The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
My Rating: 5 stars!
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: August 20th, 2013
Received: Thrift store find (some of the best luck I have ever had perfect unused condition too!)
Purchase: Book Depository
Enter the world of Paige Mahoney, a gifted clairvoyant, a “dreamwalker”, in the year 2059. Her natural talents are considered treasonous under the current regime. Snatched away to a secret prison, she encounters another race, the Rephaim, creatures who wish to control the powers of Paige and those like her. One in particular will be assigned as her keeper, her trainer. But his motives are mysterious. To regain her freedom, Paige must learn to trust, in the prison where she is meant to die.
Musings:
I loved this book! It is everything I could have ever wanted it to be and so much more! This book was one that I waited so long to finally get and read and I am so estatic that I could finally have it in my hands.
I honestly don’t have the words to describe why I love this book so much. The characters, the description, the setting, the conflict, everything, was so good to me. So much action took place in this novel and it took me on a journey that immersed since page one.
Paige is such an awesome character to follow. She is a true leader, and she is someone I wish I could be. I loved learning about her with the dreams of her past and I loved how much you see the growth in her throughout the pages. It was all so well done!
I also love the fact that the idea of being free for a clairvoyant is so different from the idea of freedom in America. The whole clairvoyant system is so interesting to me! I was geeking out over it every single moment a new type of clairvoyant appeared and then the rephium and their relationship with Scion and all those political details made me really estatic.
I could go on and on about the details I loved from this book but because this is a mini review I’m just gonna stop here.
*eternally fangirling over this book*
Please let me know if you’ve read this book in the comments! I’m just dying to form some more coherent thoughts on this book and I’d love to speak with you about it! Thanks for reading!
-Till next time!
I read this a really long time ago, when it just came out, but it seems to be suddenly getting a lot of great reviews haha.
I loved the world too! The setting of London and banning of clairvoyance was so cool. Paige was such an awesome lead 😀
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Yeah I feel like I am a bit late to the party, but it was just so good! I can’t wait to read the mime order.
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Weirdly enough, though I loved this book, I never picked up the sequel. Because of all the stellar reviews it’s been getting lately, think I might reread and marathon the first two books and wait for the third one to come out this year 😀
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I don’t have the sequel yet either, but I hope to find it soon! It seems like this is going to be quite a long series and I hope I am able to stick along for the whole ride!
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I’ve been meaning to read this book for ages!! So glad to hear you liked it 😀
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It is so good! I wish I could have laid out my thoughts better, they were all over the place!
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No, it was a great review!! 😀
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Aww thank you! That makes me feel better about it. I’m so used to going more in depth that this felt not as good for me, especially because I loved the book so much. This makes me feel a whole lot better about it, thank you!
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I love this book so much and second book is just as good. The third book has just been released and I can’t wait to get to it.
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I can’t wait to read the second and third books! It’s all so exciting, The Bone Season just seems like such an amazing series already!
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It really does. I’m excited to see how this series will gradually unfold because it is meant to be comprised of 7 books.
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Yes! Such a long series will be amazing to follow along with. I have a feeling it’s going to be a roller coaster of a ride.
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Adore this book. Soon gunna reread it so I can head straight into the mime order then onto the song rising 🙈🙈 so excited to see where the series goes!
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Me too! I hope we both get copies of both very soon! 😊
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I haven’t read this book yet, but it is on my TBR. I will probably get to it this year, hopefully. I’m glad that you enjoyed it this much 😊
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I think you will really enjoy it. It is such a cool book to read! 😊📚
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Awesome review Tiana! I loved both The Bone Season and Mime Order! I’m planning on buying Song Rising at the end of the month.💁🏻
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That’s awesome! I am really interested in reading the next two and I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts!
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Love it when you get a near perfect book at a charity shop!
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So true! It actually happens more often then you would think. I’m in love with thrift store book shopping!
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I’m so glad you loved it. I picked it up on a whim a couple of years ago and have read it probably 6 times since then. The second one in the series, The Mime Order, is also good but not quite The Bone Season level. I just started the third one, The Song Rising, that was released last week and it is fantastic. I love the world and characters that Samantha Shannon created.
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That sounds amazing! I so look forward to the next books in the series. It all sounds so awesome!
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I’m on book two right now! Have you finished book three already?
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No sadly, I’ve only read the first one and I don’t own the other two. As much as I want to read them to continue them, it will be a little while. 🙃😊
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You should see if your library has them 🙂 I borrowed book two until I bought my own copy
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My library probably does, but I don’t really use my library because I have too many of my own books that I haven’t read yet, plus I never finish by the due date and it becomes a vicious cycle. It’s a weird think to hear from someone who loves books so much, but it just doesn’t work for whatever reason. 😭
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I just finished it yesterday afternoon. I have to say it is my favorite of the three so far.
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Glad to hear it, I am anxiously awaiting the rest of this series! I’m so excited! 🤗
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I really want to read this book some day. It sounds amazing 😀
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I hope you do! It is well worth the read.
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This book sounds so amazing! I keep seeing it everywhere and nothing but rave reviews, but I haven’t previously heard much of anything of what it’s about. I definitely need to pick this one up!
-Amy
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That’s awesome! I hope you love it as much as I did! It is truly an enjoyable read.
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I hope so too! I’m glad to hear it. 🙂
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This gives all the feels! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Did you use the glossary while reading it? If so, did it help? I liked that she included it. The beginning was kinda scary with what happens to her
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I didn’t use the glossary… for some reason I didn’t know about it until the end and by then I knew more or less what was what. It didn’t take away from the reading experience though. I’m definitely keeping the glossary in mind for book 2.
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Oh good. I know people complained that there is a glossary, but I don’t get that complaint. Author is bein a friend and helpin you lol 🙂 It does help to remind you if you forget what a certain clairvoyant does. Can’t wait to see what you think of book two when you read it!
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Me too! I hope I get to read it soon!
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