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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐. ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐. To my beloved black sea, It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you. You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friendโs boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings. We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over. Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each otherโs skin. For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you werenโt the lost, forbidden Heathen. Now, itโs been days since Iโve seen you. Iโve decided long ago, and this is my last letter. Everything Iโve worked so hard forโbefore you came alongโwill carry on as if our time together never happened. Donโt bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage. But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, Iโll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you. Yes, my beloved black sea. Iโll think of you. xx, a Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone or within the interconnected series. For a better reading experience, read books in the order they are published.
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Unfortunately for myself, this was worst than the first book when it came to flushing out the plot points and explaining key events. Some things were just mentioned once to never be brought back and it was frustrating. However, I do love the main characters in this book so I kept reading simply for them even if I had unanswered questions. I am hoping if there is a book for each Heathen we get it all laid out and the story fits into place better. Just alot of things that didn't make sense or things that should have carried over from book 1 just didn't and it made it hard to read when you know what should be happening but it just doesn't. Didn't love it or hate it, it was fine. Could have been better. (Side note, I was not really a fan of the story inside of a story thing going on, just give me the main story and say the characters read a book together and give us the plot points that mattered. Of course that's my own opinion. I'm sure others loved that.)
I love this world. Itโs so immersive. These books may be romances but they are so much more than that too. This town has dark witchy Gilmore girls vibes and I am so excited to get lost in it again when the next book is out.
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