Silver in the Bone

DNF 70% (Counting as ‘READ')

I did not enjoy Alexandra Bracken's slow-paced Passenger. Now, I didn't enjoy her confusing world that is Silver In the Bone. I'm going to give her one more try with her most popular novel, The Darkest Minds, before I give up on this author.

A skillfully written dark fantasy filled with magic, secrets, romance, and horror. The characters are developed, the world around them is vivid, and the plot is delightfully well thought out. I found myself surprised by a twist that, in hindsight, I had been picking up on throughout the read and those are the best kind for me.

It does end on a bit of a cliffhanger but there's a sense of resolution. I would immediately start the second book if it was possible, I enjoyed the first that much.

To me the synopsis didn't indicate that it was a fantasy set in our world so when Tamsin used a cell phone I was so confused for a few minutes. But that quickly changed because I really liked how the author approached it and mixed the two (a typical fantasy world and the ‘normal' world) together. Bracken really did a good job at it, which made my reading of the book easier because I was able to enjoy myself without having to work too hard on tying the two worlds together. As Bracken did such a good job on that – all I had to do was sit back and enjoy the ride.

There are a lot of new terms in the book that I had to learn. I was reading on my Kindle so I was able to highlight them all in a specific colour and just refer back to them at any point in the book – that helped a bit