"Having a sensitive heart doesn’t mean you’re weak. It takes more strength to care than it does to not care.”
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My Rating : 🌟🌟🌟 [3/5]
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The Jade Bones is the sequel to The Seventh Sun and follows our main characters, Mayana who has to make a difficult choice at the end, Prince Ahkin who has to learn to trust someone other than himself, Yemania who has to learn the difference between need and want, and Ochix who has to make sure wrath doesn't come down to destroy them all. It's a story about learning to adapt, trusting your enemies and a journey to overcome your known life for an unknown.
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First, I really liked the pov of Yemania and seeing her grow as a character gave me so much satisfaction. Ochix was a sweetheart diguised as a morally gray character, (but seriously he was a cinnamon roll). They were the chapters I was really looking forward to reading and they did not disappoint. The other characters and the way this plot was taken was something I expected but didn't expect at the same time.
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Coming to the plot and character development, I think there were certain things that made me really happy and scenes that made me smack my head for it's stubbornness. To be honest, I almost DNF'd the book twice within the first half of the book. But my curiosity won me over and I continued reading it. Mayana and Ahkin weren't utilized to their full character extent and I didn't really care for their adventure in the underworld? I don't know why, but it felt forced and the development was okay. Meanwhile, I really liked how Yemania grew as a character, and then she had to go have an instant connection with the enemy. I really didn't like that character development for the Healer. Coatl and Metzi has my absolute hate and I really can't wait how the story ends after that particular cliffhanger!! (Although that dramatic entry after a never ending gruesome adventure was funny to read about! ).

Thank you Netgalley and Favourite Pages Club for the gifted review copy, which lets me give you my unbiased opinion.
Kindle/ Netgalley/ March2021
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•{Favourite Quotes}•
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"Sometimes there are moments that define a human for the rest of their lives,” she continued thoughtfully. “This was one such moment for you. You took the loss of those lives onto your shoulders, blamed yourself for not being able to save them."
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"What is the point of life, then, if how we die is all that matters? To me, that cheapens life more than it respects death. And wouldn’t you be trying to control your own fate by controlling how you die, the way we control how we live with the rituals?"
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"We respect death and honor it, yes, but that does not mean we do not also value life."
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"His mistakes, his inability to handle his responsibilities. Everything came back to him. His shoulders that hadn’t been strong enough to hold the burden of his birthright. The shame burned far worse than the flame of any fire ."
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"Sometimes your greatest fears dissolve when you’re called on to save someone you love."
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"The world is a terrifying place. Cruel. Unforgiving. But I was a great emperor because I learned I did not have to do it alone. I had a council of those I trusted. Advisors and delegates to help me make those decisions. You should know that yourself as a soldier. You can face the fiercest battles not because you aren’t afraid, but because your brothers are by your side. They give you the courage to charge. But more than that, I felt whole in myself because I had found my true duality, and we ruled the empire together."