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Wake the Bones
Wake the Bones: A Novel | Elizabeth Kilcoyne
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Dark, gripping, and gorgeous, Wake the Bones will lead you into the woods and keep you up late. As lush and sweltering as a Kentucky summer... Elizabeth Kilcoyne is a force. - Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author The sleepy little farm that Laurel Early grew up on has awakened. The woods are shifting, the soil is dead under her hands, and her bone pile just stood up and walked away. After dropping out of college, all she wanted was to resume her life as a tobacco hand and taxidermist and try not to think about the boy she cant help but love. Instead, a devil from her past has returned to court her, as he did her late mother years earlier. Now, Laurel must unravel her mothers terrifying legacy and tap into her own innate magic before her future and the fate of everyone she loves is doomed. Elizabeth Kilcoynes Wake the Bones is a dark, atmospheric debut about the complicated feelings that arise when the place you call home becomes hostile. "Seething with shadows, summer, and uniquely southern magic, Wake the Bones is a powerful debut that captures the ache of home being a place you simultaneously love and loathe." - Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf
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RebeccaRoo7
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It's funny when you know that an author is from Kentucky by the language that they use.

"From there you could look down and see the whole of Laurel's world: the tobacco barn high upon the hill, the equipment barn in the bottoms..."

#kentucky #mystery #farmgirl #countrylife #halloween #candy #creepy #nightreading

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IheartYA
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Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne
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I absolutely loved the writing style and the creep factor. The storyline held my interest immediately although parts of it jumped around, and some actions of the characters seemed inconsistent. Overall, this story is exactly the type I love so I'm rating it 4 stars.

(Bookmarks from SJwonderlandz)

#wakethebones #ya #youngadult #bookmail #bookmarks #bookstagram #debutauthor

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BookwormAHN
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sprainedbrain
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This was a fun (and a little bit creepy) October-kinda-book about a supernatural curse, magic, growing up, love and friendship. It‘s maybe YA, but not too YA for me, but the ending made me want a little bit more.

Glad to have seen your excellent review of this book, @PatriciaU 😃

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

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LibrarianRyan
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2 ⭐ I was told this was a thrilling tale of horror. Where? I didn‘t see it in the 34% of the audiobook I listened to. Laurel Early grew up in a small tobacco growing town. She escaped town to attend a university in the big city of Ohio but dropped out for bad grades. In her free times she likes to taxidermy. This book took so much time in the set up. We had to find out about her friends, her hobby, her uncle, and her bones.

LibrarianRyan It finally got interesting when she finds her old taxidermy castoff bones in a pool of fresh blood, but that interesting point was followed by more dullness. Then there is the car accident and chase by the weird blood and bone creature that even a gun will not stop, but now everyone thinks she is crazy and making it up. The DNF point for me was on the next meeting with the creature. The “I want to be in you, eat you, devour you from the inside 2y
LibrarianRyan .” I had to listen twice. And I was done. I love the Nine Inch Nail song, where these lyrics feel like they were taken from, but I was not enjoying this story. It wasn‘t horror or thriller enough. It was boring, then it was just “Nope”. 2y
MoniqueReads305 I read that phase “I want to be in you..." and thought of the video game The Medium. The creature in that game said something similar, maybe the writers were inspired by Nine Inch Nail like the author. Too bad this one was good, it like interesting. 2y
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PatriciaU
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Holy Hell! I felt like I was reading Stephen King for the first time as I raced through this amazing story. Elizabeth Kilcoyne spins a story so full of terror that your nails will be bitten to the quick before you‘re done. Everything is here - the small group of ordinary humans battling great evil, an outcast with the sight, a small-minded small town, and the greatest evil of all - the Devil himself. Out July 12!

sprainedbrain Well this sounds awesome! 2y
PatriciaU Jenni I think you‘ll like it! It‘s borderline YA/Adult. I got a Supernatural vibe off it. 2y
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GondorGirl
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The theme for the weekend was four.

4 books.
4 days.
4 stars each.
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The tagged book comes out later this month and if you like small down magical realism (that borders on horror) you should check it out.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks How do you guys read so fast?! 2y
GondorGirl @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I mean, I was literally in the middle of the woods. All I did the entire weekend was read and pick blueberries. 😅 2y
LiteraryinLawrence Such speedy reading! I love it when I get into the zone like that. 2y
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