The Bone Season

I have to admit, it did take me a little while to get into this world and how it was set throughout the book. I really enjoyed The Bone Season though and after about 200 pages in, I was hooked.

The Bone Season is about a clairvoyant dreamwalker named Paige. She is from Ireland but is now currently working for a man that uses her dreamwalking ability for what he wants. This helps Paige get some money and also makes he feel like she is not alone. The world that Paige lives in is an alternate reality of the world today. Being a clairvoyant is a sin. She is not supposed to show who she is. In the late 1850s, there has been an issue with the people of Britain and it ends up becoming what is now called “The Bone Season”. Every year they get new “unnatural” people to become clairvoyant slaves of the somewhat higher class beings. This is a type of prison for them. Paige ends up being caught as an unnatural as she is going home to visit her father. She is sent for the next bone season and ends up being picked up by the Warden to become his new slave.

I really enjoyed Paige's character. She was quite fierce and had a lot of backbone. She wasn't the strongest female lead I have read that would have someone in this type of situation, but I really liked how she stood up for herself. She was not submissive at all. It was nice to see how she thought about everything that was happening and how she wanted to fight it. It shows great leadership for her to want to help everyone that is there. The world that Paige is apart of as a dreamwalker is very interesting to read about. I knew as our main character, she was going to be special. Learning about her past and how she discoverd how she was made me like her even more.

I had a feeling when we met Paige's capture that he was going to be different that all the others. He gave her a bit of freedom in the beginning and he said he would help her train to be her best. I liked the Warden in the beginning but liked him even more in the end. I couldn't really picture what he looked like though. Throughout the entire book, it felt like a beauty and the best relationship. That is just a personal thought though. I really enjoyed his character and how different he was from the other owners. Near the end, I really started to enjoy reading about him. Paige and his connection was a good thing to add right at the end.

Overall, I quite enjoyed this book. The second one just came out and now it is time to read it after that cliffhanger. I hope to see more of Paige and the Warden in the second book. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a type of fantasy meets dystopian meets magic type of world.