The Bone Spindle: Book 1: a fractured twist on the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty

Reviews

veewilde

Stumbling across a ruin who's walls feature the words of an old legend, they find themselves thrown into a journey to find the Prince and awaken him from his 100 year old slumber. The two intend to take on just one quest together and go their separate ways once they've found the treasure, but things don't always go to plan.

Seeing their connection blossom and their fun banter come out more as the adventure progressed was lovely. There were some fight scenes along the way and I really enjoyed how they were done, the writing was great and kept us moving while also keeping it quite thrilling. One of the things I loved instantly was the description and tone of the book - historical, but with an undeniable fantasy element. From witch hunters to giant spiders and spying crows, it was definitely exciting.

The whole plot was very fast paced and we weren't left waiting, it kept me on my toes and the twists were really unpredictable. Our characters were really well executed, with snippets of their backstories added in too (which I hope to see more of!

Each chapter throughout follows one of our three main characters in turn, something I really appreciate in order to see all sides of what was happening. The relationship building between Briar and Fi was very subtle and slow-burning, which was a welcomed and refreshing change to the commonly written insta-love trope. I haven't stopped thinking about this book and I am eagerly awaiting a sequel!