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Brood Of Bones (2000)

by A.E. Marling(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0984022317 (ISBN13: 9780984022311)

languge

English

genre

Horror

review 1: Hiresha is an enchantress who struggles to stay awake, which helps her with her magic that can only be performed while she is dreaming. Unfortunately, this means she hardly lives in the real world. After receiving a letter from an old arbiter, she returns home to find most of the women there pregnant, from children to grandmothers. Hiresha decides to investigate what is really happening once she realises none of the future mothers has felt their babies yet.I admit it took me a long time to warm up to Hiresha. I realised she had a good heart from the beginning, but her manners were insufferable. I felt particularly bad for her maid and bodyguard as they were constantly told off. As a woman who never wanted children, all her suffering for not having children felt artificial ... moreto me. Having said that, this world of magic is as original as it can be. The dreams, the gems, the magic, the feasters, all the characters and enchantments pulled me into the story and I could not put down the book once I reached the last half. I am secretly hoping Tethiel appears in the following books.
review 2: A very hard read and I think the naming convention and putting Created just like that in a middle of a sentence without punctuation is off-putting. Not to mention the bony undead children that can pop out of women's bellies like aliens, which is most of the plot.Seems like this is 80% let's find out why every female is pregnant and why there are bony children inside (gets boring quickly), 10% sleeping, and 10% missing back-story. less

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