hooksbookswanderlust 's review for:

Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop

4.0

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3.5 stars. I loved this series and these characters, it was wonderful the whole series through. I wish we could have seen more of a few characters that we'd gotten to know better in previous installments, but I get that the story had to focus on others that were pertinent to the plot here. Let's talk about plot though for a minute. The previous installments had a more overarching plot with the whole HFL thing, but since that got mixed in the Marked In Flesh, the plot here centered around Lt Montgomery's brother causing trouble, and all because the Elders wanted to "observe" him. I think that this was poorly conceived as compared to the nail-biting political nature of the previous books. As a final book, as I assume this is, I had expected more of a bang, and got instead more of a bottle rocket. The end was a bit anti-climactic for me, though I enjoyed how all of The Others, even the Elders, worked with the humans to find and protect Meg. Also, Bishop's trademark wit was prevalent throughout, which had me laughing out loud a few times. Also, I'm glad that this didn't turn into a "kissy book" though I wish Meg and Simon would have gotten their act together before the last couple pages. Though watching their awkward courtship was pretty cute at times, at others I found it a bit too slow. But, I love this series and have reread each of the books with each installment, so that has to say something :)