The relationship development between Jovis and Mephis was one of my favorite parts of the book; I have always been a fan of animal companion in SFF or any kind of story, and I feel that Stewart has done a terrific job in building their relationship. Jovis initially declines the offer, but Ramani says she knows something about a ship with blue sails, which Jovis knows is the ship that took his wife. After losing her memories, her father has never deemed her worthy enough to start learning bone shard magic. Also, Sand loses a bone shard that shakes her into awareness, but the rest of them don’t, yet maintain the awareness. This conflict of Phalue being the governor’s daughter versus Ranami who grew up on the streets, backdropped by a sweet, loving (sapphic!

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. They can look like animals, or, well, they can take any shape the creator wishes— they can EVEN take the shape of humans— or humanoid shapes even!We don’t know much about her besides the fact that she is a woman on an island where no one seems to have any memories of how they got there or where they were before. I loved learning more about the constructs—built from parts of dead animals—and the bone shard magic involved to reanimate them; I found the act of imbuing commands into these constructs and the repercussion of failing to be fascinating.

The pace of the book was extremely fast from the first chapter, which was much needed after a string of slower paced books. An unmissable debut from a major new voice in fantasy, The Bone Shard Daughter is by turns intimate, epic and thrilling - a triumph of storytelling perfect for fans of City of Brass , The Poppy War and Empire of Sand --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Daring characters, smugglers, complicated friendships, animal companions, quests for justice, unlikely friendships: if you enjoy any of those ingredients, this is a book you should pick up. Thank you for supporting the top site for book series recaps, and we hope you continue to find it a useful resource! The world building in this book was a very good balance of many things authors often attempt and miss. Honestly speaking, The Bone Shard Daughter was not on my radar despite people’s excitement on Twitter—where I found out about this book—back when the acquisition was first announced. As he chases after this ship, he narrowly escapes the disaster of an entire island that sinks for no known reason, drowning and killing most of its inhabitants in the process.

The ending ended satisfyingly—there’s no cliffhanger—and it still left me excited to read the sequel as soon as I can, despite this book being fourth months away from its official publication. Despite the author’s claim that The Bone Shard Daughter isn’t an Asian fantasy, Lin’s story is an Asian Family Saga, with her need to find validation with her father, who has set her up in competition with his foster son, Bayan. We welcome respectful dialogue related to speculative fiction in literature, games, film, and the wider world.It kind of surprises me looking back because I truly fell in love with this story on the second time around. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic. Mephi, to Jovis' amazement, is able to speak, slowly developing from simple one-word concepts to using complete sentences. Not only does it deftly weave what initially seems like five separate stories together into something powerful and thrilling, the novel contains precisely the sort of compelling characters and rich worldbuilding that make this genre so much fun to read in the first place - Den of Geek You may also be interested in.

The worldbuilding of this novel is really gorgeous, being set in an Empire comprised of moving islands (I hope the finished copies have maps . The Bone Shard Daughter is a book that I have heard a lot of things about from people I trust and that’s why I decided to pick it up as my October book of the month for my book club! The complicated sibling but not-sibling relationship between Lin and Bayan got me so intrigued that I was excited every time Bayan was on the page.

The days we’d spent swimming and fishing at the beach, the first time I’d kissed her, the dreams we’d shared – I was now the only keeper of these memories, and that was the truest sort of loneliness. However, there’s a chance that she might lose her chance if she doesn’t prove herself in some unconventional way, which was surprising to me. When her (admittedly ambitious) dreams of becoming a dragon slayer didn't pan out, she instead turned to writing books. F. Kuang in 2018, The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Hanrahan in 2019; other than The Poppy War, all of these books are published by Orbit.