Even though I wasn’t completely sold on the worldbuilding, it didn’t detract much from my enjoyment of the book because of how I was invested I became with the characters. The book has e xcellent pacing and there’s never a dull moment. A lot of it comes together in the end, but there are some things I just had to suspend my disbelief for and not poke with logic. I did struggle a bit with the worldbuilding, particularly surrounding the king, magic’s presence or lack thereof, the overall mystery of the bone houses and where they came from. But they won’t be paying for your services, not so long as they think the dead will rise.” And old people tend to die more quickly than young ones. I had to put my book down for a minute to recover!
The feeling of unease and tension build, leading to a completely wild and intense last quarter of the book that had me on the edge of my seat. The words flow easily and beautifully, gloriously toeing the line of purple prose without bogging down the narrative. I was immediately drawn into the world that Lloyd-Jones carefully crafted.
The descriptions and atmosphere are fantastic. “The forest did not scare her rather, she wanted to be like it: ageless and impervious, cruel and beautiful.
It is truly a crime that more people aren’t talking about this fantasy horror with a soft relationship and truly touching sibling relationships! It’s a weird feeling writing a full review six months after reading a book, but trust me when I say that The Bone Houses is a memorable read that’s stuck with me long after finishing it. Goodreads Buy Indie Amazon B&N Book Depository My Review of The Bone Houses This post uses affiliate links and I may receive a small commission for purchases made through my links at no additional cost to you. Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a journey that will take them deep into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and the long-hidden truths about themselves. What is it that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they be stopped for good? When Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker with a mysterious past, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with new ferocity. The risen corpses are known as “bone houses,” and legend says that they’re the result of a decades-old curse. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don’t always stay dead. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. Seventeen-year-old Aderyn (“Ryn”) only cares about two things: her family, and her family’s graveyard.
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