A review by carlaabra
Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The first 40% of this book is beautiful. The prose is captivating, the ambience is haunting, I loved the premise. I adore somewhat-unexplained, dark environments like this. 5 stars. I’ve seen some people say the twists are predictable - some of them are, but I was still shocked for others. Overall a nice payoff.
She was there when he woke again. He felt her presence like a bruise, as though she’d been beaten into his bones. 

Unfortunately the author couldn’t stick the landing. Some of the flowery language gets excessive (who uses a word like eonian?). The third act in particular was a mess - plot spiraling out of control, random cameos from characters from the prior book that haven’t been mentioned in this one. Our MCs saying awful YA lines like this:
“It was supposed to be my graduation dress…I didn’t walk though, so. Now it’s just something I take out and stare at when I’m feeling tragic.”
 Then at the end our villain pops out with this fucking gem:
“The end justifies the means,” <blank> said. “Niccolo Machiavelli said that.”
What happened to the beautiful prose?? Died with Peter I guess.

We never do find out what Wyatt did to Micah, which is annoying since it’s mysteriously hinted at the entire goddamn book. I think Wyatt should’ve been either a few years younger or a few years older. Eighteen is too old to be this naive and angsty. It’s also (imo) too young to be making decisions about the future of your bloodline and the world (since she is apparently
the most powerful witch to ever do it, or something. Authors: DONT GIVE YOUR MCs UNLIMITED POWERS WITH NO BOUNDARIES, it immediately kills the tension/stakes
). I found her a bit silly and melodramatic.
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