I LOVED Kelly's The Whispering Dark so I had high expectations for this book. And it did NOT disappoint! This was a lot harder to take in-- and I'm having a difficult time trying to describe this book without revealing anything spoilery. Wyatt and Peter just grabbed me from the beginning and did not let go. A definite must read!

4.5 stars. I loved reading this. Wyatt and Peter have abilities that are disturbing but very cool. It's clear they love each other and you're hoping for some miracle to save them. So many creepy and interesting things happening in this book. Lots of family secrets and deranged beliefs. But this is so tragic. I'm sad. It's hard to say much without giving spoilers so just read this book. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC.

Late review here but I haven't had time to write a review until now! Better late than never!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I am not okay 😭

Your Blood, My Bones is a breathtaking and heartbreaking YA book by Kelly Andrew.

With connections to Peter Pan, Wendy, and Captain Hook, this YA book leaves you wanting more! I am absolutely torn to pieces over this book and I am not okay.

Andrew did an amazing job with this book and I definitely need to go read her other one now. The writing style is very different and this book may not be for everyone but I think it definitely needs to be read with an open mind! When I first started reading it I did have a hard time getting into it but just getting use to how it is written. However, once I really got into the book I couldn't put it down!

I loved the characters so much and the plot twists really got me and broke my heart. I genuinely am obsessed with this book now and I don't know what to do with my life anymore 😭😭😭. Wyatt, Peter (Pedyr), and James were amazing and even the side characters were to die for.

I hope we're able to see more of Wyatt later on!

Content:
🩸Only One Bed
🦴Mutual Pining
🩸Reluctant Witch
🦴Sad Immortal
🩸"The woods are not right"
🦴Forced Proximity
🩸Cults
🦴Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers
🩸Cottagecore Horror
🦴Charismatic Eldritch Evil
🩸"Only I can kill you"

i think i have found my new favorite type of book!!! gothic fantasy with weird houses and spooky things happening!! absolutely reading kelly andrew's previous books. I loved the writing, the relationships, the touch of humor, and the nostalgic vibes

I'm not usually a YA reader, but the gothic elements and the early reviews drew me in. Overall, this had most of the things I look for-- the prose was strong and well-edited, the characters were compelling, but there were other aspects that didn't work as well for me and left me wanting more explanation-- the magic, for instance.

Just go ahead and add this to your spooky list for this upcoming fall, because you will not want to miss this one!

Spooky, haunted house, plant magic, dark vibes, cultish, immortality?, sacrifices, gore…….pretty much everything you need when you’re in a dark mood.

Add to that a slow burn romance, a main character questioning everything she knew and wasn’t told growing up on a farm in the middle of a forest, a couple of childhood friends, no phone signal and bone-chilling dread.

Kelly Andrew is going to become an auto-buy author for me if she continues on this trend, because this is the kind of beautiful writing I crave when I want something to speak to my soul.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Scholastic | Scholastic Press for an E-ARC copy of this book!

The atmosphere! Chef's kiss. The detail and intricacy and tension! Every sentence is like stepping into a decaying garden where vines coil up your ankles and poisonous scents tickle your nose. I didn't know who to trust at every turn. Deeply flawed, deeply REAL characters.

This was a great atmospheric read with character relationships that were fun to read about, and it had a creepy vibe without actually scaring me. I did feel like some of the story was still missing by the end, though, like we didn’t get the whole picture.

I knew I would love this book because I adored this author and "The Whispering Dark" but I truly enjoyed this book from start to finish. The best way I could describe this book is "moody" but in the best way. 10/10 please read if you love paranormal romance and spooky vibes. Thank you #netgalley!

thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wow this was something. I requested this rather impulsively after seeing a spoiler free review, despite it being outside my genre comfort zone.

I have only just finished this and I am truly blown away.

This is a gothic horror story. With a tinge of romance (if you squint honestly). This story much more focuses on the DEEP bond our two POV characters (Peter and Wyatt) share as well as their estranged "friend" (James) . It is a bond of animosity, of distance, of closeness, of love, of secrets. And it was JUST SO intriguing. The plot (which was a tangled mess that I feel like I need a second read through to unravel) and the in world lore (I have no idea what that was, it sort of remains a mystery ) really is just there to drive a deep blade into your soul and makes you feel things.
And the ending... I think I need 7-10 business days to recover honestly..

That being said this is heavy on the horror elements, and I highly suggest checking the TW before diving in.



Final Rating: 4.75\5 stars

Loved, loved, loved this book. It was so unique and dark. I loved watching the story unfold and the characters overcome their own struggles of love/hate and how to save themselves.

Wow this book blew me away! The writing was excellent and really set the tone for the setting and overall vibe. Through most of this book I had this feeling of uneasiness and dread for what was to come that definitely added to the experience. There were some creepier moments but they didn’t feel too over the top. But my tolerance for that may be different than others. The ending left me with emotional damage but honestly most of my favorite books do. This has definitely sold me on anything Kelly Andrew writes!

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING. As someone who is deep into ‘Rot in the Woods’ era, this book was perfect.

For some reason I wasn't quite prepared for the vibes of this book. It was a little destabilizing: it was both very young YA, in certain ways, and incredibly dark and more adult-seeming in other ways. I suppose the premise should have prepared me for this, but for some reason it didn't. In the end, I felt like the world-building/cosmology behind the supernatural elements in this world were slightly under-baked, while the central relationship was overdone.

*Actual rating is 4.5 stars, rounded down to 4.*

This book was so complex and atmospheric and I was invested basically from the start. This book is very character driven, and the character work done in this novel is exquisite. The characters are so complicated and you can love and hate them all at once. It also takes a very close look at the pains of growing up and losing what you held dearest as a child, which is a theme/topic I've been gravitating towards a lot lately. This book made me feel so much and if you need a book to give you a good cry this will do that.

Onto some of what kept this from being a perfect read for me, because it was pretty dang close. Some of the world-building is a little clunky and some of the magic isn't really every thought through or explained. This mostly does not interfere with the story, because this story is so close that the fact that some of the magic and world isn't fully explained doesn't block any of the reading experience or the characters' journeys. The other thing that made me bump this down a little was that there is a weird chunk from around 20% to 40% that the pacing feels very strange, but other than that little dip the pacing works really well.

Overall, this book delivers a very bittersweet tale of the loss of childhood and the pains of growing up through a truly gothic atmosphere that captivates from start to finish.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“Dully, she wondered if this was what heartbreak felt like—looking into the eyes of someone she’d spent her whole life memorizing and finding nothing recognizable left over in their depths.”

I went into this story with a vague idea of what the plot was, something about a trio of friends and a sacrifice that had to be made to keep the monsters away. I am not usually a horror reader, but the hype for this book drew me into it, and oh boy, I was blown away.

The writing was incredible it was so delicate and focused on the characters but also truly horrifying when it came to the monsters and what was happening outside of Willow Heath. It was so visual it made me feel like I was watching a movie, it made me feel just like the first time I watched Coraline.

If you love gothic horror (even if it’s just the vibes) this is the book for you.

I want to thank @coloredpagesbt and @scholastic for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for a honest review.

This book was dark, twisty, unsettling, and wonderful. Wyatt has been called back to her father's estate after his death, and is instantly reminded of her summers here with Peter and James. Especially after she finds Peter hung by his arms in the basement....what?? What on earth did her father really do here?

Always to keep the horrors of the Forest at bay, bones and blood were used to set wards around the property. But with Wyatt's father gone the wards began to crumble, and creatures of the dark fought their way in.

As Wyatt reconnects with Peter and who she thinks is James, everything around them continues to crumble until they reach a point of no return - end it, or let the darkness consume the world. This was so deeply emotional and dark, and just really hit in the right places.

Wyatt, Peter, and James are the typical trio of friends, with a twist. Their summers were spent getting into mischief until Wyatt left the property for good. When she returns home and discovers that Peter has been chained up in the basement, all the secrets of their childhood are revealed. Rituals, darkness, and magic intertwine with friendship and romance.

The premise of this book was so intriguing and the cover is so beautiful, but I could not stay engaged in the story. I worked on this book in small chunks, often not even able to finish a complete chapter at a time before losing interest.

As I await my physical copy that requires several annotating sessions, I thought I would tell you about this exquisite book. There were times when I started reading that I had to stop and process what I just read, how can it be, how can things happen in that certain way...it's true, we get the information in time, not right away, but I felt it was more fun this way, it aligned with the actions of our MCs and with their deepest secrets. Though the twist was only half expected *gasp* that phone *end gasp* it was still shocking to know, I loved how there were so many points that indicated what happened with a certain character.
I loved their friendship and their romantic inclinations, enjoyed their banter and their quiet moments; a big part of the story was so full of longing and dark desperate secrets, it's been a long time since I awaited the next chapter or part of the characters story with my breath held 🖤
THAT ENDING WAS PHENOMENAL!!!

This was gritty and dark. It kind of reminds me of a mix between the first season of The Magicians and Hocus Pocus. There's even a character called the beast, and if he doesn't almost make you pee your pants then I don't know what will. Perhaps, the words that things are scuttling or clicking in the dark. Try, meat suit.

The writing was amazing, but I was left with too many questions regarding lore and origins. I just felt missing. and I think it would have added a lot to the story. I felt that ending was a bit lackluster, but the writing was beautiful and haunting.