There's hidden places all over this land-old, old places. Places with a chain for them to chain up the wolf when it's time.
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May 29, 2011
Yune
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Dunkle has a gift for tackling darker themes in folklore while still keeping a thread of sweetness permeating her stories. I overcame my initial flinch away from things Scottish (I blame the sighting of too many lurid Highlander romance titles) and settled into a simple yet lush tale of Maddie, the weaver's daughter who's the only person that a traveling wood-carver will talk to. And so she learns his secret...
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Mar 13, 2011
Kyleigh
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When I first saw this book I was pulled in by the cover. It was so dark and the way the woman’s head is thrown back in ecstasy was just gripping. I immediately picked it up, read the synopsis, decided I HAD to have it, and promptly bought it. I am so glad I did. It has to be the best paranormal related book I have read since Sunshine by Robin McKinley. I immediately fell in love. I’d even go as far as to say that this is my favorite werewolf book, hands down.
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Mar 01, 2011
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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When a mysterious mute, wood carver visits Maddie's village, she can't help but be drawn to him. Getting his attention is going to be harder than Maddie realizes. After her village has given up on him and deemed him an idiot, Maddie can't help herself and she wants to know more about him. Not one for words, this piercing green eyed, angst stranger isn't willing to give away his secrets. After a turn of events and an attack from an evil shadow like creature, Carver, as Maddie c More...
When a mysterious mute, wood carver visits Maddie's village, she can't help but be drawn to him. Getting his attention is going to be harder than Maddie realizes. After her village has given up on him and deemed him an idiot, Maddie can't help herself and she wants to know more about him. Not one for words, this piercing green eyed, angst stranger isn't willing to give away his secrets. After a turn of events and an attack from an evil shadow like creature, Carver, as Maddie c More...
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Feb 18, 2011
Kiirsi
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For the majority of this book, I wasn't sure I liked it. I didn't even know if I wanted to finish reading it.
I picked it up because I really loved Clare Dunkle's "Hollow Kingdom" trilogy. But this book was very different in style, tone, setting...everything. The inhabitants and setting of a tiny, mud-covered Scottish hamlet in the dark or middle ages were so realistically drawn that it was almost gross...the foul smells, the animals nearly sleeping in the beds, nobody ev More...
I picked it up because I really loved Clare Dunkle's "Hollow Kingdom" trilogy. But this book was very different in style, tone, setting...everything. The inhabitants and setting of a tiny, mud-covered Scottish hamlet in the dark or middle ages were so realistically drawn that it was almost gross...the foul smells, the animals nearly sleeping in the beds, nobody ev More...
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Feb 02, 2011
Marisa
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This is the third book I've read by Clare B. Dunkle, and I've really enjoyed them all. What's more, they've all been really, incredibly different books. The Sky Inside is a dystopian future scifi about a boy who leaves his domed world to find the truth. The House of Dead Maids is a seriously freaky prequel to Wuthering Heights that explains how Heathcliff is adopted by Catherine's dad. And this book is a werewolve-ish (he's like no other werewolf I've read about) romance-ish story set in pro
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the first book I have read by Dunkle. Her Hollow Kingdom series is supposed to be really popular, but not wanting to start a new series I thought I would check out this stand alone book first. It was an okay book, but nothing spectacular.
Maddie lives in a small Scottish town. When a Traveler, Ned, shows up with a mute boy who is a woodcarver strange things start to happen. The mute boy (who ends up not being all that mute) Paul is found with his chest shredded and following tha More...
Maddie lives in a small Scottish town. When a Traveler, Ned, shows up with a mute boy who is a woodcarver strange things start to happen. The mute boy (who ends up not being all that mute) Paul is found with his chest shredded and following tha More...
Jun 06, 2010
Barky
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Mar 02, 2011
Rebecca
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Maddie lives in a small town in the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages. It is very rare for strangers to visit the town; a couple of times a year, traveling merchants might come by with their wares. One such group of travelers includes a mysterious young man who is extremely talented at woodcarving. Maddie is immediately drawn to the stranger, and he to her. But then strange things begin to happen in the village. The young carver is attacked, and Maddie thinks she saw and heard the monste
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Mar 02, 2011
Katieb (MundieMoms)
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When a mysterious mute, wood carver visits Maddie's village, she can't help but be drawn to him. Getting his attention is going to be harder than Maddie realizes. After her village has given up on him and deemed him an idiot, Maddie can't help herself and she wants to know more about him. Not one for words, this piercing green eyed, angst stranger isn't willing to give away his secrets. After a turn of events and an attack from an evil shadow like creature, Carver, as Maddie More...
When a mysterious mute, wood carver visits Maddie's village, she can't help but be drawn to him. Getting his attention is going to be harder than Maddie realizes. After her village has given up on him and deemed him an idiot, Maddie can't help herself and she wants to know more about him. Not one for words, this piercing green eyed, angst stranger isn't willing to give away his secrets. After a turn of events and an attack from an evil shadow like creature, Carver, as Maddie More...
Feb 18, 2011
nancy
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When I was given the opportunity to read BY THESE TEN BONES by Clare B. Dunkle I jumped at the chance. It was not the first novel that I have read by this author so I was intrigued.
This story centers on Maddie, a curious young girl who lives in a small Scottish village that one day is visited by a traveler and his mute companion, Paul. It is not long before a dark shadow falls about the village and bad things begin to happen. Paul is gravely injured by a creature one night and while More...
This story centers on Maddie, a curious young girl who lives in a small Scottish village that one day is visited by a traveler and his mute companion, Paul. It is not long before a dark shadow falls about the village and bad things begin to happen. Paul is gravely injured by a creature one night and while More...
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Jan 03, 2012
Beth
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This book has been recommended to me by so many people who loved the heck out of it. I finally broke down and took it out of the library. I was less then impressed. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either. Maybe it had been hyped too much and thus my expectations were far too high.
I loved the idea of the plot (Scotland and werewolves? Yes, please!) I thought the dark atmosphere and tension and sense of unease was portrayed really well. This book did a creep me out a few times More...
I loved the idea of the plot (Scotland and werewolves? Yes, please!) I thought the dark atmosphere and tension and sense of unease was portrayed really well. This book did a creep me out a few times More...
Feb 20, 2011
Kristen
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Why I read this: I've loved the two novels I've read by Clare and had to give this one a shot.
Plot: Set back in history, Maddie lives in a time where women are burned or hung for being witches, where people still believe magic is a live. When a traveler comes to town, she falls in love for the first time, but there's a secret surrounding his appearance, involving the death of a few villagers. Maddie will have to decide how much she will risk for love.
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Plot: Set back in history, Maddie lives in a time where women are burned or hung for being witches, where people still believe magic is a live. When a traveler comes to town, she falls in love for the first time, but there's a secret surrounding his appearance, involving the death of a few villagers. Maddie will have to decide how much she will risk for love.
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Jun 07, 2011
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Not your usual young adult paranormal romance!
Set in the Highlands of Medieval Scottland, Maddie is the young daughter of weaver in a small village. She lives a quiet but happy life in her tight knit community and hopes to one day get married and start a family of her own. While out in the town one day, Maddie encounters a good looking young man who happens to be a very talented carv More...
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Not your usual young adult paranormal romance!
Set in the Highlands of Medieval Scottland, Maddie is the young daughter of weaver in a small village. She lives a quiet but happy life in her tight knit community and hopes to one day get married and start a family of her own. While out in the town one day, Maddie encounters a good looking young man who happens to be a very talented carv More...
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Apr 16, 2008
Kelly
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This was not a great follow-up to my Hollow Kingdom high I had been on. I guess I didn't really enjoy the world as much. It felt more thrown together than well crafted. I do recommend the Hollow Kingdom, and still think I would try another book from this author, but this wasn't my favorite.
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Mar 02, 2011
Anna
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Maddie is a young girl living in the Scottish highlands. Cut off from almost everything. So, it's no surprise when wood carver Paul comes to town that she is taken with him at first sight. But then things take a turn for the worse. Maddie doesn't know what to do, and she has a hard decision ahead. A way to push back the shadow and save the people she loves...
By These Ten Bones was a dark and chilling tale. I loved that it took place in Scotland. Also the lead characters Maddie and More...
By These Ten Bones was a dark and chilling tale. I loved that it took place in Scotland. Also the lead characters Maddie and More...
Dec 17, 2009
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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What happens when you fall in love with a werewolf? Takes place in Scotland. Full of nice plot twists and a great heroine.
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Jun 11, 2011
Kate
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By These Ten Bones is quite different than your ordinary werewolf tale. Here things go bump in the night and superstitions reign supreme.
When I read novels that have historical settings, I tend to expect a few things: accuracy, feeling like I have been transported to another time, etc. In this, By These Ten Bones succeeded beautifully. The novel takes place in Scotland. And from the every beginning, I felt like I had stepped into Maddie's world. Dunkle builds up this world so that y More...
When I read novels that have historical settings, I tend to expect a few things: accuracy, feeling like I have been transported to another time, etc. In this, By These Ten Bones succeeded beautifully. The novel takes place in Scotland. And from the every beginning, I felt like I had stepped into Maddie's world. Dunkle builds up this world so that y More...
May 09, 2011
E.
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Just when you thought you were sick of werewolves, I have for you a book that is unlike any other werewolf book you’ve seen. For one thing, the mythology is raw and old and steeped in the folklore of the Scottish highlands. The werewolf in Clare B. Dunkle‘s BY THESE TEN BONES is less a wolf and more of a shadow creature — a demon that takes over a man’s body on the night of the full moon. And, unfortunately for young Maddie, the weaver’s daughter, a young man with this affliction is in her vi
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Feb 13, 2011
Tori [Book Faery]
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BY THESE TEN BONES (BTTB) was an enjoyable read, though I admit that I had a few issues with the novel. If anything, it has more to do with the manuscript's age and what was accepted by agents and publishers back then. But first, let's focus on the good, shall we?
Clare knows how to make generally likable, strong heroines. She also knows how to weave an interesting plot and write vividly b More...
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BY THESE TEN BONES (BTTB) was an enjoyable read, though I admit that I had a few issues with the novel. If anything, it has more to do with the manuscript's age and what was accepted by agents and publishers back then. But first, let's focus on the good, shall we?
Clare knows how to make generally likable, strong heroines. She also knows how to weave an interesting plot and write vividly b More...
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May 13, 2009
Abigail
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Best if you was dead, a young boy is informed in this compelling examination of the werewolf legend, for his terrible "curse" will isolate him from other people, and from his own humanity. Don't look on no one again, he is warned, for You're the kind that kills them they love...
And so begins By These Ten Bones, a short novel by the author of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, which follows the story of young Maddie, a weaver's daughter in medieval Scotland, who falls in love with More...
And so begins By These Ten Bones, a short novel by the author of the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy, which follows the story of young Maddie, a weaver's daughter in medieval Scotland, who falls in love with More...
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May 12, 2008
Sarah "Mir"
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I never, NEVER ever want to see this book or author again.
Agh. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and I almost did not finish it. But I was less than ten pages away and I just decided to finish it for the sake of my 200 reading goal.
A friend recommended this book to me, but I really wish she hadn't.
This book is set in Scotland and is about werewolves. I did not think it would be so dark for a YA novel & I was shocked at how dark it was after reading it.
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Agh. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and I almost did not finish it. But I was less than ten pages away and I just decided to finish it for the sake of my 200 reading goal.
A friend recommended this book to me, but I really wish she hadn't.
This book is set in Scotland and is about werewolves. I did not think it would be so dark for a YA novel & I was shocked at how dark it was after reading it.
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Dec 15, 2009
Mimi
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This is a very interesting book, because it is about a rather "hot" topic for books these days, but I didn't even know it was about that topic until half way through, and that topic is definitely treated differently in this book than many of the others I have read. No, I can't say what it is, or part will be ruined for you. I enjoyed reading this story. It is somewhat fantasy and somewhat historical, because it is set in ancient Scotland rather than an imaginary world.
Dec 10, 2009
Angie
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this was a nice short read, and covered a bit of scottish folklore and religious superstition way back when real men still wore kilts. it's set in a small isolated town on the shore of a scottish loch (so there's got to be some really good monster story here). it's Werewolves: the Scottish Edition. pretty cool. it kind of reminds my of My Swordhand is Singng by Marcus Sedgwick--an old, often untold story of scary creatures, a small, isolated population, and dreary climate. great fireplace-on-a-c
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Jul 26, 2011
Rachel
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*Note: This book really has a 3.5 star rating!!!
This is a good book. However, it is very simplistic and short. Dunkle puts an interesting twist on the werewolf legend. I really like how she inserted an angel encounter at the end of the novel. In fact, that is my favorite twist in the story. The ending is pretty good, but it could have been written better with minimal effort.
This is a good book. However, it is very simplistic and short. Dunkle puts an interesting twist on the werewolf legend. I really like how she inserted an angel encounter at the end of the novel. In fact, that is my favorite twist in the story. The ending is pretty good, but it could have been written better with minimal effort.
Mar 29, 2011
Josie
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An interesting take on werewolves, and thankfully nothing like the spate of ya paranormal romance coming out at the moment. I've always thought werewolves and vampires would interest me a lot more if an author chose to set a story involving them in the past, but too many of them choose the present. This one's set in ye ancient Scotland (although, perhaps not that ancient, come to think of it), and involves a small village, witch hunts, and wood carving. I was a little disappointed in the ending,
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Jul 08, 2011
Morag
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This book was a really easy read. Once I really got into it, I couldn't put it down. I loved the setting and the characters were quite realistic and believable. I like the author's writing style; simple yet elegant. I really wish I had read this as a teenager. It probably would have been my favorite book! I would definitely recommend this to almost anyone!
Apr 08, 2010
Sam
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This is a story about the monsters that lurk inside us. It's about a girl who finds a kind, but mysterious boy who dissipears everytime a monster comes out and attacks her village. The girl then trys to save her village by finding out the mystery and horrific story behind this strange boy. She finds out about creatures she had never heard of; Werewolves.
May 08, 2011
By These Ten Bones is one of those most annoying of books: the kind that can't live up to it's ideas. It's a decent plot, but there's a difference between a good plot and a good story. Turning the former into the latter requires skill, time, and effort. In the case of By These Ten Bones, one or more of the three was sorely lacking. The result is a book that left me completely and totally cold.
Read the full review at Lupines and Lunatics.
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Mar 12, 2011
Kristen
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The best werewolf book out there. Hands down.
This one still had the romance and the tension and mystery. But it is real. It feels real--the emotions and the characters and the setting. Dunkle even plays by the established werewolf rules--for the most part--instead of making up her own.
Brilliantly written.
This one still had the romance and the tension and mystery. But it is real. It feels real--the emotions and the characters and the setting. Dunkle even plays by the established werewolf rules--for the most part--instead of making up her own.
Brilliantly written.
Jul 30, 2010
Reads_ten_each
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Yay Scotland! This book has been a favorite of mine for a long time and now that I've re-read it I nearly forgot why I liked it so much.
Maddie is a very honest sweet girl living in a small villiage that is fairly peaceful and orderly. It's not until the mysterious Carver boy and the foul mouth brit Ned come into town because the order is turned into chaos. Maddie is obviously attracted to the slient Carver and with time her feelings grow stronger. But the wood carver has a horrible secret More...
Maddie is a very honest sweet girl living in a small villiage that is fairly peaceful and orderly. It's not until the mysterious Carver boy and the foul mouth brit Ned come into town because the order is turned into chaos. Maddie is obviously attracted to the slient Carver and with time her feelings grow stronger. But the wood carver has a horrible secret More...
