Books from the Backlog #383

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.

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This week’s neglected book

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Series: The Bone Season #1
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on August 20, 2013
Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / General
Pages: 624
Source: Purchased
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From the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree, the New York Times bestselling first novel in the Bone Season series, an epic fantasy about a young woman fighting to use her powers and stay alive in an England entirely different from our own.

In 2059, Scion has taken over most of the world's cities, promising safety for all the citizens it deems worthy and wiping out clairvoyants wherever it can find them.

Paige Mahoney, though, is a clairvoyant--and a criminal just for existing. Paige is determined to fight Scion's power, and as part of the Seven Seals, Paige has found a use for her powers: she scouts for information by breaking into others' minds as they dream.

But when Paige is captured and arrested, she encounters a power more sinister even than Scion. The voyant prison is a separate city, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. These creatures, the Rephaim, value the voyants highly-as soldiers in their army.

Paige is assigned to a Rephaite keeper, Warden, who will be in charge of her care and training. He is her master. Her natural enemy. But if she wants to regain her freedom, Paige will have to learn something of his mind and his own mysterious motives.

The Bone Season introduces a compelling heroine-a young woman learning to harness her powers in a world where everything has been taken from her. It also introduces an extraordinary young writer, with huge ambition and a teeming imagination. Samantha Shannon has created a bold new reality in this riveting debut.

Why did I add The Bone Season to my bookshelf?

It looks like I bought this book almost 13 years ago – shortly after it was published. I was talking with one of my co-worker about book recommendations and when she mentioned this book, I thought that it might be time to dust it off sometime soon. It sounds like something that I would really like and the from what I have heard the narrator does a great job with the audiobook. Hopefully, I can get to it soon.

I am so sorry that this post is late! I have no excuse and just got my days mixed up.

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book?  Would you recommend it?

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