I don’t understand what it is, or how Paige can enter one or anything… At all… If someone can help me out with this, please let me know in the comments on what the hell it is. She was very flawed which was realistic, and I could totally relate to her, but one of the things that I was VERY curious about was the dreamscape. Now, I really liked Paige as a character. Death.” – Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season To them Bone means that: bones, starvation. They see it as collecting their reward…Of course, the humans see it differently. From the French, bonne…that’s why they named it: the Good Season, the season of prospect. I absolutely loved the world that Shannon had created and I love the characters as well, but they weren’t without their issues. However, in this case, I didn’t find it THAT confusing. And usually, I find this a pain in the arse because it means that the world building is going to be insanely confusing. You know what one of the things is that lets me know how crazy a book is going to be? If there’s a reference/character list at the beginning or end of a book… and when I saw the language reference list at the end of the book, I knew that I would have to keep flicking back and forth to make sure I knew exactly what was going on in the novel. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race. It is raining the day her life changes forever. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing. Her job: to scout for information by breaking into people’s minds. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. BUT IT’S OK! I’ve read it now! And I can honestly say that I’m really sad that I didn’t read beforehand, because I really really enjoyed it. My TBR IS MILES AND MILES long, and if I’m being completely honest, I only read this when I did because Samantha Shannon was at YALC so I probably wouldn’t have read it for another billion years. Yes, I know that I’m like a billion years too late in reading this.

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon