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The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
The Emperor utilises bone shard magic, to power the animal like constructs, that help maintain law and order throughout the kingdom. His daughter Lin, is sneaking around trying to harness this magic that he keeps from her, whilst also trying to recover the memories she has lost, but just how far is she willing to go to save her people?
I can't believe this book is a debut, I loved every single second of being swept up in this vast and fascinating world. Andrea Stewart effortlessly grabbed my attention right from the off, after two chapters, I could not put The Bone Shard Daughter down.
From the blurb, I thought this story would have one main protagonist, but it actually has 4. Don't let that put you off, Stewart did a fantastic job of utilising these perspectives, giving us all the right information when we needed it. Plus I found myself binging chapter after chapter, wanting to find out what was happening with each of them.
My favourite character by far was Jovis, who is joined on his journey by a cat/otter creature called Mephi. They had a real Mando and Baby Yoda thing going on. It was SO CUTE. Mephi is a sweet baby angel and I love him so much. Jovis in my eyes, had some of the best lines in the whole book.
I could literally talk about this book all day. If you loved N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, or After the Flood by Kassandra Montag, I can guarantee you will love this book. Now, excuse me whilst I go and sulk until book two hits the shelves late next year ๐ญ
Thanks so much to Orbit Books for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review ๐งก
๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
The Emperor utilises bone shard magic, to power the animal like constructs, that help maintain law and order throughout the kingdom. His daughter Lin, is sneaking around trying to harness this magic that he keeps from her, whilst also trying to recover the memories she has lost, but just how far is she willing to go to save her people?
I can't believe this book is a debut, I loved every single second of being swept up in this vast and fascinating world. Andrea Stewart effortlessly grabbed my attention right from the off, after two chapters, I could not put The Bone Shard Daughter down.
From the blurb, I thought this story would have one main protagonist, but it actually has 4. Don't let that put you off, Stewart did a fantastic job of utilising these perspectives, giving us all the right information when we needed it. Plus I found myself binging chapter after chapter, wanting to find out what was happening with each of them.
My favourite character by far was Jovis, who is joined on his journey by a cat/otter creature called Mephi. They had a real Mando and Baby Yoda thing going on. It was SO CUTE. Mephi is a sweet baby angel and I love him so much. Jovis in my eyes, had some of the best lines in the whole book.
I could literally talk about this book all day. If you loved N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth Trilogy, or After the Flood by Kassandra Montag, I can guarantee you will love this book. Now, excuse me whilst I go and sulk until book two hits the shelves late next year ๐ญ
Thanks so much to Orbit Books for the gifted copy in exchange for an honest review ๐งก
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Grief