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A review by kaitie_reads
The Road of Bones by Demi Winters
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
๐ค Strong Feminist Themes
โ๏ธ Viking Romantasy
๐ค Slow Burn
โ๏ธ Betrayal and Redemption
๐ค Very Unique Feel
I really enjoyed this first book in the Ashen Series, and I'm already so invested in this 5-book(!!) series.
This story follows Silla, a woman who always seems to be on the run with her father and protector in a world dominated by men. I was hooked from the very first chapter. Demi Winters picks us up and drops us right into this cutthroat and cruel world, where the kingdom sentences people [Galdra] to death by stoning for possessing magic-wielding abilities.
You can feel the craft that the author has layered into the story. It's meticulous. It feels so well-researched and constructed layer by layer. It's unpredictable and unputdownable. There is a little bit of romance that had me swooning (and a hint of spice as well), there are strong female characters, and there is a lot at stake for our FMC. While I did find Silla slightly irritating at times, she comes by it naturally, as she has been very sheltered from the world for much of her life.
I did find at times I was a little confused because there are many Old Norse words, there are quite a few nicknames and people to follow, and there are alternating POVs, but I'm now working on the sequel and with the groundwork already laid, finding it easy to follow. This is fantasy-forward romantasy, so while the romance is present, the fantasy side is much heavier in this first installment, and there is a prevalent historical vibe as well.
This is definitely a must-read, and I'm feeling so excited about this series as a whole.
~
๐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ต๐ช๐น, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐น๐พ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ดโ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ซ๐พ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐พ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ท.
๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ต๐ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐พ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐บ๐พ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ. โ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ,โ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ช, ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต.
โ๏ธ Viking Romantasy
๐ค Slow Burn
โ๏ธ Betrayal and Redemption
๐ค Very Unique Feel
I really enjoyed this first book in the Ashen Series, and I'm already so invested in this 5-book(!!) series.
This story follows Silla, a woman who always seems to be on the run with her father and protector in a world dominated by men. I was hooked from the very first chapter. Demi Winters picks us up and drops us right into this cutthroat and cruel world, where the kingdom sentences people [Galdra] to death by stoning for possessing magic-wielding abilities.
You can feel the craft that the author has layered into the story. It's meticulous. It feels so well-researched and constructed layer by layer. It's unpredictable and unputdownable. There is a little bit of romance that had me swooning (and a hint of spice as well), there are strong female characters, and there is a lot at stake for our FMC. While I did find Silla slightly irritating at times, she comes by it naturally, as she has been very sheltered from the world for much of her life.
I did find at times I was a little confused because there are many Old Norse words, there are quite a few nicknames and people to follow, and there are alternating POVs, but I'm now working on the sequel and with the groundwork already laid, finding it easy to follow. This is fantasy-forward romantasy, so while the romance is present, the fantasy side is much heavier in this first installment, and there is a prevalent historical vibe as well.
This is definitely a must-read, and I'm feeling so excited about this series as a whole.
~
๐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ต๐ช๐น, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐น๐พ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ดโ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ซ๐พ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐พ๐น ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ท.
๐๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ, ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐ต๐ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐๐พ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐บ๐พ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ. โ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ,โ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ต๐ต๐ช, ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต.