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The Bone Season (2013)
Others: Mixed In the mid-21st century, major world cities are controlled by a formidable security force, and clairvoyant underworld cell member Paige commits acts of psychic treason before being captured by an otherworldly race that would make her a part of their supernatural army.
- ISBN:
- 9781620401392
- Length:
- 466 pages
Genres: fantasy
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Not a fan
Not a fanI would give it the dubious honor of being the most boring thing that I read this year
Loved iti remember nothing except for the fact that i gave it four stars so apparently i loved it but i don't remember anything
Mixedthe bone season i like but i still don't feel like i like as much as everyone else i'm gonna put this at the back of great
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Not a fanI feel like it's kind of more bad tier because I don't remember it at all and it doesn't stand out to me and that just to me like I could not tell you what that book is about to be honest.
Loved itI devoured the bone season in the B order in like a week and here we are Paige is such a great heroine the main thing that I love about her is that her decisions make sense
Loved itI was completely absorbed in the story and the characters I love everything about this book is just like pure perfection
Loved itthis is a all-out fantasy series not high fantasy but kind of an alternate Earth set in London where lots and lots of people have super powers but it is illegal and there is this whole subculture to do with it and the main character has the ability to it's hard to explain she can kind of see auras and ghosts and it's a really complicated world that takes a while to get into but it's so worth it because it's so well imagined and such a great story