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nebs9921 's review for:
Bone Crier's Moon
by Kathryn Purdie
Honestly a damn near perfect YA. I’m giving it a 4.75/5 because it wasn’t anything necessarily new to me. But it was very well written and interesting despite predictable characters. I really enjoyed how this book did specifically not pit characters against each other for plot. Often I find that annoying where they make someone turn “evil” when they already have another villain for plot despite it not being in that characters nature. This book didn’t do that! Yay! Despite having opportunities it maintained strong friendships/romance and didn’t cause unnecessary miscommunication /drama that took up extra time & it didn’t add a distracting element to the plot. We allowed us to better develop the plot.
Oh!!! And a huge part sorry. This is enemies to lovers & I actually think they did a fantastic job of that! They were quite literally enemies hard core. I feel like it wasn’t a let down per se later on but the book kinda went soft afterward and lost its edge. Before it was intense and I really thought they were going to be killing people off. But once the plot really started I feel like it gave more comfort/ quest / follow the story but it’ll work out vibes. Which it’s YA so it felt appropriate.
Only gripes are 1) the cover & the plot summary are misleading. It makes it seem like it’s dual pov but it’s actually 3 people pov. It was kindaaa out of place and idk if it was necessary to have Sabine’s pov. It definitely made it easier to show and not tell updates for the plot outside of the 2 MC’s. And I really liked Sabines growth & her POVs the most! I’m hoping in the sequel we get more of her (I think we do)
2) at times I did find myself kinda glazing over and finding that it didn’t really matter because it was the same fight scene just playing out kind of long. I went back and re listened but it wasn’t that important bc it was high key predictable
With that being said I greatly enjoyed this book & think it is a perfect YA fantasy !!! Emphasis on actually YA appropriate and an interesting plot with theoretically high stakes but w predictability factor you don’t have to stress lol. And it didn’t have any of the annoying drama for no reason and we get to see lovely healthy bonds of friendship.
Oh!!! And a huge part sorry. This is enemies to lovers & I actually think they did a fantastic job of that! They were quite literally enemies hard core. I feel like it wasn’t a let down per se later on but the book kinda went soft afterward and lost its edge. Before it was intense and I really thought they were going to be killing people off. But once the plot really started I feel like it gave more comfort/ quest / follow the story but it’ll work out vibes. Which it’s YA so it felt appropriate.
Only gripes are 1) the cover & the plot summary are misleading. It makes it seem like it’s dual pov but it’s actually 3 people pov. It was kindaaa out of place and idk if it was necessary to have Sabine’s pov. It definitely made it easier to show and not tell updates for the plot outside of the 2 MC’s. And I really liked Sabines growth & her POVs the most! I’m hoping in the sequel we get more of her (I think we do)
2) at times I did find myself kinda glazing over and finding that it didn’t really matter because it was the same fight scene just playing out kind of long. I went back and re listened but it wasn’t that important bc it was high key predictable
With that being said I greatly enjoyed this book & think it is a perfect YA fantasy !!! Emphasis on actually YA appropriate and an interesting plot with theoretically high stakes but w predictability factor you don’t have to stress lol. And it didn’t have any of the annoying drama for no reason and we get to see lovely healthy bonds of friendship.