Reviews - Broken Souls and Bones

619 reviews for:

Broken Souls and Bones

LJ Andrews

4.19 AVERAGE

juliamarchak's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

wanderingfictionwithlaken's review against another edition

5.0

We follow Lyra, a Melder with a rare form of magic that has been lost for years, after her village was attacked and she was hidden away, with no memory of what happened. Living rurally to protect herself from being used by the King of the land for her rare powers, she lives a simple life. That is, until she is discovered by the prince's Guard, Roark, and whisked away to be used by the King. But not all is as it seems, and she quickly learns that she might be useful there, even though her powers are a slow death sentence.

LJ Andrews does it again, with a vivid world, a compelling backstory, and lovable characters. Lyra is strong and vibrant, and Roark is sweet, snarky, and possessive all in one. I loved the magic system as it centered on bones and bone manipulation in a really unique way.

kim_s's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

stellalaure's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rosesareread's review against another edition

4.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

beanslc's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Started being confused
I feel like I still don’t understand some of the history of the world
I’m still a little confused and feel like the connection of the MMC to the shadow character kind of doesn’t make sense