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Not Even Bones
by Rebecca Schaeffer
Disclaimer: I bought this book because my friend @chaelcodes recommended it to me. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: Not Even Bones
Author: Rebecca Schaeffer
Book Series: Market of Monsters Book 1
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: Main character is at least half Latina
Recommended For…: those who want monsters and autopsies
Publication Date: September 4, 2018
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 17+ (animal abuse and death TW, parental abuse tw, human trafficking tw, child brothels mention tw, violence, gore, mutilation, cutting up dead bodies)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
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Synopsis: Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed.
Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” But when her mom brings home a live specimen, Nita decides she wants out — dissecting living people is a step too far.
But when she tries to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold on the black market in his place — because Nita herself is a supernatural being. Now Nita is on the other side of the bars, and there is no line she won’t cross to escape and make sure no one can ever capture her again.
Nita did a good deed, and it cost her everything. Now she’s going to do a lot of bad deeds to get it all back.
Review: This book was a wild ride! I loved the dark and gritty take on monsters and human…. Err Monster trafficking. The book was well written and the plot did not disappoint me at any turn. The book had great character development and world building as well. While the book topics were very dark and sometimes very sad, the book did well to balance the book with humor at times and to be sensitive to sensitive topics, such as trafficking, genocide, and “racism” in the context of monsters versus humans.
The only down part I had about the book is that the author did tend to reuse the same scenery and I wished she expanded on the world a bit more. I wished to see more of the world and to see a more fair look at the South American countries as well.
Verdict: A well done book!
Book: Not Even Bones
Author: Rebecca Schaeffer
Book Series: Market of Monsters Book 1
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: Main character is at least half Latina
Recommended For…: those who want monsters and autopsies
Publication Date: September 4, 2018
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 17+ (animal abuse and death TW, parental abuse tw, human trafficking tw, child brothels mention tw, violence, gore, mutilation, cutting up dead bodies)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Amazon Link
Synopsis: Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed.
Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” But when her mom brings home a live specimen, Nita decides she wants out — dissecting living people is a step too far.
But when she tries to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold on the black market in his place — because Nita herself is a supernatural being. Now Nita is on the other side of the bars, and there is no line she won’t cross to escape and make sure no one can ever capture her again.
Nita did a good deed, and it cost her everything. Now she’s going to do a lot of bad deeds to get it all back.
Review: This book was a wild ride! I loved the dark and gritty take on monsters and human…. Err Monster trafficking. The book was well written and the plot did not disappoint me at any turn. The book had great character development and world building as well. While the book topics were very dark and sometimes very sad, the book did well to balance the book with humor at times and to be sensitive to sensitive topics, such as trafficking, genocide, and “racism” in the context of monsters versus humans.
The only down part I had about the book is that the author did tend to reuse the same scenery and I wished she expanded on the world a bit more. I wished to see more of the world and to see a more fair look at the South American countries as well.
Verdict: A well done book!