A review by btaylorb
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This appealed to everything I love about Robert Holdstock’s books (magic and grief are powerful and scary) combined with everything I love about Maggie Stiefvater’s books (magic and teenagers are both wholesome AND horny). The writing is exceedingly lovely and captures the spectrum of complex feelings about living but not fitting in in a small town. I managed to read this in three days on a beach trip surrounded by family members who can’t shut up, it was that engrossing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

There is a content warning at the start of the book.