![]() ![]() Paige expects to be executed, for no one that has been taken by the Scion has ever returned but is horrified to learn that captured voyants are handed over to a enigmatic otherworldly race that call themselves the Rephaite, to serve them as slaves or food or soldiers. Forced underground, London’s clairvoyant’s have formed criminal enclaves and Paige has given her allegiance to Jaxon Hall, who collects those ‘voyants’ with the rarest and most useful talents.ĭuring a rare journey to visit her father in London’s suburbs, the train Paige is traveling on is boarded by Scion Underguards searching for voyants and Paige is forced to flee but quickly caught, drugged and taken to the Tower. ![]() ![]() Paige is a dreamwalker, fighting to survive in a world where possessing any clairvoyant ability is considered high treason. Set in future London following a timeline that splits from ours in the early 1900’s, The Bone Season introduces nineteen year old Paige Mahoney. With all the hype surrounding this novel written by twenty one year old debut author, Samantha Shannon I have to admit I was a little wary going in but The Bone Season, though not perfect, is an impressive and engrossing fantasy novel. I wouldn’t advise beginning The Bone Season with the intention of reading just a few chapters before bedtime or you may find yourself still turning the pages at dawn as I did. Status: Read from August 17 to 19, 2013 - I own a copy ![]()
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I was really excited for the first To All the Boys movie to come out. Welcome to Fix It, our weekly series examining projects we love - save for one tiny change we wish we could make. ![]() |