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The Bone Season
The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1)
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What Members Thought

Lesa Divine
Jan 01, 2019 rated it it was ok
Shelves: i-own, 2019, read-it
Ummm....no....
6 likes ·   · see review
Nancy
Oct 17, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: on-kindle, favorites, fantasy, audiobook
Oh. My. God. What an utterly amazing book. I'm almost speechless. The sheer imagination, the detail, the world...I am honestly stunned. I have only just finished listening to this book and immediately went and checked the next book out of the library because I don't want it to end. The mastery of this novel came from the fact the author built up the story so carefully. Unlike almost many other fantasies I have read recently, at no point did I dislike Paige. Her anger was always justified, her re ...more
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Tien
Mar 19, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult, subdue-the-shelf, mm-23
I am vibrating with suspense. The tension in this book was so elastic; constantly being compressed and stretched. The push and pull between the protagonist and her master or keeper or mentor or whoever he's supposed to be give me the shakes.

Paige Mahoney's will to survive is phenomenal. So is her compassion. In some circumstance, these two instincts conflict. She's been alone for nearly all her life and as thought she'd found her family, she was taken out of that life and into something truly al ...more
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Laura
Aug 05, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: cbre, 2014
I liked this book, it kind of reminded me of some fiction stories I used to read off a fictionpress. I know it got a bit wordy, trying to explain things to me. I'm not sure if all of extra stuff was necessary though. It got annoying after a while. I also felt like I wanted more than I was given for a 400-ish paged book. I'm not sure if I want to read the next one yet. ...more
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Brenda
Jun 10, 2020 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: did-not-finish
This is so incredibly boring. I just can't bring myself to care, or even to keep reading. ...more
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Rebekah
Nov 30, 2016 rated it it was ok
Shelves: book-club, nbrc-bom-br
I found this really dull and hard to understand
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Lori Ann
Jan 09, 2014 marked it as to-read
Amber
Jan 21, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: scifi-fantasy-para
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Jan 27, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Shelves: paper-book, own, pick-it
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May 06, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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