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Bonesmith
Bonesmith | Nicki Pau Preto
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Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a disgraced ghost-fighting warrior who must journey into a haunted wasteland to rescue a kidnapped prince. Ready your blade. Defeat the undead. In the Dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost from its earthly remains. For bonesmith Wren, becoming a valkyra ghost-fighting warrioris a chance to solidify her place in the noble House of Bone and impress her frequently absent father. But when sabotage causes Wren to fail her qualifying trial, she is banished to the Border Wall, the last line of defense against a wasteland called the Breach where the vicious dead roam unchecked. Determined to reclaim her familys respect, Wren gets her chance when a House of Gold prince is kidnapped and taken beyond the Wall. To prove she has what it takes to be a valkyr, Wren vows to cross the Breach and rescue the prince. But to do so, shes forced into an uneasy alliance with one of the kidnappersa fierce ironsmith called Julian from the exiled House of Iron, the very people who caused the Breach in the first placeand the House of Bones sworn enemy. As they travel, Wren and Julian spend as much time fighting each other as they do the undead, but when they discover theres more behind the kidnapping than either of them knew, theyll need to work together to combat the real danger: a dark alliance that is brewing between the living and the undead.
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Bookish_Viking
Bonesmith | Nicki Pau Preto
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Bonesmith was fantastic and my Preto debut, went out and got more of her books after that.

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AkashaVampie
Bonesmith | Nicki Pau Preto
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Just finished this one. It was really really good. Can't wait to read Ghostsmith!!!

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Bookish_Viking
Bonesmith | Nicki Pau Preto
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Loving this book!!

I did find ONE thing I‘d consider interesting, not necessarily bad. I‘ve found this in many other things too.

Wren seems to come up with the name Iron Revenant on page 303. Then on page 358, the name Iron Revenant is used by two different characters that would have no idea Wren made the name.

One character creates a term that is suddenly widely known and used, despite there being no way it spread that quickly.

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Gryffleclaw95
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4.5/5)

“Bonesmith” is a dark fantasy that is the perfect read for October. I really enjoyed the characters and their development throughout the story, and the plot was frequently suspenseful, action-packed, and full of betrayal. I can‘t wait to read the other part of this duology when “Ghostsmith” gets released next year.