BLURB
SHE CRAVED AN ESCAPE. HE CRAVED TO BE FOUND.
TWO SILENT HEARTS THIRSTY UNTIL THEY BOTH DROWNED.
To my beloved black sea,
It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you.
You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friend’s boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings.
We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over. Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each other’s skin.
For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you weren’t the lost, forbidden Heathen.
Now, it’s been days since I’ve seen you. I’ve decided long ago, and this is my last letter. Everything I’ve worked so hard for—before you came along—will carry on as if our time together never happened.
Don’t bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage.
But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, I’ll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you.
Yes, my beloved black sea.
I’ll think of you.
xx, a
Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone or within the interconnected series. For a better reading experience, read books in the order they are published.
“This tale, unlike all the other tales I’ve told you before, begins with a boy—a lost boy whose name is still a mystery. And right now, as this tale begins, he is an outsider among the trees …”
ARC REVIEWS
I am at a loss for words on what to say. Its been a few days since I finished this book and it is still consuming my mind. Bone Island captivates you, holds you hostage, and makes you feel everything from the start. The words, the descriptions that are in this story paint such a vivid picture in your mind that you can feel yourself in the scene with the characters watching it all play out in person.
Stone and Adora’s story is complicated, complex, beautiful. The connection between them is on a whole different level. I loved these two characters together so much, but I also love them as individuals and fell more and more in love with them as the story continued.
Bone island is haunting, beautiful, magical, raw, emotional, it will leave you gutted open and slowly mended back up. Weeping Hollow is a town that you will want to visit and never want to leave.
If you’re looking for a gothic, suspense, paranormal romance this is one to check out, but I highly suggest starting with Hollow Heathens to get the full picture.
