A review by sanya986
Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs

4.0

The writing style is very good, easy to read, concise and intelligent. With few words you get just enough description, it's more atmospheric than descriptive. It has multiple pov's, but in the first person pov sentences are short, coming from a person who knows what to do, say and think. Ward is strong, determined, calculate, self aware, but antiheroic. He was acting for years to be someone he's not and then he realizes he doesn't know exactly who he is supposed to be. He is socially awkward, but unconsciously and not deliberately charismatic. He thinks poorly of himself, but that is not how other people begin to think of him throughout the story. The story itself is multilayered, considering the shortness. There are a lot of well developed characters, the plot is very interesting. Magic system is open for speculation, but some aspects of it are very logically described. There is quite a number of difficult themes like homosexuality, rape, torture, drugs etc. Which is rare in epic fantasy, or at least was until some point.