A review by courtofsmutandstuff
Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

adventurous slow-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book started out slow for me, but the last 100 pages or so really sold me on it, and I am so excited for book 2. Tamsin is a prickly protagonist, but it makes sense, and while she is prickly, I still liked being inside her head and following her. The world-building/lore was easy to understand, and I liked the Arthurian connection/basis, but with its own world on top of it. I also really appreciated that this book has consequences - to the point where I kept expecting something to be reversed in the end because "well a lot of YA fantasy books have things get magically fixed" and it doesn't, which was really nice (even if in the back of my mind I was wondering how much I could trust). 
I would say this book is totally worth it, but don't DNF it if it seems slow. It does take awhile to have all the pieces fall into place, but it is definitely worth it.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC, and thank you to Libro for having the audiobook on their educator discount - when I reread the book before book 2 comes out I will cherish having the audiobook!
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