LovedPerfectly paced, perfectly set up tensions between all these different political parties from all of these different countries and it was like so just tense the entire way through and you didn't know who you could trust.
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The Dark Mirror (2025)
Creators: Liked From New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree – the soaring fifth novel in the bestselling Bone Season series. 'A fabulous, epic fantasy thriller ... Lavish, ebullient, escapist' The Times 'Samantha Shannon is a master storyteller and wordsmith' Katherine Webber 'Blazing a trail for a new generation of feminist fantasy authors' Grazia Everything is about to change. Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals. Before she can return to London, she must help the Domino Programme unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist. And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories – Arcturus Mesarthim – might also hold the key to saving Italy. Lyrical, touching and action-packed, The Dark Mirror drives the bestselling Bone Season series forward, showing Samantha Shannon at the height of her powers.
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LikedThat said, it is a very satisfying book five in the series. There's a lot that plays out in here that tortured me, that made me feel terrible, that gave me a lot of questions, but there's equally as many things that were really good to the point that like I still I will pull up this ebook on my phone at times and just like reread certain chapters because things happened and I can't let it go.
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Samantha ShannonDiscover the underground world of Parisian rebels and spies in the fourth book of the New York Times bestselling dark fantasy series, The Bone Season.
Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and sent to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the puppet empire.
The mysterious Domino Program has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles.
As Scion widens its bounds and the free world trembles in its shadow, Paige strives to understand her bond with Arcturus, which grows stronger by the day. But there are those who know the revolution began with them-and could end with them . . .
With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and “complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching” (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.
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