Reviews with content warning for Gore - The Road of Bones

I looooooooved this book omg. I cannot understand how this isn’t being talked about more?!? I will say I think the major thing people are complaining about is the length/pacing of the book and the love interest. But people are DNFing or missing the point before it even gets explained!!!

Ladies, what have we learned? We never trust a blond man, that’s correct. Jonas, when I catch you…

Rey, I love you forever. I love this crew. I love this found family. I was giggling and kicking my feet and biting my nails the last 50% of the book. I will say that I still think this could have been around 50-100 pages shorter, and the pacing was definitely slower the first 50% of the book. For me, that wasn’t a deal breaker because I was locked in from chapter one.

I had a full blown crash out when I found out this is a 5 book series and only 2 of the books are out with no release date for the 3rd. Hoping for quick releases but would rather the author take her time to keep crafting this masterpiece (cough, looking at you empyrean series, cough). Soooo much to come in the next book I would assume, and thank god I have it ready to go.

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lyndsayscan's review

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adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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

4.0

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natashalg's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An exciting read, and an amazing start to a series that I'm now deeply invested in. I loved the characters and the found family aspect. I look forward to continuing this series and knowing what happens next!

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booknerdery's review against another edition

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This title is just not working for me. It came recommended from a fellow librarian and I was quite excited about it but the language and plot are too obvious. Elements seem added simply for shock and Drama making the world feel too contrived.
Also, I have an abundance of romantasy on my shelves so I’ll move onto another one instead of forcing myself through one I’m not finding particularly great.

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maryek's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

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kaitlinjolene's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.5

WOW. Took about halfway through to pick up the pace, but that’s due to great world building and scene setting in the first half. There were twists that I predicted, and twists that I definitely didn’t predict. This book is fantasy first, romance second, so if you don’t enjoy more high fantasy, high stakes, this might not be for you.

I loved it and I will be getting the second book ASAP

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kale_abomination's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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