I wanted it to not fall prey like many fantasy series and lose steam and go nowhere. For whatever reason, I wanted this one to succeed.
(har) but it was never far from my mind, nor was it something I wanted to delete from my tbr, no matter whether negative reviews or claims of lengthy, unnecessary info-dumping invaded my feed or the review page for said book when I stalked it every once in a while.
I can’t pinpoint precisely what it was about this series that always tugged on my heartstrings With many books that I’m not sure of, I hold them back, watch…and wait. Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut. The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine and also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. It is raining the day her life changes for ever. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. 'Intelligent, inventive, dark, and engrossing enough to keep me up late to finish' – NPR.The year is 2059.
There is an exciting breadth to Shannon's world' – Evening Standard 'Had me gripped as if in a vice, keeping me hostage among the 452 pages until the end, when I was left eager for the next book – Stylist 'Dark, embattled, highly wrought fantasy' – Observer 'A rapid-fire wonder of a book' – Marie Claire The Bone Season is enough to transport even hardened sceptics of the fantasy genre into its imaginative realm' – Metro Gives the fantasy genre a refreshing lease of life. 'Truly extraordinary and thrilling' – Andy Serkis The Bone Season is a must-read' – Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Beautiful Creatures and author of Unbreakable 'A dark and exquisitely rendered fantasy unlike anything out there. in blisteringly paced plot' – New York Magazine 'Fabulous, epic fantasy thriller' – Times 'A dazzlingly witty, brainy, and bewitching tale of outrageous courage, heroic compassion, transcendent love, and the quest for freedom' – Booklist ★
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