A review by kaitie_reads
When the Bones Sing by Ginny Myers Sain

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

๐Ÿชฆ YA Folk Horror
๐ŸŒธ Southern Charm 
๐Ÿชฆ Misfit FMC
๐ŸŒธ Pinch of Romance 
๐Ÿชฆ Hauntings and Monsters 

I really enjoyed this one, but I also felt like it was lacking a little bit as well.

Dovie is a 17-year-old girl who is a bit of a misfit with a special talent. She can locate people who have died easily because their bones call out and *sing* to her. After an uptick in murders surrounding her small Ozark community - where hikers frequently pass through - this skill definitely comes in handy. 

I thought this was really well written. It's a neat concept. The book has a lot of charm and an overall sense of foreboding throughout with its gothic horror roots. I also found it was pretty unpredictable, but I was also able to guess portions of the conclusion early on. 

The adults were all idiotic, though, especially the police who waited for the bones to sing for Dovie instead of launching their own investigation. There is a little bit of a love triangle, and I didn't feel it really added anything to the story.  The story behind the murders felt very... unhinged and also unbelievable, to be honest. It also felt like Dovie should have been aware of some of the background information in this story before the first page. We kind of just fall directly into her life and story after there have been multiple murders already that she hasn't really questioned. 

Pushing aside the logistical issues, it was still fun, and I was captivated throughout. It was a binge-able story. The scene setting, characters, and concepts were phenomenal, but the plot execution held the story back for me. 

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ด ๐”‚๐“ธ๐“พ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฃ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ท ๐“’๐“ช๐“ท๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ช ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“๐“ก๐“’ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด. ๐“๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ด ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€ ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐”‚ ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท.