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A review by katyanaish
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
3.0
I love this series, this world, this entire cast of characters.
And I love that this book focused much more on Simon, Meg and the Lakeside characters (where in previous books, they felt somewhat secondary to the plot).
In the end, though, this was a transition book. Lots of major plot happened in the previous book, and the world was dramatically changed. This book is about how our beloved characters adjust to this new world. I loved being able to revisit them, and I loved their relationships with each other, and how much they've become a team. But overall, not a whole lot happened.
Or maybe it just felt that way because Cyrus is pretty small potatoes.
In any case, I enjoyed it very much because I love this series and these characters.
Edit to add: Okay, looking over other reviews, people are indicating that this is the end of Meg/Simon/Lakeside story. If that's the case, I'm significantly less impressed. That means this isn't a transition book, it is basically one massive epilogue. And I don't feel like it really resolves the story. It means that overall, I feel like the series gave too much time away to the massive, world-spanning plot, and took away time from the character arcs, because now we're at an end and it feels like a weird anti-climax. I mean, I guess we know Meg and Simon will be okay, but does anything actually feel resolved? Or is it just me who feels that way?
Edit to add, #2: The more space I get from it, the less happy I am with it. I revised the rating to a 3. The series as a whole gets a high 4. This book as a stand-alone gets a 2.
And I love that this book focused much more on Simon, Meg and the Lakeside characters (where in previous books, they felt somewhat secondary to the plot).
In the end, though, this was a transition book. Lots of major plot happened in the previous book, and the world was dramatically changed. This book is about how our beloved characters adjust to this new world. I loved being able to revisit them, and I loved their relationships with each other, and how much they've become a team. But overall, not a whole lot happened.
Or maybe it just felt that way because Cyrus is pretty small potatoes.
In any case, I enjoyed it very much because I love this series and these characters.
Edit to add: Okay, looking over other reviews, people are indicating that this is the end of Meg/Simon/Lakeside story. If that's the case, I'm significantly less impressed. That means this isn't a transition book, it is basically one massive epilogue. And I don't feel like it really resolves the story. It means that overall, I feel like the series gave too much time away to the massive, world-spanning plot, and took away time from the character arcs, because now we're at an end and it feels like a weird anti-climax. I mean, I guess we know Meg and Simon will be okay, but does anything actually feel resolved? Or is it just me who feels that way?
Edit to add, #2: The more space I get from it, the less happy I am with it. I revised the rating to a 3. The series as a whole gets a high 4. This book as a stand-alone gets a 2.