The other driving relationship in this book is Bastien and Ailesse and that is where the book lost a star. I wish we had seen more scenes of them together – though the sequel does seem a little more promising for that. Both Ailesse and Sabine are fiercely loyal and affectionate to each other in a way we don’t regularly see in young adult fantasy.

These girls would die for each other and that’s a story thread that I can definitely get behind. You are worth the risk, do you hear me? You're always going to be worth the risk.'Īilesse and Sabine are best friends who love each other more than anything. But when her best friend Ailesse is taken captive, Sabine will do whatever it takes to save her, even if it means defying their traditions-and their matriarch-to break the bond between Ailesse and Bastien. Sabine has never had the stomach for the Bone Criers’ work. Ailesse’s ritual has begun and now their fates are entwined-in life and in death. Yet when he finally captures one, his vengeance will have to wait. But first she must complete her rite of passage and kill the boy she’s also destined to love.īastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. And that promise comes at the cost of the Bone Criers’ one true love.Īilesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers, a mysterious famille of women who use strengths drawn from animal bones to ferry dead souls. But their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara’s Night Heavens or Tyrus’s Underworld comes from sacrifice. They alone can keep the dead from preying on the living.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fictionīone Criers have a sacred duty. Cloud MN | St.Published by Katherine Tegen Books on March 3, 2020 Rio Grande St #2072, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 | Artsopolis Network Members: Akron OH | Austin TX | Bainbridge Island WA | Birmingham AL | Boston MA | Cape Cod MA | Charlotte NC | Cincinnati OH | Cleveland OH | Colorado Springs CO | Columbia SC | DuPage County IL | Durham NC | Flagstaff AZ | Flint MI | Fort Lauderdale FL | Indianapolis IN | Kalamazoo MI | Kansas City MO | KeepMovingOKC | Macon GA | Main Line Area PA | Marin County CA | Marquette County MI | Mendocino County CA | Middlesex County NJ | Milwaukee WI | Montgomery County MD | Nantucket, MA | Napa Valley CA | Nashville TN | Niagara County NY | Oklahoma City OK | Orange County CA | Orlando FL | Ottawa IL | Palm Desert CA | Pittsburgh PA | Providence RI | Richardson TX | Roswell GA | Sacramento CA | San Antonio TX | San Diego CA | Sarasota FL | St. © Copyright 2023 - Utah Cultural Alliance.

Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie