Reviews

Bone Magic by Yasmine Galenorn

cheesygiraffe's review against another edition

5.0

A lot happened in this book. Camile has so much to do in the future. The best thing is Trillian is back with her and her other 2 husbands, Smokey and Morio. The Bonecrusher, the Moon Mother, the Triple Threat, the Queens, and The Black Unicorn are all wanting something from her. It's going to be tough.

auroara's review against another edition

4.0

Hexenzorn ist der 7. Teil der Schwestern des Mondes Reihe, der wieder aus Camilles Sicht geschrieben ist.
In diesem Band geht es hauptsächlich um Camille und ihre Entwicklung - der Kampf gegen Schattenschwinge ist eher zweitrangig. Wie in den vorherigen Bänden passieren auch hier viele Dinge nebeneinander, jedoch fühlte ich trotzdem teilweise ein Gefühl der Leere. Als ich Hexenzorn fertig gelesen hatte, war ich etwas enttäuscht, denn besonders viel passiert darin nicht.

Während Camille mit Morio an ihrer Todesmagie üben, und der ganze Haushalt nach Hinweisen für Stacia, die Knochenbrecherin - Schattenschwinges momentane Heerführerin - sucht, tauchen in Seattle eine Goshanti (Teufelin) und Zombies auf, die bekämpft werden müssen. Smoky hat Ärger mit seiner Familie, so dass er Camille für kurze Zeit verlassen muss. Als wäre das nicht genug, wird Camille in der Anderwelt eine wichtige Aufgabe zugeteilt, die ihr Leben verändern wird.
Der Aufenthalt in der Anderwelt ist recht lang, so begegnet Camille nicht nur ihren Vater wieder, sondern auch Trillian, Feddrah-Dahns und Mistelzweig. Auch Iris muss über ihren Schatten springen und sich ihrer Vergangenheit stellen. Insgesamt ist die Zeit in der Anderwelt sehr aufregend und interessant, erfährt man doch allerhand Neues.
Zurück in der Erdwelt konzentrieren sich unsere Halbfeen und Dämonen auf Stacia, jedoch kommen sie, was Schattenschwinge betrifft, nicht wirklich weiter. Mir gefiel besonders die unvorhersehbare Wendung, was das betrifft. Auch macht das Geschehen um Delilah und Chase Hunger auf den nächsten Band.

Alles in allem hat mir in diesem Teil das Gemetzel und die Spannung gefehlt - es passiert für meinen Geschmack zu wenig. Allerdings gibt es teilweise sehr spannende und emotionale Szenen, die Erotik kommt natürlich nicht zu kurz und das Ende macht alles recht harmonisch.

jarichan's review against another edition

5.0

Wisst ihr was? Ich liebe diese Reihe, ich liebe diese Autorin und ich liebe jedes einzelne Buch der Schwestern. Natürlich könnt ihr jetzt sagen "Ich dachte, du magst keine Liebesgeschichten, aber was liest denn du da, ne?!" und hier kommt nun meine Antwort:

In den Bänden stehen die Beziehungen nicht im Vordergrund, sondern der Fantasy-Teil. Die Mädels müssen ihre Aufgabe meistern und gegen Fieslinge kämpfen, dabei ergänzen sich alle teile der Geschichte hervorragend. Die Figuren wachsen in jedem Band weiter, man erfährt Neues und tritt niemals auf der Stelle.

Und die Beziehungen, die hier gepflegt werden, sind keine Teenager-Romanzen. Mit 16 dachte ich, mein damaliger Freund, sei der Einzige für mich, mit 17 dasselbe über den aktuellen usw. Deshalb habe ich mich von YA verabschiedet. Galernorn geht auf eine ganz andere Art und Weise mit dem Thema Liebe um.

Nehmen wir nun Camille, die älteste der Schwestern und Hauptfigur von Band 7: Sie hat nicht bloss einen Ehemann, sondern drei. Und muss nun zusehen, dass sich die alle vertragen. Klingt lustig, aber man bekommt als Leser mit, wie viel Arbeit die Figuren in ihre Beziehungen stecken. Hier geht es nicht um eine kurze Verliebtheit, sondern um jahrelange Gefährten. Eine Beziehung haben ist schön, aber keineswegs einfach, man muss daran arbeiten, an sich selbst, über seinen Schatten springen und auch mal etwas opfern. Genau das gefällt mir hier so.

Ansonsten bietet dieser Band die gewohnte Menge an Action, gefühl und Spass. "Hexenzorn" ist seit langem das erste Buch, das mich richtig mitgerissen hat. bei dem ich es nicht erwarten konnte, weiterzulesen. Ein Buch, das ich nicht mehr weglegen konnte und das mich daran erinnert hat, weshalb lesen toll ist. Dass die Bücher der "Schwestern des Mondes"-Reihe etwas besonderes sind, zeigt auch auf, dass das eigentlich die einzigen Bücher waren, die ich während meines extremen Tiefs gelesen habe. Nur schon dafür hat sich Yasmine Galenorn meine Treue verdient.

Auf weitere sieben tolle Bände mit meinen Lieblingsschwestern!

aknas22's review against another edition

3.0

It took me a while to finish this book, but that's only because I read about six other books while I was reading it. For some reason it couldn't hold my attention and so I'm only giving it three stars. I like the world and the characters that Yasmine Galenorn created and this book was an integral part in the story.

deidrar's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

schomj's review against another edition

2.0

My expectations for this series have never been high. All I really expect is a fun, wacktastic, OTT adventure with the D'Artigo sisters and their menagerie. With this book, though, I realize that the fun is over (for me, anyway). It's not that the sexual parts are more graphically detailed than in other books, that's easy enough to skip over if you want to. And it's not that it's a one-note series, that can actually be a benefit for work-week reading since you know you're not going to be tempted to stay up all night finishing it. I think what's really pushed this into do-not-enjoy territory is how often the sisters use self-serving excuses to rationalize away behavior that breaks their own moral codes. (Hello, this is how war criminals are made.) Between that and the going-nowhere plot, I think I'm done with this series.

reddjena's review against another edition

4.0

What would you do if you found yourself on the frontline of a war between demons and the fae? Well, that’s the question the D’Artigo sisters and their friends have to answer in Yasmine Galenorn’s Sisters of the Otherworld series. ~Series spoilers ahead~ These three sisters come from a mixed heritage, half-faerie and half-human. They don’t get much respect at home in Otherworld because their magic erratically backfires. Camille, the eldest and leader of the group, has pledged herself to the Moon Goddess and recently started practicing death magic. Delilah may be the middle child, but her innocence, naivete, and maturity frequently have me thinking she’s the youngest; she’s a werecat who shifts into a tabby cat and a black panther. She has been chosen to be the only living Death Maiden by the Harvest Lord and recently learned she had a twin who died at birth. Menolly is the youngest but had to mature quickly when she was tortured, raped, turned vampire, and unleased on her unsuspecting family. And where would the team be without emotional support? The fae are well-known for their sexual appeal and appetite, so each sister has at least one suitor thoughtout the series. Menolly had to overcome her heavy emotional burden before she could let anyone close enough; however, she found Nerissa, a were-puma, and Rozurial (Roz), an incubus. Delilah has an off-and-on relationship with Chase, a full-blooded human (FBH) and Zachary, a were-puma. Camille is married—by magic soul ritual—to three men: Trillian the Svarthan, Smoky the dragon, and Morio the youkai-kitsune. Other important allies include demons Roz and Vanzir and Finnish house sprite Iris.
The series has made its way through seven books with book eight due later this month. Galenorn exercises her writing genius by alternating narrator by book. Each of the three sisters takes a turn telling the story, which makes for some interesting revelations. In Bone Magic, Camille takes the stage because as leader she finds most of the important information following the war against Shadow Wing, the demon lord who wants to obliterate our world (and all the other ones)! Earthside, faeries have worn out their warm reception by humans, which only complicates the work the D’Artigo sisters have to finish. Overall, I am loving this series for its creative explorations and the wonderful storyline.

lpcoolgirl's review against another edition

5.0

Wow, was this book fantastic! So many ups and downs, and some costs, but some pretty amazing prizes! This was an epic book! Need to read more!

krisrid's review against another edition

3.0

I found this book was quite a bit darker than previous installments, and while I still love the characters and the world Galanorn has created, I found this book was missing much of the humour and lightness that has interspersed with the battle part in earlier books.

There wasn't much other than the battle the sisters are facing in this book. A few small moments of happiness, but the vast majority of this story was surrounding the escalating battle the sisters and their extended family [Trillian returns, and the girls' father also returns in this book] are engaged in to save the worlds - Earthside and Otherworld. I just found it very heavy and sad, and without giving spoilers, there were some really downer moments in this book that were tough.

I am going to read the next book in the hopes that there will be more than just battles and death - something positive to balance out the tough parts.

reader44ever's review

5.0

4.5 stars - great!

I first read this book December 7-9, 2013.
I reread it February 2-4, 2017.

I did not review this book after my first reading of it, so the below review is completely new.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a pretty fantastic story. I'm not sure why I no longer feel like it's a five-star story, but something is holding me back. So this book gets *just* 4.5 "great!" stars from me. ;-)

So much happened in this story, it's hard to know what to talk about. So, in no particular order, I guess I'll just share my thoughts:

Camille is reunited with Trillian in this book!

Initially very angry that Camille married "Fox Boy and the lizard," he soon came around. Camille asked him to marry her! He said yes! And then later, in the end, Trillian proposed to Camille, and she said yes!

The ending shared a special moment in the life of Camille and her men:

All three of them joined Camille in her bedroom. . .and in her bed.

It was glorious. :-)

We didn't see the D'Artigo sisters go after the sixth spirit seal in this book. We did, however, learn about a plan involving all of the spirit seals:

Queen Asteria, Queen Tanaquar, and King Upala-Dahns plan to find humans with seal-related connections and train them to use the seals to. . .do something.

I'm not entirely sure what they plan to do, but I worry that nothing good will come from it. Hopefully Camille, et.al., will be able to stop them. (Or help them strengthen their plan so that it will be good.)

We did not get to meet the new demon general Shadow Wing sent Earthside, but we heard from her. She

exploded a bomb in Camille's shop! Henry died!

:-( In the final battle, Camille and her sisters and friends didn't actually face the general. Instead,

they fought some of her minions and learned that they have a traitor in their midst who let her know they were coming.

:-(

Earlier, on the same trip into Otherworld to meet Trillian, after Camille, et.al., learned of the plan for the spirit seals, Camille

met and sacrificed the Black Unicorn as part of a full moon Hunt. And the Moon Mother made Camille a Priestess in her service!

The initial meeting was so. . . I was tied up in knots, knowing what was coming from my status updates, and I cried a bit with Camille when she found out what was expected of her. It was such a poignant scene.

It seems to me that I also chuckled a little (internally?) at an earlier scene, but sadly I did not note it down. Ah well, I'll catch it when I eventually reread this book. ;-)

In the end, Camille's High Priestess from Otherworld paid her a visit.

Camille was gifted with Priestess robes and told that, after training with Morgaine (ugh), she will become the first High Priestess of the Moon Mother Earthside in thousands of years!

:-)

I think that's it for earth-shattering revelations in this story. Those and

the fact that Camille believes her father is sleeping with Queen Tanaquar. I don't know that this is going to turn out well for him.

So this story was very suspenseful, very exciting, and chock-full of good stuff. It also had at least four smoking hot sex scenes between Camille and one or another - or all - of her men. :-)

Uh oh. I almost forgot. . . Smoky's father makes an appearance in this story and whoa! He is awful and very scary and,

after Smoky goes home with him and returns, we learn that he has it out for Camille. He was essentially kicked off the Dragon Council and out of his family!

I have the feeling that we haven't seen the last of him.

Oh! And Chase was injured in the final fight. (I really don't understand why he is allowed to go with Camille, et.al., when they're up against bad "guys." It seems pretty stupid of him, to me.) Unfortunately,

Chase's injuries were severely life-threatening, and the nectar of life was his only guaranteed option for survival unless Menolly changed him into a vampire (and she was unwilling to sire a son). So he was given the nectar of life. But will he be the same Chase - and love of Delilah's - when he recovers?

We didn't find out in this book.

(Honestly, I am hoping to see

Chase get killed off in one of the sisters' battles versus the demons. I think he was an awful choice of human to be given the nectar of life and I am afraid Delilah is in for major heartbreak in the future.

I'm still holding out hope that someone new will enter the picture and turn out to be the best man for Delilah.)

Okay. I'm pretty sure that that is now "it" for earth-shattering revelations in this book. It's truly a great story. :-)

Some words on the actual ending to this book:

In the final chapter, Camille

talks with High Priestess Derisa; has sex with her men; and then, out on the balcony with her sisters, her men join them and Trillian proposes. After all that,

As the four of us headed back to my bedroom--to our bedroom--this time to sleep and dream, I shivered as I remembered their hands on my skin, their lips against my lips, their bodies pressed against mine. And I realized that I wanted to make them as happy as they made me. Because that's really what made life worthwhile--the giving of pleasure and joy and happiness to those we called our loves.
For whether we pledged ourselves to one person or to four, whether we were drawn to men or women or both, whether we walked the path of the priestess or the path of a witch or a bookstore owner, life without passion was no life at all. [fin]

:-)

After proofreading this review, I realized that I forgot to share any details about the creatures/beings we met in this book. Most were returning characters/beings. I think the only new-to-us beings we met were Tregart demons. Oh! We also met a goshanti devil and a yew tree deva. And then there was the skeleton golem. Also, the demon general is a lamia, but we only heard from her and didn't actually meet her in this book.

I think that's it for new creatures/beings. I am really loving this series for all of the different types of supernatural and mythological creatures and beings we meet. :-)

Oops, forgot one more: We met a goddess in this book! (

The Moon Mother made an appearance.

) Also,

the Black Unicorn is a kind of Phoenix. He was reborn after Camille sacrificed him.

:-)

Once again, in closing, this is a great story. I really enjoyed it. :-)