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A review by julesg
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Although I didn't expect this story to be cosy and romantic, I had not anticipated how serious and action packed the novel would be throughout its plot.
I'm trying to keep this spoiler free.
Nate, Alex and Art meet in Nate's cabin in the mountains of Oregon. Nate recently inherited the cabin after a family tragedy, he was also fired from his job as a journalist in Washington DC. Alex and Art are on the run and hiding in the cabin. Art is a ten year old girl who likes to read her way through the books in Nate's cabin and ask lots of questions about the books and the world around her. Alex seems to be her bodyguard. Soon the three of them have to flee from the cabin and their road trip/flight brings them to the East Coast of the USA.
This "road trip" brings them together and also changes them from being strangers to each other to being that beloved found family Klune writes so well.
It took me about a third into the book to really get invested in the story. At first I thought it was so un-Klune-like, it was more Sci-Fi and Thriller heavy than anything I have read by Klune before. I was missing the humour, but then it hooked me with the unique Klune writing style, the found family vibes, and the feels that made me blubber more than once. I'm glad I gave this book a chance.
I'm trying to keep this spoiler free.
Nate, Alex and Art meet in Nate's cabin in the mountains of Oregon. Nate recently inherited the cabin after a family tragedy, he was also fired from his job as a journalist in Washington DC. Alex and Art are on the run and hiding in the cabin. Art is a ten year old girl who likes to read her way through the books in Nate's cabin and ask lots of questions about the books and the world around her. Alex seems to be her bodyguard. Soon the three of them have to flee from the cabin and their road trip/flight brings them to the East Coast of the USA.
This "road trip" brings them together and also changes them from being strangers to each other to being that beloved found family Klune writes so well.
It took me about a third into the book to really get invested in the story. At first I thought it was so un-Klune-like, it was more Sci-Fi and Thriller heavy than anything I have read by Klune before. I was missing the humour, but then it hooked me with the unique Klune writing style, the found family vibes, and the feels that made me blubber more than once. I'm glad I gave this book a chance.