Silver in the Bone

By Alexandra Bracken 

467 pages

YA Fantasy 

Hardback

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It's a take on Arthurian Legend.

I did enjoy it. I didn't expect all of the plot twists, which is always nice. 

Not sure I care enough to get the second book, though. 

This book is gorgeous, though. And the pages made very satisfying noises as the gilt edging separated. 

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She also wrote Lore, which I enjoyed well enough. 

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Witness the prettiness:

Legendborn

By Tracy Deonn

490 pages

Hardback

YA Fantasy 

LGBTQIA+

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Books by Black Authors 

This was just a fantastic book. 

There is a secret society, magic, demons, oaths - set against the backdrop of college, early college for the protagonist. 

It deals a lot in grief. 

It's not all hack/slash kill the demons. 

The summary on this page amuses me - 

I also love that Bree is not amazing at everything. She doesn't pick up the weapons in the training arena and beat everyone who has been training their whole life. 

It's obviously going to have a sequel, not sure if it's ramping up to be a duology or a trilogy. 

The characters are great and diverse- not just becuase of race & confronting racial issues, but also it's perhaps the first mainstream YA books I've read with a non-binary character in an important role; they are not the protagonist. There are also several gay relationships. I feel that all of these are treated with respect by the author. 

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I loved this book and I'm really looking forward to the next one!