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A review by booksbakesbikes
Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3.5 stars.
What beautiful worldbuilding. Set in a world inspired by Russian and eastern European folklore and mythology, Bone Weaver follows a young woman named Toma as she tries to save her sister. Along the way, she makes some new friends and becomes embroiled in a political conflict larger than any of them.
The story shines where it focuses on Toma, her interactions with the various undead and with her new friends. The introduction of the larger political topics were a little hard to grasp initially - perhaps not unrealistically, for a teenage girl isolated from the world, hearing about the conflict for the first time from those living it. Still, I felt much more invested in Toma finding her sister than I did in whether the tsarists or those who opposed them triumphed.
I would love to see more set in this universe, but the book tells a complete story on its own. If you enjoyed the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden or the Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo, give this one a try.
What beautiful worldbuilding. Set in a world inspired by Russian and eastern European folklore and mythology, Bone Weaver follows a young woman named Toma as she tries to save her sister. Along the way, she makes some new friends and becomes embroiled in a political conflict larger than any of them.
The story shines where it focuses on Toma, her interactions with the various undead and with her new friends. The introduction of the larger political topics were a little hard to grasp initially - perhaps not unrealistically, for a teenage girl isolated from the world, hearing about the conflict for the first time from those living it. Still, I felt much more invested in Toma finding her sister than I did in whether the tsarists or those who opposed them triumphed.
I would love to see more set in this universe, but the book tells a complete story on its own. If you enjoyed the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden or the Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo, give this one a try.