in the Bone had Arthurian mythology in it, though, I knew that I had to pick this up.

I’m actually finding it so hard to review this book without spoiling it. I will say that whatever I expected from this book, it wasn’t this, but in a good way! There were so many twists to it, from where the story would go, to what would happen next. I was constantly pulled to the edge of my seat, especially because there was so much action involved in the story too. We have so many battles, and so many moments when the characters are in grave danger, and reading about all of that was exciting!

But I also appreciated how we also got to know Tamsin quite a bit throughout this story. She has a lot of issues, and many of them hold her back throughout this story. I just love when misbeliefs (that’s a writing term there, but it basically means that it’s something the character believes even if it might be wrong) end up influencing the character’s decisions, and kind of messing stuff up for them. Here, Tamsin is convinced that Nash, her mentor, abandoned her and her brother, and maybe it had something to do with her. (Not a spoiler, it comes up pretty early in the book.) And so, even while dealing with dangerous magic and horrifying situations, she also has to deal with some pretty severe abandonment issues.

We also get to know a bunch of other characters (although I will say that at some points I started losing track as to who was whom, especially since we do get a lot of characters introduced to us at one moment), and many of them also have emotional baggage. First, and most obviously, we have Cabell, Tamsin’s brother. He has a literal curse he is carrying around, and one that if he doesn’t overcome, might lead to some pretty horrifying things. Other characters pop up too, and about the frustrating boy I mentioned in the summary above, that would be Emrys. I’m not going to lie, I was pretty excited when I read that name, because I was a huge fan of the Merlin BBC show in my teens, and just reading the name Emrys brings up good memories of that. I really should rewatch that, it’s just so good! Anyway, Emrys also has a lot of baggage, and becomes a pretty interesting character in his own right, although I did kind of guess at some of his baggage.

Speaking of guessing, while so many of the twists were so wild they had me actually gaping my mouth at them, a couple of my other suspicions did pay up, and I was pleased about them. What I didn’t expect was that ending! I’m just, I’m kind of still in shock at that, but obviously I can’t reveal what happened.

Luckily, Silver in the Bone will be released on April 4. You can pre-order it from Knopf Books for Young Readers here, and when you read it, you should let me know what you think of the ending in the comments!

Content Warnings: Death, gore, blood, violence, body horror, and animal death. Mention of: abandonment, parental neglect, and child abuse.

Wow. That was a ride. When I started the book I really didn't know where it was going to go or how it would need more than one book...well I still don't know exactly where the overall story will go [I'm so excited to see though!] but I definitely see why more books are needed.

It was easy to relate to Tamsin and her feelings of abandonment, lacking, and her fierce drive to do whatever it takes to protect and save her brother. Growing up Tamsin was shown time and again that the only people she could truly rely on was herself and her brother. Knowing that connections to people just delays the inevitable pain when they abandon her, like so many have done before, she actively prevents connections from occurring.

This was such a fantastic read, I loved the lore and storytelling aspect, and I cannot wait for the next installment so I can see where Tamsin's journey takes her!

You know that feeling when you finish a book, close it, and have to take a deep breath to compose yourself because it was so good? Silver in the Bone is absolutely one of those books!

Tamsin and her brother, abandoned by their foster father, are struggling to make ends meet. Despite working in a world of magic, Tamsin is without. Relying on her brother’s abilities and her research skills, they manage to take the magical odd jobs to get by until one lands in their lap that would give them a comfortable life and cure Cabell of the curse that afflicts him. This job throws them into a magical world they thought only existed in legends and threatens their lives at every turn.

Honestly, this book was absolutely amazing! The twists and turns were perfect and unexpected. The story moved at a great pace and kept me wanting more. The hope and heartbreak build you up and tear you down again and again. This book is my top read of the month so far and I can’t see that changing. If you like YA fantasy, put this book on your list and bump it to the top!

Cool concept, poor execution. I didn't find any of the characters to be particularly likeable. Tamsin in particular infuriated me. The plot was also extremely predictable.

4.25/5⭐️

In this YA fantasy series starter, our heroine Tamsin was left as a child by her unknown parents with Nash, a devil-may-care guardian and her beloved adopted brother Cabell.

As they hire-out to search for magical treasure to pay the bills, they are also searching for a talisman to break Cabell’s dreadful curse. Nash mysteriously disappears at a search site, and seven years later brother/sister travel to the fabled Avalon following clues to his/the talisman’s possible whereabouts. They find horrific dangers, powerful priestesses, more curses and a dying isle. They must wade through secrets, lies and legend to try and discover the answers they (and Avalon) need.

I enjoyed this. I really did. Tamsin showed growth along the way (she started out a bit annoying to me), as she began to trust and overcome abandonment issues. There’s also the promise of discovering exactly what her true power is. The brother and sister dynamic was strong and supportive. Emrys, the son of a wealthy but cold power player in the magical world, is an interesting and complex character that I look forward to seeing more of. And the Avalon priestesses were well-drawn and heroic.

However I also had a couple of things that weren’t great for me. First, at 500 pages it needed more editing…it was really just too much. And secondly, I had trouble keeping straight all the magical terms/talismans thrown at me…too much, too fast, and I actually felt it often interrupted the flow of the story for me.

On the plus side, there’s a great cliffhanger with lots more that can be explored in future books.

My sincere thanks to the author, NetGalley and Random House/Knopf Books for providing the free early arc of Silver in the Bone for review. The opinions are strictly my own.

This book was amazing I love her writing style and she’s an author I’ve been wanted to read for a while I must check out her backlog

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Children’s Pub for this earc!

This book was amazing! It’s been a minute since I’ve read a book by Alex Bracken and this is a great one to come back to. Bring back all the good YA!!!

Honestly, I liked so much about this book. It’s fast pased, with an amazing plot that keep you on your toes, very complicated relationships and some insane plot twists

Tamsin was an amazing choice for the lead: the girl without power in worlds where powers are basically the only thing keeping you alive. I found it super entertaining that she has a photographic memory. Always make it interesting to see what random information will come up. But let’s be honest, the only thing I need to know is where this girl ACTUALLY comes from. I need to know this yesterday.

Tamsin’s relationship with her brother Cabell is complicated to say the least but after this ending??? Will Cabell be the bad guy in the sequel? Will we see him come back? Will his cuse be removed? So many questions

Nash. We only saw him for about 30 seconds but that guy has some serious explaining to do.

Emrys. My boy. My broken boy who better have a GOOD explanation for what he did because I am still very much want to see him and Tamsin together because there is NO WAY “I’m here” scene and “I want you” scene were a lie. NO WAY. These two are meant to be. If they don’t figure it out in the next book, I will be very unhappy.

We also have a lot of girl power in this book and I cannot wait to see more of that in book 2

Now, let's talk about those late 50 PAGES because WHAT. HAPPENED. THERE? I love a good plot twist as the next girl, but killing off basically EVERYONE? That was just mean.

Overall, is book 2 written yet because i NEED IT

**3.5 STARS**

Content Warning: violence, gore, death

I wasn’t sure what to expect when requesting this book. I enjoyed Lore which is from the same author. So I thought the concept for this one was intriguing. Here is what I thought:

+ Once I got my bearings in the story, and things started to gel a bit better I was really into the action parts of this story. It’s quite an adventure that Tamsin goes through in this book. It’s urban fantasy so it starts off in the modern world and there is magic, portals and yes Avalon. So I enjoyed all the places this book took me, it’s quite a journey.

+ I liked the characters. Tamsin is that girl who has abandonment issues, doesn’t have a traditional family, doesn’t have anyone really except her brother Cabell. She keeps people away with a gruff, pessimistic front which means she’s not the easiest to be around. Cabell is dealing with some things! Neve is this cool and kind hearted girl who is a sorceress and then there is the gorgeous Emrys who is a rich boy but he has his own issues to deal with. And then there are all the characters in Avalon that were fun to get to know.

+ I mentioned the action but can I say I didn’t expect this to get a bit scary/creepy too? There are zombies in this one and they are relentless and vicious. I actually enjoyed the scenes when they were fighting them even if it got bloody and gory.

+ The ending is a cliffhanger but wow, how the story leads up to it is pretty exciting. I think the second half of this book was the best part, there were a few plot twists that were unexpected. I need to know what is going to happen with Cabell, what is going on with Emrys and I am rooting for the girls to do what they need to do!

~ It took me awhile to get situated in the beginning of the book because I was thrown into it. I didn’t know what Tamsin was, what a Hollower was, if this was fantasy, if this was contemporary. I kind of wish I was lead into it a bit better.

~ Pacing – at times this book was going really fast, because the action is really great and then once it would get good, it pulled back. I had to check a few times how many more pages was left in the book because I was hoping I was near the finish line. It definitely felt like 480 pages.

~ The zombies or Children of the Night are reminiscent of the Whitewalkers in Game of Thrones. They are afraid of fire, they are freakishly scary and want blood, and come out at night. It’s what I totally pictured in my head when I read the scenes with the Children of the Night. Also the bodycount factor reminded me of GoT also! The author wasn’t afraid to kill off good people in this story – it was a heartbreaking scene but definitely makes me want to read book two. But anyway if you aren’t into zombies – this might not be for you.

Tropes: found family

Why you should read it:
*King Arthur legends, adventure, zombies, magic
*the enemies to lovers romance between Tamsin and Emrys
*you like urban fantasy

Why you might not want to read it:
*you get thrown in to the story, pacing is all over the place, it’s kind of chaotic until you get your bearings

My Thoughts:

I found this book very entertaining for the most part! The pacing issues made it feel laggy in some places but the action was really good especially in the later part of the book. I will definitely read book two because I want to know what happens to these amazing characters.

Be warned. This book is a wild ride and ends on a huge cliffhanger.

That being said, Alexandra Bracken creates a tense, tightly-packed story that uses Arthurian legend while imagining new elements of these familiar stories.

Tamsin Lark and her brother, Cabell, are Hollowers - people who look for magical artifacts to sell. The problem is that Tamsin has no magical abilities, their foster father disappeared, and Cabell is being consumed by a curse. Then Tamsin hears rumors that her foster father found a magical ring from Arthurian legend, a ring that can break curses. She sets off to find the ring while being chased by greedy and dangerous Hollowers. To add to an already fraught story, Tamsin has to partner with her nemesis - spoiled and wealthy Emerys Dye.

I had trouble following all of the magic and spells, and at times, it seemed as if Bracken wrote a scene that would reveal something important but ended up yielding a dead end. However, Tamsin is such a well-developed and complicated character, and even if I felt that the story was flat, Tamsin's journey eclipsed the plot holes.

Absolutely loved this story and can't wait for the sequel!! The first few chapters were a bit of a struggle to get through and felt a bit disjointed but once it hit its stride I couldn't put it down!

This twist on Arthurian legend was fantastic, not enough stories are told about the women in Arthurian tales and Silver in the Bone was just the ticket. The author does a wonderful job melding modern magical times with the world of Avalon. While I would have liked a bit more world-building the cast of characters is what makes this story truly engrossing.

It had just enough romance, mystery (it kept me guessing until the very end), adventure, magic, and heartbreak that I had to sit back and take it all in after I'd finished. There are so many unanswered questions that I will be impatiently awaiting the sequel.

Thank you NetGally and the publisher for providing an ARC for an honest review, this will be a book I buy for my nieces.

Silver in the Bone is a new Arthurian inspired story by Alexandra Bracken that I truly wanted so much to enjoy. This is my fourth book by this author and I believe it will be my last. I just don’t connect to her writing at all. Which is completely a me thing as a lot of her books are very well loved. It’s unfair of me to keep trying to read her books and rating them low because they just aren’t for me.

I dnfed this at 30 percent. I’ll give it a three star on here because I don’t think there is anything actually wrong with the book, I just didn’t enjoy it.

I absolutely loved this book! King Arthur isn't my favourite setting for fantasy novels, so I wasn't sure what I was going to think about it when I started it, but it was so well done. As much as this is marketed as a king Arthur retelling, the story of King Arthur doesn't actually play a large role. Rather, the names are the only significant part of the original legends. The lore of the world is still present but the twist on the original story was a nice change. The world building was really well done too. I could clearly imagine the European setting as well as the isle of Avalon

Tamsin's character was fantastic! She’s a badass who knows how to take care of herself. She's the only human in the school who doesn't have the One Vision so she already struggles to fit in with her peers, but her murky history just adds to her struggles. Her relationship with her brother, Cabell, was fantastic to see. I also really loved the reverse grump/sunshine trope between Tamsin and Emrys. The academic rivalry, the banter, the fighting of feelings👀😩 and the scene in chapter 39 *swoon.* I liked getting to know a bit about the inhabitants of the isle of Avalon alongside Neve, as well. I really liked the concept of the Hollowers and their role in the magic system. They're like a guild of magpies, always collecting treasures.

This one was easy to follow and it had me hooked from the beginning. I will admit that the twists were a little easy to guess but it didn't pull anything away from the overall story. And after the last 10% of the book, I really need the next book! Overall this one was fantastic and I highly recommend checking it out when it releases April 4th 2023!

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Fantasy novels are my favorite. But one of the things that I struggle with the most when starting a new series, is the world building. In this book, the world building is very complex with a lot of characters names that I found myself having trouble keeping up with I did like the connection to Arthur, I also liked the touch of modern fantasy where cell phones and computers were being used. I do think this book for the most part of it was very slow, but once I got to the end, it picked up and read much quicker.

Alexandra Bracken has been one of my must-read authors since 2012 (wow), and I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book since she started sharing hints on Instagram. I’m usually not that interested by Arthurian-inspired premises but after Lore, I was excited to see how she incorporated this mythology into our world. Bold and mysterious, Silver in the Bone opens a door to a unknown world as a girl sets out to find a mythical ring to save her brother from his curse.

Tamsin Lark and her brother Cabell are Hollowers, people part of a magical guild that hunts down legendary treasures. Their foster father seemingly abandoned them ten years ago, and in the present, they’ve discovered that he vanished with a ring from Arthurian legend that can break any curse. Tamsin is determined to be the one to find the ring so she can break Cabell’s curse, so much so that she reluctantly teams up with her rival Emrys. When the three of them, along with Neve, inadvertently stumble into a new land, they must uncover dark secrets and magic before they can return to their lives.

Bracken has really immersed us in a new world in this book. This isn’t an Arthurian retelling, but rather, exists in a world where all those legends were real, with Avalon disappearing from our world to another realm. Cunningfolk—people who have a magical ability—and sorceresses are left in our world, along with legendary treasures. Tamsin doesn’t have any magical ability nor does she even possess the One Vision, which would allow her to see past glamours and curses. Cabell’s gift is that he can clear curse magic, except that of his own curse. There’s more to the world that we’re introduced to, but I won’t get into it since it’s spoiler-y.

Tamsin is a departure from Bracken’s past protagonists, in that she’s a little mean and so pessimistic that the other characters often question what’s going through her brain. She’s like this because she’s grown up thinking that it’s her and her brother against the world, especially after their foster father abandoned them. She’d do anything to keep Cabell safe, without even questioning whether he needs her help or not.

I also liked the other characters in our cast! Emrys and Tamsin have a bad relationship, to say the least, and they spend much of their scenes together bickering. There’s clearly more to why he’s looking for the ring, and the two of them gradually build up a rapport. Tamsin is also distrustful of Neve, who is pretty much the opposite of her with her optimism. I liked seeing how Tamsin slowly but surely starts letting more people in other than her brother throughout the book.

My biggest complaint about this book is that the characters’ relationships felt underdeveloped and more told than shown. We know that Tamsin hates Emrys but I feel like there wasn’t enough groundwork laid there for us to really believe it, so that their bickering fell flat most of the time. I also know that a large part of Tamsin’s character is that she’d do anything for her brother, but I feel like Cabell is just sort of there for much of the book and doesn’t reciprocate to the point that I wasn’t really feeling their close bond.

All the relationships did feel more developed by the end of the book, so I do think this will be better in book two. I just feel like character dynamics is one of Bracken’s strong points, so I was surprised by the fact that I wasn’t convinced by a lot of them in this book. I also think the middle of the book dragged a lot, but I did enjoy the last 20% a lot, hence a slightly higher rating.

In the end, I did enjoy Silver in the Bone besides a few sticking points. The world building really set you in this world, and I liked the characters. The ending threw so much at us, and I desperately need the sequel after the last chapter. If you’re a fan of Bracken’s other books and/or Arthurian-inspired books, I think you’ll enjoy Silver in the Bone!

I was lucky enough to buddy-read this with Dini and Julie. I always love when we receive the same arcs and can discuss our thoughts as we go. There were a lot of thoughts on this one!

This is a retelling of King Arthur and the legends that go with him. I felt like it was a very unique take on it and really enjoyed it. Sometimes it can feel like the retelling doesn’t have much imagination and that’s not the case here. I think that Bracken chose a very cool aspect to run with. With that being said, there were a lot of issues with world-building. From the very beginning, we get thrown into this magical world with no explanations. It made it difficult to follow along so I started to just ignore my questions/concerns. There are many instances that we were confused or had to see if the other person found any clarity. It makes the pacing of the book slow down a bit too.

Although, there are a ton of issues with the world-building the characters and their relationships are amazing. They really make this book and it becomes hard to stop reading. There’s one gripe that I have with the MC, Tamsin, and it’s that she is so cynical. She’s extremely rude to everyone around her. While I understand that it’s a coping mechanism, it’s hard to keep reading repeatedly. I felt bad for all those around her and she didn’t seem to care. She took it on as a personality trait like it was a valid piece of armor. I did love the relationship she had with her brother, Cabell. They are against the world and there’s nothing like your found family. Emry is Tamsin’s love interest and he’s my favorite thing about this book! He brings a lot of humor and really starts to bring Tamsin out of her shell. There’s a lot going on with him that I would love to dive into more. Mabe a novella or something because there’s so much there we don’t get experience.

The supporting characters in this book really make a huge impact too. Since you don’t really know what is going on and who is the “bad guy” you question everyone. Throughout the book, you really start to fall for them and really hope it’s not them.

Overall, the characters and relationships saved this book. The world-building, pacing, and all the unanswered questions, in the end, leave you wanting more. I’m still planning on reading the second book because I need to know what happens.

Many thanks to Knopf Books for Young Readers & Netgalley for an arc to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own!