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Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

4 reviews

simon326's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I picked up this book for a very low price at a book shop's clearance sale, and I was very pleasantly surprised. The story is a magical adventure with the modern world and Arthurian legend mixed together. The world itself is unique and well crafted with magic being an important part, but not the be all and end all of life. I was also pleasantly surprised with some of the dark aspects of the story and the gut punches that came with them. 

The cover comments stress the romantic aspects and, while some people will enjoy them, I personally found them to be a bit clumsy, but not intrusive enough to be detrimental to the overall enjoyment of the story. 

Overall, it's a pretty well-crafted fantasy adventure, with a story which I think a lot of people will enjoy and I would recommend it. I knocked off a few points from the score because it didn't quite absorb me as much as it could have and for a certain moment which I won't spoil, but that is just as case of my personal preference, and shouldn't get in the way of anyone else enjoying this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

paigeinabook's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Murder, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Grief, Abandonment, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

uranaishi's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, and War

Minor: Chronic illness, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

thebookcoyote's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

TW/CW: Violence, death, gore, death of a child, fantasy violence, brief mentions of sexuality 

REVIEW: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily writing an honest review. 

Silver in the Bone is the newest book from Alexandra Bracken (Lore, The Darkest Minds). As a fan of hers and as a fan of YA fantasy, I was excited to receive a copy of this book. For the most part, it lived up to it. Silver in the Bone is the story of Tamsin, a non-magical member of a troupe of magical thieves. She lives with her brother, a shapeshifter, as the two of them struggle to make ends meet. Discovering the existence of a ring that could break her brother’s curse, Tamsin sets off on a journey that will lead them to places she couldn’t possibly imagine… 

As I said before, this book mostly lived up to my expectations. Though the story was complex, it pretty much made sense as you read it. The writing was solid and the characters were interesting and for the most part fleshed out. I liked her take on Arthurian legend (although that’s something I enjoy no matter how it’s used in a book). 

The book was, however, a little long. I didn’t really struggle to get through the pages or anything, but it dragged a little in the middle and I felt like it could have been tightened up a bit. 

All in all, though, I enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content