Rating: ★★
Audience: YA Fantasy
Length: 336 pages
Author: Maria Z. Medina
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Release Date: August 5th, 2025
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BOOK SUMMARY:

An epic, multi-POV debut fantasy perfect for fans of The Bone Shard Daughter and Six of Crows, where a necromancer trying to resurrect her sister gets embroiled in bigger, world-ending plans instead.

Necromancer Azul del Arroyo only wants one thing: to steal her sister back from Death by reclaiming her sister’s bones. But the Emissary of the Lord Death will do anything to stop her, no matter how alluring he finds her . . .

As their paths collide, they’re drawn into a deadly game of pawns and power with a count who begrudgingly works for a child king, a faceless witch who transforms the bones of gods into dreams she can peddle, and a long-lost half-brother with a secret of his own—and soon realize the fate of the lands is hanging in the balance.

For long ago the gods raised the continents, binding them with their own bones to keep humanity alive. But in an era when the gods’ sacrifice has been forgotten, Death might not be the only resentful god Azul must defy.

Swashbuckling, grand, and tragically romantic, Mistress of Bones is a can’t-miss start to a duology about love, loss, and, of course, death.

Thank you Wednesday Books for the gifted copy.

THIS DIDN’T WORK.

I think I understand what this book was trying to accomplish but you won’t see me picking up book two.

This was incredibly scattered. There were random flashback chapters and odd time intervals from multiple different side characters (see how confusing that is???). I’m not quite sure that any of them actually added to the plot or benefited to my understanding of the story line.

I was hesitant when I saw the Goodreads average and unfortunately it held up. This won’t be a book I remember.

Overall audience notes:

• YA Fantasy
• Language: mild
• Romance: flirting
• Violence: moderate

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