So, that is pretty impressive and quite the hype I’m putting on it. It made me so thankful I received an ARC of the The Song Rising, and it made me want to ignore all of my scheduled February reading and start it immediately. The ending, for as much as it brought me rage, was amazing. The angst, the betrayal, the quick thinking, the cleaver mechanics, the waiting to see who chose what side, I loved it all! Like, I reread that scene three times because I freaking loved it that much. The fourth scrimmage in the history of the London Syndicate gave me all the feels. Well, obviously I have issues with one of those Seals (and two others at the end), but I love their dynamic as a whole. I love the ragtag group that is known as The Seven Seals. Please, give me more Wynn Jacob and more of this island in book three! I was so enthralled so fast, and I didn’t nearly get enough of it. It felt just like Ketterdam from Six of Crows to me.

These characters and this alternative London is starting to feel like home, and I really enjoyed that.Īs far as new characters and locations, I loved reading about Jacob’s Island and the Jacobites. The problems I had with information-dumping in The Bone Season subsided completely. Without it, we are nothing but ash, waiting for the wind to take us.” They are spewing lies and hate, and making everyone afraid of each other, while trying to cover-up that they are working alongside an even worse evil. The best part of this book: The exploration of how this shady government group is deceiving everyone.

Yeah, later those dull and uneventful moments became something great, but it was still a little bit of work to force myself to read on.

Like, if a ton of exciting things were going on during that 40% to make up for Paige and Warden’s amazing dynamic being missing than I would have been fine, but the story only started getting good, in my opinion, once Warden showed up.

My biggest issue with this book: Warden didn’t show up until after 40% of the way through this book. I was filled with so much excitement I couldn’t wait to see what would happen when Paige and the gang returned to London! Yet, to my remorseful surprise, after the action packed opener the book felt pretty stagnant for quite some time. The Mime Order picks up right where the The Bone Season leaves off, and I mean exactly how it leaves off: our group is on the train, and their escape from Sheol I didn’t go quite as planned. A boy with arms torn to ribbons by fingernails, plotting his escape from poverty.” “A boy who begged for books and pens as often as he did for coin. Would me writing “I hate Jaxon Hall” over and over again be an acceptable review? Because that’s honestly how I’m feeling right about now.

The bone season book order