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Children of Blood and Bone
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January 1, 2019
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January 31, 2019
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Magic themed group BotM for January 2019.

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What Members Thought

Michael
With all the buzz surrounding this book and since it was chosen by my real world book group, I tried to give this one a chance. In fact, I gave it multiple chances -- print and audio.

And after 25% of the book, I wasn't invested enough in any of the three rotating characters enough to keep going.

Too many tropes of the young adult genre were present for me to look past and I kept finding myself distracted by other books. When it became a feeling like I "had" to read it instead of I wanted to read
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Momruns5
Jan 19, 2019 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2019
The hype of this book just kind of killed it for me. It started well and I was interested in the different characters and the rich historical legends. But then it all just muddled together; all the characters began to seem the same and they were all so whiny. The legends and folktales didn't make any sense. Was magic passed down through lineage or just a random bestowing by the gods? I never got which one was true. For being one best YA books of the year, it just fell flat for me. Maybe listenin ...more
Julie
Feb 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Aimee
Oct 07, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 28, 2018 rated it liked it
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May 10, 2018 marked it as to-read
Denise
May 14, 2018 marked it as to-read
Lindsay
Jan 02, 2019 rated it did not like it
Shelves: 1star, ya, read-in-2019
Jacqueline
Dec 01, 2018 marked it as to-read
Erin
Dec 31, 2018 rated it it was ok
Kitty Marie
Jan 11, 2019 marked it as to-read
Daphne
Jan 14, 2019 marked it as consider-reading
Angelique
Feb 15, 2019 marked it as to-read
Melanie Knight
Aug 30, 2019 marked it as to-read
FranBoogie
May 28, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Christin
Nov 16, 2020 rated it really liked it
Valerie
Mar 07, 2021 rated it really liked it
Mimi
Jun 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
Shelves: personal-library
Sherrie
Jul 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
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Aug 01, 2021 marked it as to-read
Meera
Feb 01, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition