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The Foundling #2
Bone Driven
The bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning - and Luce Boudreau is smack in the middle of no-man's land . . .
Life as a cop in Canton Town, Mississippi, is never dull - particularly when hiding deep within you is a demon bent on the apocalypse. Luce is doing her best to pretend her two worlds aren't crashing into each other, but what should be a routine arson investigation takes a shocking turn when Luce discovers a link between the suspects and her own dark secrets. There's no turning back, even though her search for the truth threatens to burn her old life down around her.
Lines are being drawn in a war Luce barely understands, and she just might be on the wrong side of them. Now she must embrace her powerful destiny, or the ones she loves most will pay the ultimate price.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2018
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March 15, 2020
Look guys, this author is not getting the credit she deserves. Her books are freaking Ilona Andrew's good! I can't give a higher compliment than that.
Okay, so I will do a tiny bit of spoiling from the first book because that book was mostly the set-up for this world and story.
Luce is a cop who was found in the swamp as a kid and adopted by a cop. She has lived her life pretty happily even though she knew she was different because of weird markings on her arms and a phone call once a year on a magic phone. It is a rotary phone that rings once a year and I'm not sure if it is actual magic or she's just a millennial that doesn't understand the rotary phone thing and thinks it's magic.
House phone? Why does my house need a phone? Who does it want to call?
So the first book was all about her discovering she wasn't a human at all. Sure, there are a lot of words being thrown around, but what it really comes down to is that she is an alien. Yeah, they never say that specifically, but I know an alien when I see one. She's one probing away from being full-fledged. I think she only counts as a junior alien until her first probing.
And a dozen cupcakes. The class has a party on probe day.
She also found out she has a coterie, which was annoying because I was trying to figure out the right way to pronounce it in my head every time I read this word. Couldn't she just say "squad"? I mean, everyone can pronounce squad, right? And, it totally works. Plus, it's cool. The cool kids always have a squad.
See? Squads are fucking cool.
But, it wasn't all motorcycles and sparkly suits. She also found out she has sisters. Crazy, psychotic sisters who want to kill her and everything she loves. "But Jilly," you're thinking. "Doesn't that just describe ALL sisters?" And, yes. Yes it does. Personally, I never had a sister except a couple of step-sisters that I didn't grow up with, but I can still say with authority that sisters are evil things that steal your clothes and wish bad things would happen to you. Okay, so maybe my step-sisters didn't get along all that well. I'm just sayin' - Brothers. That's the way to go.
Well, yeah. But, that's just common sense. I used to ask for a bite of my brother's sandwich and then shove the entire thing in my mouth. I was such a little lady.
So in this book, the cards are on the table, the gloves are off and things are getting really bloody. Luce has some very bad days, and by the looks of it she has a lot more of those to come. But, hopefully she fully stocked up on toilet paper so that she is prepared for the next thing. I mean, if you know something bad is coming you want all of the toilet paper you can get, right? It's just common sense.
Okay, so I will do a tiny bit of spoiling from the first book because that book was mostly the set-up for this world and story.
Luce is a cop who was found in the swamp as a kid and adopted by a cop. She has lived her life pretty happily even though she knew she was different because of weird markings on her arms and a phone call once a year on a magic phone. It is a rotary phone that rings once a year and I'm not sure if it is actual magic or she's just a millennial that doesn't understand the rotary phone thing and thinks it's magic.
House phone? Why does my house need a phone? Who does it want to call?
So the first book was all about her discovering she wasn't a human at all. Sure, there are a lot of words being thrown around, but what it really comes down to is that she is an alien. Yeah, they never say that specifically, but I know an alien when I see one. She's one probing away from being full-fledged. I think she only counts as a junior alien until her first probing.
And a dozen cupcakes. The class has a party on probe day.
She also found out she has a coterie, which was annoying because I was trying to figure out the right way to pronounce it in my head every time I read this word. Couldn't she just say "squad"? I mean, everyone can pronounce squad, right? And, it totally works. Plus, it's cool. The cool kids always have a squad.
See? Squads are fucking cool.
But, it wasn't all motorcycles and sparkly suits. She also found out she has sisters. Crazy, psychotic sisters who want to kill her and everything she loves. "But Jilly," you're thinking. "Doesn't that just describe ALL sisters?" And, yes. Yes it does. Personally, I never had a sister except a couple of step-sisters that I didn't grow up with, but I can still say with authority that sisters are evil things that steal your clothes and wish bad things would happen to you. Okay, so maybe my step-sisters didn't get along all that well. I'm just sayin' - Brothers. That's the way to go.
Well, yeah. But, that's just common sense. I used to ask for a bite of my brother's sandwich and then shove the entire thing in my mouth. I was such a little lady.
So in this book, the cards are on the table, the gloves are off and things are getting really bloody. Luce has some very bad days, and by the looks of it she has a lot more of those to come. But, hopefully she fully stocked up on toilet paper so that she is prepared for the next thing. I mean, if you know something bad is coming you want all of the toilet paper you can get, right? It's just common sense.
August 22, 2019
This one starts not long after the first book concludes.
Luce while still in the dark on some things is now awake when it comes to who and what she once was and what is lurking underneath beneath this new skin of hers.
She is wholly determined to try and keep the evil alter-ego underneath leashed and contained.
She has also been recruited to work for the NSB a coalition aimed at containing the Charun threat.
So this one is of a much slower pace than its predecessor: it still has plenty of action but Bone Driven takes its time to build up the personal relationships especially that of Luce's coterie who are all nervously watching and waiting almost expecting Conquest herself to burst forth from Luce's skin at any given time.
They all to a man want Luce to stay but are not yet convinced that it is yet a given.
Also if you are looking for romance with this series this is still on the back-burner there are inklings of that finer emotion with the delicious Cole but this is as yet still primarily plot-driven and the emphasis is more on the unfolding upcoming battle.
There are also new players added to the pot here further mixing things up.
Luce's new partner Wu is a mystery who seems overly invested and fascinated by her much to the annoyance of cole.
He definitely has some sort of hidden agenda when it comes to Luce which was further compounded by that oh so interesting epilogue and the Ezra connection.
Just who and what is he? and while I am pondering that particular question another that is bugging me just what is Miller hiding beneath his skin I am so dying to discover the answer to this.
There are also new threats on the horizon and before Luce moves onto pastures new she and Rixton are up to there necks with a new local case.
The first book in this series had the slight edge for me but this was still bloody fantastic reading.
A slow start but the second half of this more than made up for that and that epilogue raised even more questions.
Do yourself a favour and pick-up book one this really is an addictive read that is fast becoming a firm favourite with me.
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May 23, 2018
Second in the Foundling series, Bone Driven picks up about a week after the violent and emotional finale of Bayou Born. There isn’t any kind of leisurely intro and if you haven’t read the first book, there’s no way you’ll get all the nuances of this one. Even if you have, initially there’s still that slight feeling of being lost, though that might be because I read the first book last year. After glancing at the initial page, I put the book right down and did a mini recap for myself so I could I got properly into it. And boy, did I ever. I love this Coterie and despite a few quibbles, I am all in to this series.
Bayou Born was all about discovery as small town cop, Luce Boudreau, finds out just why she’s always been different. Now come the consequences. Trapped between two worlds, she struggles to do what she has to to survive, whilst keeping her newfound secrets from those she loves, especially once a new arson/murder case brings everything crashing together. What Hailey Edwards does so well here is this tension between human and supernatural worlds, and how that affects Luce and those around her. Edwards puts just as much effort and imagination into her normal, human characters as she does the demons. Luce’s cop partner, Rixton is a gem, with the kind of humour and quotable lines that had me highlighting like crazy and laughing out loud. And I don’t mean like when you text ‘lol’ but it reality you’re just sitting there with a slight smile, I mean the kind when you have to put the book down for a moment while you laugh to yourself, then read it again because you want to make sure it’s as funny as you thought- and it is. Their history and the work they do together is increasingly strained, and stained, by the lies Luce has to tell, and the resulting conflicts are rendered painfully real. Luce has such deep connections to her family and her community that when they are put under pressure by her new responsibilities, it wrenches the heart. Likewise, the individual fears of each Coterie member are gradually revealed in these delicate, personal scenes full of hope and trust that feel genuinely moving. Luce has so much to learn about her new position, but she tries so hard to give her Coterie what they need, whilst learning to take the support they offer. Even if she didn’t have a completely kickass personality and a serious dose of snark, you’d still have to respect her strength, loyalty, and honour. Her fight to remain herself, Luce, and not world destroying demon, Conquest, is easy to get behind as a reader and as it is increasingly threatened by outside forces, which grow ever more powerful and dangerous, she’s going to have to see just how close she can get to the monster inside her before it all goes to hell…
My main quibble centres around the interaction between Luce and Cole. This may say more about me than anything else but I do not like the type of crowding and unnecessary leaning over Luce that happens in some scenes, the invasion of personal space, the physical trapping of one body by another makers me squirm. It doesn’t happen throughout, mostly just at the beginning, but there’s just something in it that makes me think: nope. That’s not love or protection, that’s creepy. It’s something that happens a lot in this type of book and though I see why authors use it, as some kind of enticing display of strength, but it’s the type of toxic power play I just can’t get behind. There are, at least, deeper levels here, as it represents an overturning of their relationship in previous incarnations, where Conquest literally chained Cole into a subordinate, desperate position, trapping him in every way someone can be. That would get equal rejection from me, either which way, it’s wrong. Thankfully, one of the main transitions of this book is the move towards more positive body contact and physical expression between Luce and the Coterie, as well as others- so much so that I felt the tenseness fade away. Now that i’m writing this, i’m wondering if Hailey Edwards did this on purpose and if she did, she’s even better a writer than I thought. There’s still some outrageously stalkerish behaviour by another male character as well as the usual overcrowding of supermen, which is typical for the genre, but there’s enough in this book to give these characters and relationships more validity than i’ve seen elsewhere. On top of that, it’s really fun, while retaining a true warmth that makes it stand out against the crowd.
An inventive and multifaceted world with serious heart and one hell of an emotional kick, this is a series that needs to be on your TBR. (But Thom is mine…)
ARC offered by publisher via Netgalley
Bayou Born was all about discovery as small town cop, Luce Boudreau, finds out just why she’s always been different. Now come the consequences. Trapped between two worlds, she struggles to do what she has to to survive, whilst keeping her newfound secrets from those she loves, especially once a new arson/murder case brings everything crashing together. What Hailey Edwards does so well here is this tension between human and supernatural worlds, and how that affects Luce and those around her. Edwards puts just as much effort and imagination into her normal, human characters as she does the demons. Luce’s cop partner, Rixton is a gem, with the kind of humour and quotable lines that had me highlighting like crazy and laughing out loud. And I don’t mean like when you text ‘lol’ but it reality you’re just sitting there with a slight smile, I mean the kind when you have to put the book down for a moment while you laugh to yourself, then read it again because you want to make sure it’s as funny as you thought- and it is. Their history and the work they do together is increasingly strained, and stained, by the lies Luce has to tell, and the resulting conflicts are rendered painfully real. Luce has such deep connections to her family and her community that when they are put under pressure by her new responsibilities, it wrenches the heart. Likewise, the individual fears of each Coterie member are gradually revealed in these delicate, personal scenes full of hope and trust that feel genuinely moving. Luce has so much to learn about her new position, but she tries so hard to give her Coterie what they need, whilst learning to take the support they offer. Even if she didn’t have a completely kickass personality and a serious dose of snark, you’d still have to respect her strength, loyalty, and honour. Her fight to remain herself, Luce, and not world destroying demon, Conquest, is easy to get behind as a reader and as it is increasingly threatened by outside forces, which grow ever more powerful and dangerous, she’s going to have to see just how close she can get to the monster inside her before it all goes to hell…
My main quibble centres around the interaction between Luce and Cole. This may say more about me than anything else but I do not like the type of crowding and unnecessary leaning over Luce that happens in some scenes, the invasion of personal space, the physical trapping of one body by another makers me squirm. It doesn’t happen throughout, mostly just at the beginning, but there’s just something in it that makes me think: nope. That’s not love or protection, that’s creepy. It’s something that happens a lot in this type of book and though I see why authors use it, as some kind of enticing display of strength, but it’s the type of toxic power play I just can’t get behind. There are, at least, deeper levels here, as it represents an overturning of their relationship in previous incarnations, where Conquest literally chained Cole into a subordinate, desperate position, trapping him in every way someone can be. That would get equal rejection from me, either which way, it’s wrong. Thankfully, one of the main transitions of this book is the move towards more positive body contact and physical expression between Luce and the Coterie, as well as others- so much so that I felt the tenseness fade away. Now that i’m writing this, i’m wondering if Hailey Edwards did this on purpose and if she did, she’s even better a writer than I thought. There’s still some outrageously stalkerish behaviour by another male character as well as the usual overcrowding of supermen, which is typical for the genre, but there’s enough in this book to give these characters and relationships more validity than i’ve seen elsewhere. On top of that, it’s really fun, while retaining a true warmth that makes it stand out against the crowd.
An inventive and multifaceted world with serious heart and one hell of an emotional kick, this is a series that needs to be on your TBR. (But Thom is mine…)
ARC offered by publisher via Netgalley
June 10, 2019
4.5 Yay!
This series is getting better and better. I love the good Horseman that we have here and I really enjoy all the side characters as well.
The story goes on, we have again a few mysteries to solve and some things from the previous book get a proper ending. I will miss and I'll definitely miss. Basically, I'll miss .
The romantic story doesn't develop too much but frankly, I'm not really looking for that in UFs. Romance is a must, but not much has to happen to satisfy my curiosity.
I'm really excited to see what happens next and I definitely have to check out a few more books by this author.
This series is getting better and better. I love the good Horseman that we have here and I really enjoy all the side characters as well.
The story goes on, we have again a few mysteries to solve and some things from the previous book get a proper ending. I will miss and I'll definitely miss. Basically, I'll miss .
The romantic story doesn't develop too much but frankly, I'm not really looking for that in UFs. Romance is a must, but not much has to happen to satisfy my curiosity.
I'm really excited to see what happens next and I definitely have to check out a few more books by this author.
August 21, 2018
This book wasn’t as exciting as the first, it this was hardly surprising as it dealt really with the fallout from Bayou Born. It’s a complex world that Edwards has built and I was personally grateful to consolidate, clarify and integrate the knowledge from the first book which was really *out there*. Luce has had a really bad time in this book. Her whole world view has spun on a dime and her life and world has been turned upside down. It was touching to see how she bonded with her coterie and how she was able to deal with all he adversity. It was heartbreaking how her relationship with Rixton has faltered too. Luce is a character you can really get behind and I’m looking forward to her and Cole exploring how they can relate to each other.
This book has answered a few of my questions generated in Bayou Born but now I have many more!
This book has answered a few of my questions generated in Bayou Born but now I have many more!
August 15, 2018
One day I will learn how to savor a good book like a fine glass of wine. One day, but not today.
I inhaled this book with the fervor of one finding oxygen on a dying planet. It took me a few chapters to remember everything that was going on, but once I got my bearings, it was all systems go. And it was over far too quickly.
As the story begins, the clock is ticking on Luce’s days with the police force. At the end of the last book, she was forced into an agreement to go work for the demon task force of the National Security Branch of the FBI. She is a woman of her word, but it’s breaking her heart to walk away from her partner and the life she’s worked so hard to build. Before she turns in her badge, though, she’s got one more assignment–and it’s a tough one– a string of deadly arsons with no apparent common thread. She must work to figure out what’s behind them, all while juggling her sick father, her complicated relationship with her coterie, and her feelings for Cole. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the looming threat of an attack by her sisters War and Famine.
The mystery is good and the big picture stuff is interesting, but it’s the dynamic between Luce and her coterie that makes this book so fabulous. I barely know where to begin. The thing with Mitchell, where he needs her to keep him in check. The easy, gentle friendship with Thom. Maggie–who is now sharing a body with Portia. And of course, Cole. Wow, this slow burn romance has me so wrapped around its finger. There is such a deep connection between Luce and Cole, but they’re both fighting it so hard. And the way she denies herself to give him his freedom gives me all the feels. He sees it; he knows it… and I’m telling you… one day it will be what makes him fall at her feet.
Luce’s new partner, Wu, fascinates me. He’s a man of so many secrets. And though Cole is and always will be the main man of the series, Wu has something undeniably charismatic going on. If the Epilogue is any indication, his backstory is going to be a game-changer.
I didn’t see any of the surprises coming, which was awesome, because I was never bored, even for one second. This is what urban fantasy should be: fresh, engaging, heart-pounding, and with just enough romance and longing to keep me up, thinking about it days later. It was every bit as good as I hoped it would be, and I am already desperate to read what happens next.
(P.S. This is not a standalone. Be sure to read Bayou Born first!)
Rating: A
*ARC provided by publisher
I inhaled this book with the fervor of one finding oxygen on a dying planet. It took me a few chapters to remember everything that was going on, but once I got my bearings, it was all systems go. And it was over far too quickly.
As the story begins, the clock is ticking on Luce’s days with the police force. At the end of the last book, she was forced into an agreement to go work for the demon task force of the National Security Branch of the FBI. She is a woman of her word, but it’s breaking her heart to walk away from her partner and the life she’s worked so hard to build. Before she turns in her badge, though, she’s got one more assignment–and it’s a tough one– a string of deadly arsons with no apparent common thread. She must work to figure out what’s behind them, all while juggling her sick father, her complicated relationship with her coterie, and her feelings for Cole. Oh yeah, and let’s not forget the looming threat of an attack by her sisters War and Famine.
The mystery is good and the big picture stuff is interesting, but it’s the dynamic between Luce and her coterie that makes this book so fabulous. I barely know where to begin. The thing with Mitchell, where he needs her to keep him in check. The easy, gentle friendship with Thom. Maggie–who is now sharing a body with Portia. And of course, Cole. Wow, this slow burn romance has me so wrapped around its finger. There is such a deep connection between Luce and Cole, but they’re both fighting it so hard. And the way she denies herself to give him his freedom gives me all the feels. He sees it; he knows it… and I’m telling you… one day it will be what makes him fall at her feet.
Luce’s new partner, Wu, fascinates me. He’s a man of so many secrets. And though Cole is and always will be the main man of the series, Wu has something undeniably charismatic going on. If the Epilogue is any indication, his backstory is going to be a game-changer.
I didn’t see any of the surprises coming, which was awesome, because I was never bored, even for one second. This is what urban fantasy should be: fresh, engaging, heart-pounding, and with just enough romance and longing to keep me up, thinking about it days later. It was every bit as good as I hoped it would be, and I am already desperate to read what happens next.
(P.S. This is not a standalone. Be sure to read Bayou Born first!)
Rating: A
*ARC provided by publisher
June 16, 2020
“You are nothing like what I expected, Luce Boudreau.”
“I get that a lot.” I squinted up at him, thankful for the nightlight illuminating the hallway. “One day the peer pressure is going to get to me, and I’m going to embrace my inner psychopath so I can start living up to everyone’s expectations.”
May 31, 2018
***Happy Release Day!***
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: (ebook)
ISBN: (print)
eBook release: May 31, 2018
Print release: May 31, 2018
The Foundling, Book Two
Length: Novel
I loved this book!
This is the second book in "The Foundling" series.
The first book is a must-read, as this story continues on from where the first book finishes.
The story, characters, and writing are AMAZING!
I love the world this author has created and I like where she's going with the series.
The protagonist (Luce) is a complex character.
I like her a lot, and I'm really enjoying reading her journey to discovering who and what she'll choose to be.
I also really like the secondary characters, in particular, Luce's attraction to Cole and her relationship with her coterie.
Wonderful story!
Amazing series!
I highly recommend this book!
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October 13, 2018
It took me a few chapters and some help from a friend to remember what this series was about since I had waited longer than I meant to get to read this second book of the Foundling series but once it got rolling it was like I could not sleep until I got finished with it.
Luce and her coterie roll into this story with several things going on and the upcoming move from the local police dept is not the least of it (still wondering if that is really going to be permanent) and the action once it starts just keeps on coming.
One thing a reader should be aware, this is a gritty story in many ways since it revolves around in a police setting and bad things happen to good people many times just like in real life. The story is riveting and the writing superb, the story keeps your interest and other than some sexual tension that really does not feel like part of the story (at least not yet) I could not find anything to complain about so I give it 4 1/2 stars rounded to 5.
Just a note, I give 5 Star rating few an far between but in the last couple of months I think I have given 3-4 so I have had some good books to read and this is one of them. I don't hand out 5 Star ratings like candy, this is not one of my best reviews but I stayed up late to finish this book and this is what you got LOL
Luce and her coterie roll into this story with several things going on and the upcoming move from the local police dept is not the least of it (still wondering if that is really going to be permanent) and the action once it starts just keeps on coming.
One thing a reader should be aware, this is a gritty story in many ways since it revolves around in a police setting and bad things happen to good people many times just like in real life. The story is riveting and the writing superb, the story keeps your interest and other than some sexual tension that really does not feel like part of the story (at least not yet) I could not find anything to complain about so I give it 4 1/2 stars rounded to 5.
Just a note, I give 5 Star rating few an far between but in the last couple of months I think I have given 3-4 so I have had some good books to read and this is one of them. I don't hand out 5 Star ratings like candy, this is not one of my best reviews but I stayed up late to finish this book and this is what you got LOL
June 19, 2018
I was hoping something juicy would happen. Maybe there’d be a great reveal. Ah, well.
There was too much focus on the dynamics between Luce and her coterie. I think a strong mystery to propel the plot to pick up the pacing would have been more interesting. There’s a little more character development.
There was too much focus on the dynamics between Luce and her coterie. I think a strong mystery to propel the plot to pick up the pacing would have been more interesting. There’s a little more character development.
December 27, 2019
I'm definitely digging this whole concept.
Great idea for a story.
Great idea for a story.
May 17, 2018
Full disclosure, I'm DEEPLY smitten with this series. Deeply. Like, I'm twitching for the next book already even though I just finished this one moments ago. There's something about Luce's messed up, complicated, dangerous world that works for me on so many levels.
Frankly, she's a bit of a mess and she has no idea how, exactly, she fits into the information she's learning about herself because the Luce everybody expects to see isn't the Luce they've found and IT'S COMPLICATED. In the best way. Finding out you were (and possibly still are) a powerful demon hellbent on destruction and mayhem can mess with a person's head.
Throw in the group who've bound themselves to her and the blistering attraction she has with their leader PLUS the realization that the other-her used her power to coerce and demand things that Luce is very uncomfortable with and she's floundering. She's trying, mind you, but everyone seems to need something a little different from her and it's a lot to take in.
Things happen in this book and the complicated life of Luce Boudreau gets a little more complicated. Like I said, I'm already itching for the next book because I WANT TO KNOW what's coming. I have it bad for this series and I won't even apologize for my fangirling because it's just that good.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
Frankly, she's a bit of a mess and she has no idea how, exactly, she fits into the information she's learning about herself because the Luce everybody expects to see isn't the Luce they've found and IT'S COMPLICATED. In the best way. Finding out you were (and possibly still are) a powerful demon hellbent on destruction and mayhem can mess with a person's head.
Throw in the group who've bound themselves to her and the blistering attraction she has with their leader PLUS the realization that the other-her used her power to coerce and demand things that Luce is very uncomfortable with and she's floundering. She's trying, mind you, but everyone seems to need something a little different from her and it's a lot to take in.
Things happen in this book and the complicated life of Luce Boudreau gets a little more complicated. Like I said, I'm already itching for the next book because I WANT TO KNOW what's coming. I have it bad for this series and I won't even apologize for my fangirling because it's just that good.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
October 15, 2018
*Source* Amazon
*Genre* Urban Fantasy
*Rating* 3.5
*Thoughts*
Bone Driven is the second installment in author Hailey Edwards' Foundling series. Picking up shortly after the ending of Bayou Born, Luce Boudreau has only a few weeks left as a Canton Police Officer after agreeing to join the National Security Branch of the FBI. In a strange way, Luce is stuck between two worlds; the world where she worked her ass off in order to become a decent police officer despite all the rumors, innuendos, and secrecy of her origins, and her real identity as one of the four horsewomen (since they are all women) of the apocalypse.
*Full Review @ Gizmos Reviews*
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*Genre* Urban Fantasy
*Rating* 3.5
*Thoughts*
Bone Driven is the second installment in author Hailey Edwards' Foundling series. Picking up shortly after the ending of Bayou Born, Luce Boudreau has only a few weeks left as a Canton Police Officer after agreeing to join the National Security Branch of the FBI. In a strange way, Luce is stuck between two worlds; the world where she worked her ass off in order to become a decent police officer despite all the rumors, innuendos, and secrecy of her origins, and her real identity as one of the four horsewomen (since they are all women) of the apocalypse.
*Full Review @ Gizmos Reviews*
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May 26, 2021
4 stars
June 5, 2018
Hm nothing really happened I’m a bit let down
June 17, 2018
I am really enjoying this series and the interconnections between Luce and the Whitehorse crew and how she is coming to deal with the way that filling in the blanks in her past is throwing such a wrench into the life and family she'd made for herself. As we learn more of what is going on with the threat to the world, more interesting players with their own agendas are thrown into the mix, the result of all of the above kept me turning the pages, keeping my fingers crossed for things to turn out well for the likeable Luce and has me itching to get my hands on her next book now.
ARC via Netgalley
ARC via Netgalley
October 20, 2018
I guess I’m the odd man out on this series. While I really do like the characters and the writing flows well, there wasn’t a bit of over-all plot-progression in this story. All threads we were really interested in at the end of the last book remained virtually static. Luce is still in the dark about what to do or how to handle her “other” self. Cole is still just as distant and distrustful of Luce as he was in the first book - although there is the smallest smidgeon of softening, he was nothing more than a side-character who just showed up now and then when he had to.
The only thing this story did was strengthen the ties between Luce, Miller, Thom and Santiago. That’s it, folks.
The only thing this story did was strengthen the ties between Luce, Miller, Thom and Santiago. That’s it, folks.
June 7, 2018
Review originally posted at http://fictionvixen.com/review-bone-d...
The second book in Hailey Edwards Foundling series picks up right where the first book, Bayou Born, left readers hanging. Luce has just discovered who she is and where she comes from, and most importantly, who the mysterious men of White Horse security are to her. It’s a terrible revelation for a woman who has always felt different, but has made a comfortable home with her adoptive father and close group of friends and has a career that is quite important to her. Finding out you are literally a demon come to conquer the world is a bit messy, but Luce is determined to hold on to herself and not let her alter ego, Conquest, take over. Cleaning up the mess her sister, War, made of her home and her life will take some time. She also has to figure out a way to let her partner Rixton in on the fact that she is leaving the police force, and him, behind. In the midst of all this she and Rixton are called out to investigate a series of fires at several different locations. There seem to be some similarities and Luce is determined to find out if her murderous family members are responsible.
Bone Driven is exactly what I expected in some ways, and completely fresh in others. While the first book set up the world-building and introduced readers to Luce and all the secondary characters that surround her, it wasn’t until the very end that the many, many loose plot threads started to weave together and reveal Luce’s background and identity. I was surprised and excited and couldn’t wait to find out more. The second book feels like more a of bridge between Luce’s life before and the one she is about to embark upon with her Coterie and the NSB. She is still processing the information of who she was before, and trying to rationalize that with who she knows herself to be. She’s loving, and feels deeply for her chosen family and friends. She is a loyal and protective. Luce struggles with connecting with the men who have come over with her as Conquest, but who also hope she will stay Luce. She is just starting to understand what her relationship with Thom, Santiago, Miller, and even Cole, means to each man. There is a lot of painful history between each of them, but she hopes to reestablish herself with them as a friend and protector.
All through out this book Luce has to hide her newfound identity from the members of her old life. Her dad, Rixton, Nancy and Harold can’t know that of Luce’s demon side and that, Adam Wu, the man she’s suddenly hanging around with is actually her new partner. Ms. Edwards continues to develop her characters, dropping hints of their backstory and letting their relationships change and grow. Luce slowly starts to accept that her life is changing, and that she needs to embrace her new associations in order to keep her loved ones safe.
Luce and Cole’s relationship is steadily evolving and I have hope that they will one day get to a place where they can be together. I know that Luce as Conquest was an evil being who did horrible things, but I think she is establishing that she is not the same person that she was before.
Adam Wu is an enigma, and his connection to the mysterious Ezra, revealed at the very end of the book, has me excited for what is coming up next. I’m sure that book three will jump right into the next chapter in Luce’s life and her association with what amounts to the supernatural FBI. I can’t wait. Final Grade- B
Favorite Quote:
The second book in Hailey Edwards Foundling series picks up right where the first book, Bayou Born, left readers hanging. Luce has just discovered who she is and where she comes from, and most importantly, who the mysterious men of White Horse security are to her. It’s a terrible revelation for a woman who has always felt different, but has made a comfortable home with her adoptive father and close group of friends and has a career that is quite important to her. Finding out you are literally a demon come to conquer the world is a bit messy, but Luce is determined to hold on to herself and not let her alter ego, Conquest, take over. Cleaning up the mess her sister, War, made of her home and her life will take some time. She also has to figure out a way to let her partner Rixton in on the fact that she is leaving the police force, and him, behind. In the midst of all this she and Rixton are called out to investigate a series of fires at several different locations. There seem to be some similarities and Luce is determined to find out if her murderous family members are responsible.
Bone Driven is exactly what I expected in some ways, and completely fresh in others. While the first book set up the world-building and introduced readers to Luce and all the secondary characters that surround her, it wasn’t until the very end that the many, many loose plot threads started to weave together and reveal Luce’s background and identity. I was surprised and excited and couldn’t wait to find out more. The second book feels like more a of bridge between Luce’s life before and the one she is about to embark upon with her Coterie and the NSB. She is still processing the information of who she was before, and trying to rationalize that with who she knows herself to be. She’s loving, and feels deeply for her chosen family and friends. She is a loyal and protective. Luce struggles with connecting with the men who have come over with her as Conquest, but who also hope she will stay Luce. She is just starting to understand what her relationship with Thom, Santiago, Miller, and even Cole, means to each man. There is a lot of painful history between each of them, but she hopes to reestablish herself with them as a friend and protector.
All through out this book Luce has to hide her newfound identity from the members of her old life. Her dad, Rixton, Nancy and Harold can’t know that of Luce’s demon side and that, Adam Wu, the man she’s suddenly hanging around with is actually her new partner. Ms. Edwards continues to develop her characters, dropping hints of their backstory and letting their relationships change and grow. Luce slowly starts to accept that her life is changing, and that she needs to embrace her new associations in order to keep her loved ones safe.
Luce and Cole’s relationship is steadily evolving and I have hope that they will one day get to a place where they can be together. I know that Luce as Conquest was an evil being who did horrible things, but I think she is establishing that she is not the same person that she was before.
Adam Wu is an enigma, and his connection to the mysterious Ezra, revealed at the very end of the book, has me excited for what is coming up next. I’m sure that book three will jump right into the next chapter in Luce’s life and her association with what amounts to the supernatural FBI. I can’t wait. Final Grade- B
Favorite Quote:
The two halves of me kept brushing up against each other these days, and the friction was brutal.
May 22, 2018
Bone Driven takes Luce, the gang (coterie and Rixton), and her new NSB partner deep into a case of murder and mayhem as fires start taking lives, and they need to figure out whether Conquest and War were the only sisters who made it through to Earth.
Edwards crafts some masterful character development, revealing layers to each of her characters as she builds up the mystery even more.
In the midst of all of the mayhem, Luce has to figure out what role she plays in her own coterie. Despite others telling her (over and over) that deep inside she's Conquest, she recognizes herself as Luce Boudreau. How can she be who the coterie needs her to be when she's having trouble reconciling this past self? As her world literally starts to burn around her, Edwards pushes Luce closer to the unavoidable question- how can she take Conquest's strength and cold skills without falling over the edge and losing herself altogether?
I'm loving Luce the more I read about her. She's driven, caring, loyal, and conflicted, which shows her character all the more. She's been dealt this crazy, enormous power that she doesn't even know how to access, and her utmost concern is just how to do right by everyone around her.
Miller, Thom, Cole, and even Santiago are fabulous. Miller and Thom have an easy companionship with Luce, a warm bond that comforts her and pushes her to start changing her perspective. When dealing with demons, you can't keep looking at the world through a human lens.
Cole is still complicated, but we get to see some of his broken pieces become a little less jagged. Edwards continues to feed us tiny morsels about why he's having such a hard time letting down his guard to connect with Luce. With each little snippet, the bond between them continues to develop, and I'm rooting so hard (yes, I know it's naive) that they'll get through all of this without much further trauma.
Even Santiago, the most ornery of the bunch, has the chance to grow on you. Even though he's still a bit of a jerk, Luce (and us) become more familiar with the subtext that's so essential to understanding him. Honestly, he's a snarky ass, but he's our snarky ass, and I kind of love him a bit.
Although some of the development is slow, it's realistic. Remember, the boys have been waiting for Luce for years, and they've prepared themselves to see the old face of Conquest. It's not just Luce's worldview that's been completely flipped around. Can the coterie dare to dream that they'll get to keep Luce?
By the way, enter Adam Wu, Luce's new partner with the NSB. Wu is enigmatic & charismatic, and I found myself liking him even though my initial instinct was to hate this interloper who was daring to take Rixton's place. He's full of mysteries, and his connection to Ezra promises that we're going to have plenty of drama coming with the third book.
Overall, I loved Bone Driven. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be; when the first book ended, I thought we might jump right into her NSB training/screening. However, since it takes place only about a week after the conclusion of the first book, we're still in this whole period where Luce hasn't fully moved onto the NSB.
Sure, they need to solve the mystery of these fires, but I think the most important part about the plot is how it moves the characters' relationships and Luce's understanding of herself. There are triumphant moments, laugh-out-loud moments, and some moments that are going to break your heart. Edwards takes us exactly where we need to be, and I have no idea how I'm going to wait until the third book.
Edwards crafts some masterful character development, revealing layers to each of her characters as she builds up the mystery even more.
In the midst of all of the mayhem, Luce has to figure out what role she plays in her own coterie. Despite others telling her (over and over) that deep inside she's Conquest, she recognizes herself as Luce Boudreau. How can she be who the coterie needs her to be when she's having trouble reconciling this past self? As her world literally starts to burn around her, Edwards pushes Luce closer to the unavoidable question- how can she take Conquest's strength and cold skills without falling over the edge and losing herself altogether?
I'm loving Luce the more I read about her. She's driven, caring, loyal, and conflicted, which shows her character all the more. She's been dealt this crazy, enormous power that she doesn't even know how to access, and her utmost concern is just how to do right by everyone around her.
Miller, Thom, Cole, and even Santiago are fabulous. Miller and Thom have an easy companionship with Luce, a warm bond that comforts her and pushes her to start changing her perspective. When dealing with demons, you can't keep looking at the world through a human lens.
Cole is still complicated, but we get to see some of his broken pieces become a little less jagged. Edwards continues to feed us tiny morsels about why he's having such a hard time letting down his guard to connect with Luce. With each little snippet, the bond between them continues to develop, and I'm rooting so hard (yes, I know it's naive) that they'll get through all of this without much further trauma.
Even Santiago, the most ornery of the bunch, has the chance to grow on you. Even though he's still a bit of a jerk, Luce (and us) become more familiar with the subtext that's so essential to understanding him. Honestly, he's a snarky ass, but he's our snarky ass, and I kind of love him a bit.
Although some of the development is slow, it's realistic. Remember, the boys have been waiting for Luce for years, and they've prepared themselves to see the old face of Conquest. It's not just Luce's worldview that's been completely flipped around. Can the coterie dare to dream that they'll get to keep Luce?
By the way, enter Adam Wu, Luce's new partner with the NSB. Wu is enigmatic & charismatic, and I found myself liking him even though my initial instinct was to hate this interloper who was daring to take Rixton's place. He's full of mysteries, and his connection to Ezra promises that we're going to have plenty of drama coming with the third book.
Overall, I loved Bone Driven. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be; when the first book ended, I thought we might jump right into her NSB training/screening. However, since it takes place only about a week after the conclusion of the first book, we're still in this whole period where Luce hasn't fully moved onto the NSB.
Sure, they need to solve the mystery of these fires, but I think the most important part about the plot is how it moves the characters' relationships and Luce's understanding of herself. There are triumphant moments, laugh-out-loud moments, and some moments that are going to break your heart. Edwards takes us exactly where we need to be, and I have no idea how I'm going to wait until the third book.
May 31, 2018
My ARC didn’t have a ‘previously on Foundling’ introduction and I really wish it had, because sooo much happened and I had forgotten so many of the plot twists.
Anyhoo, Luce Boudreau lives in Canton Town, Mississippi. She was found in the swamp 15 years ago as a child, with no recollection of how she got there or her name. In the first book – spoiler alert – she found out that she was actually Conquest, a Charon from another dimension, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse but her breaking through the dimension somehow affected her memory. After 15 years of living in Mississippi Luce feels human, albeit she struggles to allow others to touch her and she fails to recognise her own face in the mirror. She has an old rotary phone in her bedroom and once a year, on her birthday, a mysterious man called Ezra calls her.
At the end of the first book there is an epic showdown with her sister War, who has also broken through the dimension, in which Luce’s human father witnesses more than he should and has his mind wiped, her BFF Maggie is mortally wounded and Luce makes the decision to ask a skin-walker to merge with Maggie to save her life, Luce finds she ‘owns’ a coterie of Charon with various shape-shifting abilities who all loathe Conquest for enslaving them and killing their friends/ family etc but are starting to like Luce a little bit. Luce also has a soft spot for one of her coterie, Cole, a dragon-like shape-shifter, unfortunately Conquest has treated him as little more than a sex slave and he is conflicted as far as Luce is concerned. Oh, and a shadowy subset of the FBI, called the NSB, has recruited Luce to hunt Charon and sterilise them.
This book opens shortly after the last book ended, Luce has two weeks before she needs to leave the Canton Town PD and join the NSB, her father is still in a zombie-like state, her BFF has gone missing to bond with the Charon who now shares her body, her coterie are still conflicted and War is on the loose. All she can do is watch and wait for Famine and Death to make an appearance and try to either neutralise them or persuade them not to colonise/ enslave the Earth.
In her dual role as Charon hunter and police officer Luce is simultaneously investigating a series of horrific murder/ suicides by fire and a Charon who is killing and mummifying small household pets, whilst also looking after her father, rebuilding their home which was destroyed in the battle with War, and looking for Famine. Oh, and she needs to break the news to her old partner and get used to her new NSB partner, Adam Wu, who is also not what he seems.
This is a great book which solidifies the world-building from the first book, Luce is still blundering about in the dark with regards to Conquest’s abilities which she cannot control/ use but she is starting to draw her own personal lines in the sand, her mantra, her code of ethics which sets her apart from most Charon. It’s clever, intriguing, confusing, grisly, scary, sexy and gross all at once and all the time. It was so good I want to go back and reread both books again just so I can spot the clever clues hidden in plain sight!
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Bumped for release.
Anyhoo, Luce Boudreau lives in Canton Town, Mississippi. She was found in the swamp 15 years ago as a child, with no recollection of how she got there or her name. In the first book – spoiler alert – she found out that she was actually Conquest, a Charon from another dimension, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse but her breaking through the dimension somehow affected her memory. After 15 years of living in Mississippi Luce feels human, albeit she struggles to allow others to touch her and she fails to recognise her own face in the mirror. She has an old rotary phone in her bedroom and once a year, on her birthday, a mysterious man called Ezra calls her.
At the end of the first book there is an epic showdown with her sister War, who has also broken through the dimension, in which Luce’s human father witnesses more than he should and has his mind wiped, her BFF Maggie is mortally wounded and Luce makes the decision to ask a skin-walker to merge with Maggie to save her life, Luce finds she ‘owns’ a coterie of Charon with various shape-shifting abilities who all loathe Conquest for enslaving them and killing their friends/ family etc but are starting to like Luce a little bit. Luce also has a soft spot for one of her coterie, Cole, a dragon-like shape-shifter, unfortunately Conquest has treated him as little more than a sex slave and he is conflicted as far as Luce is concerned. Oh, and a shadowy subset of the FBI, called the NSB, has recruited Luce to hunt Charon and sterilise them.
This book opens shortly after the last book ended, Luce has two weeks before she needs to leave the Canton Town PD and join the NSB, her father is still in a zombie-like state, her BFF has gone missing to bond with the Charon who now shares her body, her coterie are still conflicted and War is on the loose. All she can do is watch and wait for Famine and Death to make an appearance and try to either neutralise them or persuade them not to colonise/ enslave the Earth.
In her dual role as Charon hunter and police officer Luce is simultaneously investigating a series of horrific murder/ suicides by fire and a Charon who is killing and mummifying small household pets, whilst also looking after her father, rebuilding their home which was destroyed in the battle with War, and looking for Famine. Oh, and she needs to break the news to her old partner and get used to her new NSB partner, Adam Wu, who is also not what he seems.
This is a great book which solidifies the world-building from the first book, Luce is still blundering about in the dark with regards to Conquest’s abilities which she cannot control/ use but she is starting to draw her own personal lines in the sand, her mantra, her code of ethics which sets her apart from most Charon. It’s clever, intriguing, confusing, grisly, scary, sexy and gross all at once and all the time. It was so good I want to go back and reread both books again just so I can spot the clever clues hidden in plain sight!
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Bumped for release.
August 9, 2020
I like this series but I don't love it. Most of the book seemed like a rehash of the first book until the end where all kinds of crazy plot happened. The author started some dangling threads in the first book and left them dangling still in the second book. I'm hoping the third book moves everything forward. If it's another rehash I might drop the series.
July 29, 2018
Can't wait for the next one. RTC
August 23, 2019
Another great read in the series. If you know Hailey then you know the world will be layered, there will be secrets and the romance will be angsty and slow.
September 14, 2021
3.5 stars.
May 27, 2018
Bone Driven by Hailey Edwards a five-star read that will drive you to read every page until the last. This is the second book in the Foundling series and if you haven’t read the first book go get it now and read it first, if you have read it, go back and read it now, as you will get so much more out of this book if you do. The love I have for this author is no small thing, I will admit that, but I enjoyed the first book in the series, but it wasn’t my all time favourite by the author, this one seems to have undone that, I don’t know if its that now we know everyone so much deeper and are more invested in the hurt and disappointment that some of the characters face in the story, but this book made it a much stronger series. Read this book get drawn into what has to be the opposite of typical small town life, every day is filled with adventure, I’m not sure I would be strong enough to live in Canton Town, Mississippi but I will tell you this life would never be boring. Luce Boudreau would make an awesome neighbour mind, can you imagine catching up over coffee or newspapers.
June 2, 2018
Better and Better
This series gets better with every book. Hailey Edwards has knocked it out of the park with this one. I cannot wait for the next book!!
This series gets better with every book. Hailey Edwards has knocked it out of the park with this one. I cannot wait for the next book!!
June 19, 2018
3.5 stars
A summary for when the next book comes out :) :
Luce is trying to figure out what, if any, of Conquest’s powers she can access without losing her humanity. She captured sister cadre Famine and War’s daughter Sariah for Kapoor’s group. Adam Wu, who has presented himself as Luce’s partner, is hiding his identity. We know he has wings and his father is powerful. Is the father Ezra, the one who kept calling Luce on the rotary phone on her birthdays? Was he responsible for wrapping Conquest with Luce’s humanity? Luce is getting along better with her White Horse group, especially Cole (dragon) with whom she shares an attraction. Famine took over Luce’s uncle and he now is dead as is her aunt who died of heartache and cancer. Luce is estranged from old partner Ri—-because of necessary lies.
A summary for when the next book comes out :) :
Luce is trying to figure out what, if any, of Conquest’s powers she can access without losing her humanity. She captured sister cadre Famine and War’s daughter Sariah for Kapoor’s group. Adam Wu, who has presented himself as Luce’s partner, is hiding his identity. We know he has wings and his father is powerful. Is the father Ezra, the one who kept calling Luce on the rotary phone on her birthdays? Was he responsible for wrapping Conquest with Luce’s humanity? Luce is getting along better with her White Horse group, especially Cole (dragon) with whom she shares an attraction. Famine took over Luce’s uncle and he now is dead as is her aunt who died of heartache and cancer. Luce is estranged from old partner Ri—-because of necessary lies.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 2, 2018
Release Week Review! Bone Driven (Founding # 2) Hailey Edwards!
The bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning - and Luce Boudreau is smack in the middle of no-man's land . . .
Life as a cop in Canton Town, Mississippi, is never dull - particularly when hiding deep within you is a demon bent on the apocalypse. Luce is doing her best to pretend her two worlds aren't crashing into each other, but what should be a routine arson investigation takes a shocking turn when Luce discovers a link between the suspects and her own dark secrets. There's no turning back, even though her search for the truth threatens to burn her old life down around her.Lines are being drawn in a war Luce barely understands, and she just might be on the wrong side of them. Now she must embrace her powerful destiny, or the ones she loves most will pay the ultimate price.
Book Two in the powerfully addictive fantasy series The Foundling, perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Jenn Stark and Helen Harper
The second book in the Foundling series, Bone Driven is a fascinating read that draws you in and refuses to let you go.
The characters in this urban fantasy are strong, compelling and endlessly intriguing, about the time you think you have them figured out, they add something new to the mix and you have more facets of their characters that hooks into your curiosity gene and ensures that you are gonna come back for more. Luce Boudreau, the heroine of the series certainly pulls readers into the story as she some mysterious depths that appeal to readers… well I really have to be honest and say all the characters seem to be that way. There’s not a lot of romance in the book, just hints and some sizzling chemistry between Luce and of her guys but there are lots of bonds and connections that are intriguing and capture reader’s attention.
The story is fast paced as there is never a dull moment to be found and there is lots of intrigue and surprises throughout the story to keep the readers on the edge of their seats and quite a few characters also add to the suspense as you try to determine if they are friend, foe or maybe they are sheep in wolf’s clothing and going to do a total about face one day in the future. The author made it easy to imagine each and every scene as they played out and brought them along with each of the characters to vivid life, so it was easy to become caught up in all the happenings and there was no way for me to put the book down, once I began.
On a side note, I haven’t read the first book in the Foundling series yet (which I will be remedying soon) and while I had no trouble figuring things out, I feel that they should be read in sequence to have a complete understanding of this unique and fascinating world and the events that led up to this book.
Bone DrivenGoodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
The 2nd book in the Foundling series which includes:
http://haileyedwards.net/foundling/
Bayou Born #1
& #3 Death Knell (coming 12-4-18)
Bone Driven is available in print or ebook at:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2HHHEOM
B&N - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bone...
iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bone...
GPlay - https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bone...
eBooks - https://www.ebooks.com/95940562/bone-...
Little Brown - https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/d...
can be found at:
Website - http://www.haileyedwards.net/
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/authorhailey...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/HaileyEdwards
InstaGram - https://instagram.com/hailey_writes/
BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/authors/haile...
The bayou is burning, the battle is just beginning - and Luce Boudreau is smack in the middle of no-man's land . . .
Life as a cop in Canton Town, Mississippi, is never dull - particularly when hiding deep within you is a demon bent on the apocalypse. Luce is doing her best to pretend her two worlds aren't crashing into each other, but what should be a routine arson investigation takes a shocking turn when Luce discovers a link between the suspects and her own dark secrets. There's no turning back, even though her search for the truth threatens to burn her old life down around her.Lines are being drawn in a war Luce barely understands, and she just might be on the wrong side of them. Now she must embrace her powerful destiny, or the ones she loves most will pay the ultimate price.
Book Two in the powerfully addictive fantasy series The Foundling, perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews, Jenn Stark and Helen Harper
The second book in the Foundling series, Bone Driven is a fascinating read that draws you in and refuses to let you go.
The characters in this urban fantasy are strong, compelling and endlessly intriguing, about the time you think you have them figured out, they add something new to the mix and you have more facets of their characters that hooks into your curiosity gene and ensures that you are gonna come back for more. Luce Boudreau, the heroine of the series certainly pulls readers into the story as she some mysterious depths that appeal to readers… well I really have to be honest and say all the characters seem to be that way. There’s not a lot of romance in the book, just hints and some sizzling chemistry between Luce and of her guys but there are lots of bonds and connections that are intriguing and capture reader’s attention.
The story is fast paced as there is never a dull moment to be found and there is lots of intrigue and surprises throughout the story to keep the readers on the edge of their seats and quite a few characters also add to the suspense as you try to determine if they are friend, foe or maybe they are sheep in wolf’s clothing and going to do a total about face one day in the future. The author made it easy to imagine each and every scene as they played out and brought them along with each of the characters to vivid life, so it was easy to become caught up in all the happenings and there was no way for me to put the book down, once I began.
On a side note, I haven’t read the first book in the Foundling series yet (which I will be remedying soon) and while I had no trouble figuring things out, I feel that they should be read in sequence to have a complete understanding of this unique and fascinating world and the events that led up to this book.
Bone DrivenGoodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
The 2nd book in the Foundling series which includes:
http://haileyedwards.net/foundling/
Bayou Born #1
& #3 Death Knell (coming 12-4-18)
Bone Driven is available in print or ebook at:
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2HHHEOM
B&N - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bone...
iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bone...
GPlay - https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bone...
eBooks - https://www.ebooks.com/95940562/bone-...
Little Brown - https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/d...
can be found at:
Website - http://www.haileyedwards.net/
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/authorhailey...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/HaileyEdwards
InstaGram - https://instagram.com/hailey_writes/
BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/authors/haile...
June 18, 2018
Downloaded thanks to publisher of netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
Picked this one up the moment I completed Bayou Born. In most reading experiences I need a day before diving into another book. For this series so far that wasn't the case. This series so far is very character driven that is the focus while the plot is helping us learn more of the characters.
It's a paranormal set in Canton, Mississippi so it's a small town atmosphere. A place where odd things get to happen in swamps or the woods. What I love so far is the consistency of the main character as she's growing into who she is or whatever she decides she is. I struggle with reading paranormal / urban fantasy because female protagonists often have unnecessary short fuses.
This book is a segue for Luce from her human life to her demon life. She struggles with guilt and balancing her two worlds. It's noted of her guilt when leaving her dad, and aunt/uncle when she's off with the group. Then, the guilt when she is with the group and not with her dad and uncle/aunt. While she struggles with this worlds collide in a tearful and horrible way.
She's lovey-dovey with her male coterie folk but isn't so much with Portia. I can't remember specifically but I believe portia and her have a different relationship. Then, she's now possessing Luce's bestie I feel this is not only a story builder but possibly away to keep her love-dovey way only with the men?
This one is more focused on Luce on being an active character. It felt like she was more present, not just a damsel in distress. I understand that she was under the impression that she was human..and violent things happening around her. Whereas in this one she's warming up to her new reality and present.
Since I read this right after reading the first one I cannot tell if you can read this one alone. Unlike the first one thought I do believe it'd be hard to read alone without the first in the series.
The romance is present but it's still not the major aspect of things going on. She wants to be with him when she's 100% certain it's not her being the person who captured him. There is more interaction with Rixton and Sherry (Love them!!), her dad and her uncle/aunt (love them!). We don't get a lot of interaction with her father due to the problems that happened in the first book. This goes for Portia and Maggie, too.
Once more it's hinted at that Miller is a terrible demon? Looks ugly? Can't control himself in his original form? But we do not see him in this way this book. That's something later on in the story or just something that will get touched on once in awhile.
Overall there is a fun story to be had while reading this. If you're wary about paranormal/ urban fantasy think this one is a good starting place. It's how you'd imagine the genre to be..but don't see it much.
Recommend? Yes
Picked this one up the moment I completed Bayou Born. In most reading experiences I need a day before diving into another book. For this series so far that wasn't the case. This series so far is very character driven that is the focus while the plot is helping us learn more of the characters.
It's a paranormal set in Canton, Mississippi so it's a small town atmosphere. A place where odd things get to happen in swamps or the woods. What I love so far is the consistency of the main character as she's growing into who she is or whatever she decides she is. I struggle with reading paranormal / urban fantasy because female protagonists often have unnecessary short fuses.
This book is a segue for Luce from her human life to her demon life. She struggles with guilt and balancing her two worlds. It's noted of her guilt when leaving her dad, and aunt/uncle when she's off with the group. Then, the guilt when she is with the group and not with her dad and uncle/aunt. While she struggles with this worlds collide in a tearful and horrible way.
She's lovey-dovey with her male coterie folk but isn't so much with Portia. I can't remember specifically but I believe portia and her have a different relationship. Then, she's now possessing Luce's bestie I feel this is not only a story builder but possibly away to keep her love-dovey way only with the men?
This one is more focused on Luce on being an active character. It felt like she was more present, not just a damsel in distress. I understand that she was under the impression that she was human..and violent things happening around her. Whereas in this one she's warming up to her new reality and present.
Since I read this right after reading the first one I cannot tell if you can read this one alone. Unlike the first one thought I do believe it'd be hard to read alone without the first in the series.
The romance is present but it's still not the major aspect of things going on. She wants to be with him when she's 100% certain it's not her being the person who captured him. There is more interaction with Rixton and Sherry (Love them!!), her dad and her uncle/aunt (love them!). We don't get a lot of interaction with her father due to the problems that happened in the first book. This goes for Portia and Maggie, too.
Once more it's hinted at that Miller is a terrible demon? Looks ugly? Can't control himself in his original form? But we do not see him in this way this book. That's something later on in the story or just something that will get touched on once in awhile.
Overall there is a fun story to be had while reading this. If you're wary about paranormal/ urban fantasy think this one is a good starting place. It's how you'd imagine the genre to be..but don't see it much.
Recommend? Yes
April 17, 2020
I liked this less than the first book, probably because it suffers from the typical second book in a series syndrome: you have to deal with the aftermath of book 1 and set up the rest of the story for future books, so the actual story of this book suffers as a consequence.
Most of this book draaaaags until the action suddenly picks up in the last 30 pages or so. It reminds me of Harry Potter books when Voldemort was kind enough to wait until the end of each school year for a show down with Harry. I guess he still cared about the boy's education. Same here - too much time is spent on rather irrelevant tangents and on waiting around for War to strike... which she doesn't, it turns out.
I also found the twist at the end with a certain individual being possessed not entirely plausible. As unhinged as Famine is shown at the end of the book, there is NO WAY she could have played the part for so long without Luce suspecting at least something was amiss. Unless Luce is so self-absorbed that she doesn't notice people around her... which the author tries hard to show us ISN'T the case. So yeah, this particular twist would have benefited of some more foreshadowing, in my opinion.
Also, no matter now pissed off her partner is with her after the stunt she pulled in this book. He SHOULD have at least texted when everything happened in the end. Yes, she betrayed his trust, but a family tragedy like that would overweight that, if they really were the kind of friends they were depicted to be up until that point. That reaction was very out of character.
My biggest problem with this book is the budding relationship between Luce and Cole. No. Just no. Doesn't the author realize just how problematic this is? Even if Luce doesn't remember it, she is the abuser in this relationship. She is the rapist. We are glorifying an abusive relationship in which one of the parties has no choice, no freedom, no ability to say no. Cole is bound to her. He can't leave and start a new life. And if Contest ever return in all her abusive glory, he will be back to being a slave. The fact that this relationship is supposed to be romantic makes my skin crawl.
So if this relationship is end game, I have serious doubts about continuing this series... I'll give it one more book to decide.
Most of this book draaaaags until the action suddenly picks up in the last 30 pages or so. It reminds me of Harry Potter books when Voldemort was kind enough to wait until the end of each school year for a show down with Harry. I guess he still cared about the boy's education. Same here - too much time is spent on rather irrelevant tangents and on waiting around for War to strike... which she doesn't, it turns out.
I also found the twist at the end with a certain individual being possessed not entirely plausible. As unhinged as Famine is shown at the end of the book, there is NO WAY she could have played the part for so long without Luce suspecting at least something was amiss. Unless Luce is so self-absorbed that she doesn't notice people around her... which the author tries hard to show us ISN'T the case. So yeah, this particular twist would have benefited of some more foreshadowing, in my opinion.
Also, no matter now pissed off her partner is with her after the stunt she pulled in this book. He SHOULD have at least texted when everything happened in the end. Yes, she betrayed his trust, but a family tragedy like that would overweight that, if they really were the kind of friends they were depicted to be up until that point. That reaction was very out of character.
My biggest problem with this book is the budding relationship between Luce and Cole. No. Just no. Doesn't the author realize just how problematic this is? Even if Luce doesn't remember it, she is the abuser in this relationship. She is the rapist. We are glorifying an abusive relationship in which one of the parties has no choice, no freedom, no ability to say no. Cole is bound to her. He can't leave and start a new life. And if Contest ever return in all her abusive glory, he will be back to being a slave. The fact that this relationship is supposed to be romantic makes my skin crawl.
So if this relationship is end game, I have serious doubts about continuing this series... I'll give it one more book to decide.
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