A review by godelewa
Call of the Bone Ships by RJ Barker

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? No

3.75

Still not loving the style of prose, still loving the worldbuilding. Overall a much better book than the first instalment; the plot was immediately more gripping, mainly because there was a mystery element to it that I missed in the first book. Well, and because the slow introduction the the world was already done and I had the Hundred Isles vocabulary, I guess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism