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A review by theknitterwithabook
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
*I was offered a copy of this ARC by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
Laurel Early just dropped out of college. She decides to come back to the familial tobacco farm to work and spends time doing taxidermy. She tries to have a quiet life with her childhood friends but the farm wants something else. Something has awaken and it wants blood.
If you are looking for an older YA book with horror, mystery, magic and ghosts, this is the book. Young adults trying to find themselves, facing hardships and most of all the devil. The characters are not some superpowered humans, they are normal teenagers with real problems. I really liked how the story was built and how it all came together even though there was magic. A magic none of them understood but discovered.
Laurel Early just dropped out of college. She decides to come back to the familial tobacco farm to work and spends time doing taxidermy. She tries to have a quiet life with her childhood friends but the farm wants something else. Something has awaken and it wants blood.
If you are looking for an older YA book with horror, mystery, magic and ghosts, this is the book. Young adults trying to find themselves, facing hardships and most of all the devil. The characters are not some superpowered humans, they are normal teenagers with real problems. I really liked how the story was built and how it all came together even though there was magic. A magic none of them understood but discovered.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Animal death, Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Homophobia and Mental illness