Week 14 Review: Mistress of Bones

From Goodreads:

An epic and romantic debut adventure fantasy, where a necromancer trying to resurrect her sister gets embroiled in bigger, world-ending plans instead

It's been thousands of years since the gods lifted the continents into the air so humanity could thrive, chaining the lands down with their bones and turning them into Anchor.

Azul del Arroyo doesn't care about gods or Anchor; she cares about being responsible for her sister's death and getting her bones from the capital so she can bring her back to life. Again. But in her way stands the Emissary of the Lord Death, who will do anything in his power to stop her, because a necromancer like her shouldn't exist—no matter how alluring.

As Azul and the Emissary's cat-and-mouse game leads them to the dangerous Court of Cienpuentes, their fate becomes entwined with a count who begrudgingly works for a child king, a faceless witch who transforms Anchor into dreams she can peddle, and a long-lost half-brother with a secret of his own. It's a time of enlightenment, of rapiers and scientific prowess, in a country where Anchor ceased to be something worth revering a long time ago, and people have forgotten the gods' sacrifice.

But the gods haven't. Because the gods want their bones back, and they're not opposed to becoming players in their own game.

Swashbuckling, grand, and tragically romantic, Mistress of Bones is a can't-miss debut about love, about loss, and, of course, about death.

My Review:
This was a really interesting book! The synopsis sounded really good, and the idea of this cat and mouse game between this two sounded really interesting! Getting to know these characters as they plotted and navigated others plans was so thrilling to read! 

The way that this book was told, with a lot of the chapters starting with a period of time in the past, at different lengths away, then following that character in the present, it was a bit complicated, trying to pin down the timeline down, but it was certainly entertaining.

Watching as the story built, of the different desires, and the history of these characters, how they got to this point, was just great! There were a lot of hidden motives, and we slowly got to understand them and their actions as the story progressed. 

I really hope that this becomes a series. The way things ended, with all the plot points, there's plenty left still to do, that I really want to watch happen! Like the deal that she made, or that bit with ? and her brother. Plus the opening mentions how the gods might not be happy about having given up their bones for the humans, and then it wasn't an obvious part of the story. Maybe it'll be motivations, which I really hope we see in this theoretical sequel. 

Loved reading this book, and I really hope that it becomes a series! 

Author: Maria Z. Medina
Read: April 3rd 2025
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Wednesday Books 
Expected Publication: August 5th 2025

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