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The Bone Orchard
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Sara A. Mueller's The Bone Orchard is a fascinating whodunit set in a lush, gothic world of secrets and magic--where a dying emperor charges his favorite concubine with solving his own murder, and preventing the culprit, which undoubtedly is one of his three terrible sons, from taking control of an empire. Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow. Charm is a prisoner, and a survivor. Charm tends the trees and their clattering fruit for the sake of her children, painstakingly grown and regrown with its fruit: Shame, Justice, Desire, Pride, and Pain. Charm is a whore, and a madam. The wealthy and powerful of Borenguard come to her house to buy time with the girls who aren't real. Except on Tuesdays, which is when the Emperor himself lays claim to his mistress, Charm herself. But now--Charm is also the only person who can keep an empire together, as the Emperor summons her to his deathbed, and charges her with choosing which of his awful, faithless sons will carry on the empire---by discovering which one is responsible for his own murder. If she does this last thing, she will finally have what has been denied her since the fall of Inshil her freedom. But she will also be betraying the ghosts past and present that live on within her heart. Charm must choose. Her dead Emperors will or the whispers of her own ghosts. Justice for the empire or her own revenge.
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Laughterhp
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Mehso-so

This was okay. Very long and very confusing. Didn‘t really care for it but glad to have it off the list!

#magicalmonsters #scarathlon #littenlisten #fangtasticreadathon #rushathon #31by31 #spookoween #falling4books #bookspin #20in4 #finalstretchreadathon

TheSpineView Well done! 5mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 5mo
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Read4life 🍁👻🎃 5mo
AnnR Well done. 🎃👻🍁 I saw this on Goodreads. The cover is super creepy. That's too bad the story wasn't written well. 5mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 5mo
DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 5mo
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dylanisreading
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Pickpick

I was intrigued for the first half or so. Then it started to feel draggy, and I just wanted to finish. The endless misogyny.

I appreciate what the author was doing here, and the magic system was interesting. I'm just tired lol.

If you're considering reading this, I highly recommend checking the TWs first. It is so much nonstop trauma and darkness.

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TracyReadsBooks
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Mehso-so

I wanted to like this one much more than I did. Almost from the first page there was a disconnect between the story & the world—never adequately explained &, therefore, more of a distraction than interesting setting—in which the story was taking place. It just didn‘t come together even as the author had some interesting things to say about trauma, survival, & more. I think mine is an unpopular opinion, however, as reviews are generally good.

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TracyReadsBooks
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Book mail!!! And it‘s just in time for a storm system that COULD bring 5-8 inches of snow OR a lot of rain OR a snow/rain mix OR whatever it is the clouds decide to throw at us—forecasters really aren‘t sure about this one beyond saying we are expecting a lot of precipitation of one type or another tomorrow. 🤷‍♀️ At least I‘m prepared!

🌧️❄️🌬️☁️🫖🍵📖🏠❄️🌨️🌧️

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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Pickpick

3½✨. 🎧
I really liked the idea of this one. The Bone Orchard and Charm with her bone Ghosts. The politics and the interesting world Mueller created.
BUT it was hard work.... I get why so many people DNF it.

👇🏻👇🏻 Continue below 👇🏻👇🏻

Enchanted_Bibliophile At first I only had the Audiobook and things got really confusing, so I had to get the e-book as well. And still I had to go back and re-read a lot of the chapters to understand what was going on.
I'm glad I pushed through though, the ending was really satisfying.
14mo
Clwojick This cover!!!! 😍😍😍😍 14mo
Enchanted_Bibliophile @Clwojick That's the reason I picked it up. I didn't even know what it was about 😂 14mo
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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Not off to the best start for #FabulousFebruary.
But today I managed to listen to a good chunk of my Audiobooks while doing food prep for the week.

I'll start a new book tomorrow morning and catch up on my page count during the week.
@Andrew65

Andrew65 That‘s great and the beauty of a 9 day Readathon. 14mo
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Enchanted_Bibliophile
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I have no idea what this book is about, but I love the cover. So I'm gonna just buy it and see if I like it

#CoverLove 😍

BookwormM That is a great cover 14mo
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Addison_Reads
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Bailedbailed

I'm 100+ pages in and nothing in this book makes much sense. Perhaps by the end the author will explain her world and mythologies, but so far too much has been left unexplained and I keep dreading trying to read it.

So, I'm doing something I normally don't do and I'm bailing on it for better reads. 😁

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shanaqui
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Pickpick

Received to review! This one makes the reader do a lot of work; it did pay off in the end, but I wasn't sure during the journey.

And this gives me my third #BookSpinBingo line. I still hope to get a 4th, 5th and 6th line tomorrow (by finishing Nemesis Games, reading the whole of Strange Practice, and then if I can reading the Becky Chambers)... but I feel I've done pretty great.

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shanaqui
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller

Originally received this to review, but I think it's out now? Argh, self. Anyway, I'm just starting to get stuck into it and figure out the world; it definitely expects you to piece things together yourself, which is always fun.

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SonjaBolon
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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My friend from my writers‘ group, Sara A. Mueller, is a Tor author now! She read to us from this story while we critiqued it a few years ago. I‘m thrilled thrilled thrilled to pieces that I can share it with you! It‘s an otherworldly murder mystery with lots of unique magic and political intrigue. The main character duplicates herself with her own magic, constructing bone ghosts to store her knowledge and they all work in her bordello.

Kyndrill I got an email that the shipping of my copy was delayed😢 2y
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nitalibrarian
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Received this book in the mail yesterday. It's fantasy and the cover completely squicks me out. But the premise has me very interested. Charm is a witch and a prisoner and a madam and a mistress to the king. And she is charged with finding out which of the king's sons murdered him. Do that and she gets her freedom. #bookmail

KristiAhlers I‘m looking forward to this one! 2y
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Kyndrill
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Just watched this fabulous reading by and interview with Sara, looks like the replay is still up!

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/virtual-event---sara-a-/1

Sara is part of my writer's group back home so I was lucky enough to hear her read chapters of this book while in progress, but I left before I could hear the ending. I pre-ordered and can't wait till it's delivered!!

Kyndrill This is a great non-spoilery review about its themes, if anyone is curious!

https://geeklyinc.com/the-bone-orchard-review-what-does-your-garden-grow-2/
2y
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jackilynn
The Bone Orchard | Sara A. Mueller
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Bailedbailed

DNF at 40%

It just wasn't for me. I wanted to like this book but I found myself losing interest and easily distracted by other things.