A review by skycrane
Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop

1.0

Unfortunately, I didn't like the book very much at all. I like long books that spend a lot of time with the characters, so I thought I'd enjoy this one, since it mostly takes place after all the excitement of the previous novels in the series. There's no major threat, everyone's just trying to put together the pieces and figure out how they're going to live together in this new world. But it's still written as if there's this overbearing tension and danger, even though there's basically no threat whatsoever. There's still a lot of focus on where each character is at every moment, how they react to the relatively minor upsets that occur in their neighborhood, who's watching Meg at all times. But the antagonist is just some guy. And that's it. Some asshole shows up, and then everyone repeatedly freaks out for no reason. The mayor and the chief of police are consulted on this crisis, the Others set up a round-the-clock watch on his apartment, there are cops following his every move. Most of the book is spent establishing just how unpleasant Jimmy is, but it's all completely pointless.

I cannot recommend this book. I only finished it because I thought there'd be another in the series, but I wish I had just skipped it.