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chronicallybookish 's review for:
The Bone Spindle
by Leslie Vedder
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Quick Stats
Age Rating: 13+
Over All: 4 stars
Plot: 4/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Special thanks to Penguin Teen and NetGalley for an eARC of this book! All thoughts and opinions reflected in this review are my own.
A sleeping beauty retelling! I had high hopes for this book, and it definitely met my expectations!
Fi and Shade begrudgingly join forces on a quick treasure hunting mission that leads to Fi being tangled up in a century-old folk lore curse, and Shade is dragged along with her.
Briar Rose has been stuck in an enchanted sleep, and Fi is his only chance at waking up.
I was very curious how this would play out, because all I knew was genderbent, sapphic, and sleeping beauty. I made the assumption that Fi and Shade would be romantically involved, but that’s not the case. Each girl has their own love interest, Fi’s is Briar, and Shade’s is a girl that you’ll have to read the book to meet.
So one of two pairings is wlw.
Neither couple had any chemistry. I didn’t care if they got together. There were no moments where I was dying for a kiss, and the kisses that were there didn’t make me feel anything. I didn’t think they were bad together, but I just didn’t feel anything.
Which is fine, the plot and the story and the characters themselves more than made up for it, there was just so much emphasis on romance in the book that it was disappointing that I couldn’t get into that aspect of the story.
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever read a Sleeping Beauty retelling before, but I really enjoyed this one. I was curious how it might work since when 1/2 of the main people involved in this curse is asleep—like how is Fi supposed to get motivated to save some guy she’s never met who’s been asleep for 100 years and she can’t interact with? But because of the curse, Briar can appear to Fi and interact with him, and even touch him at times. Honestly the magic of that didn’t exactly make sense in regards to the rules of the magic system we’re told in the book, but oh well.
Despite my inability to feel engaged in Briar and Fi’s romance, I was fully engaged in cheering her on to save him. I adored every character, and aside from romance, I really connected to them. I wanted the mission to succeed and I was fully drawn in to the plot.
Don’t go into this book expecting much in the romance department, but definitely read it for the strong female leads and friendship, an amazing plot, interesting magic systems, and an enticing plot.
Age Rating: 13+
Over All: 4 stars
Plot: 4/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Setting: 4/5
Writing: 4/5
Special thanks to Penguin Teen and NetGalley for an eARC of this book! All thoughts and opinions reflected in this review are my own.
A sleeping beauty retelling! I had high hopes for this book, and it definitely met my expectations!
Fi and Shade begrudgingly join forces on a quick treasure hunting mission that leads to Fi being tangled up in a century-old folk lore curse, and Shade is dragged along with her.
Briar Rose has been stuck in an enchanted sleep, and Fi is his only chance at waking up.
I was very curious how this would play out, because all I knew was genderbent, sapphic, and sleeping beauty. I made the assumption that Fi and Shade would be romantically involved, but that’s not the case. Each girl has their own love interest, Fi’s is Briar, and Shade’s is a girl that you’ll have to read the book to meet.
So one of two pairings is wlw.
Neither couple had any chemistry. I didn’t care if they got together. There were no moments where I was dying for a kiss, and the kisses that were there didn’t make me feel anything. I didn’t think they were bad together, but I just didn’t feel anything.
Which is fine, the plot and the story and the characters themselves more than made up for it, there was just so much emphasis on romance in the book that it was disappointing that I couldn’t get into that aspect of the story.
I honestly don’t think I’ve ever read a Sleeping Beauty retelling before, but I really enjoyed this one. I was curious how it might work since when 1/2 of the main people involved in this curse is asleep—like how is Fi supposed to get motivated to save some guy she’s never met who’s been asleep for 100 years and she can’t interact with? But because of the curse, Briar can appear to Fi and interact with him, and even touch him at times. Honestly the magic of that didn’t exactly make sense in regards to the rules of the magic system we’re told in the book, but oh well.
Despite my inability to feel engaged in Briar and Fi’s romance, I was fully engaged in cheering her on to save him. I adored every character, and aside from romance, I really connected to them. I wanted the mission to succeed and I was fully drawn in to the plot.
Don’t go into this book expecting much in the romance department, but definitely read it for the strong female leads and friendship, an amazing plot, interesting magic systems, and an enticing plot.