THE BONE SEASON BY SAMANTHA SHANNON

The BOOKSPLOSION live show for THE BONE SEASON by SAMANTHA SHANNON will be happening on APRIL 1st on Christine's (PolandbananasBOOKS) channel at 7 PM EST. Read the book & join us for the discussion!
Other books in THE BONE SEASON series:
THE MIME ORDER
THE SONG RISING
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[@shannonmarie9441]

I've just finished reading the third book, and I can safely say that this series is up there with the mortal instruments in my favourite series of all time

[@WickedWestBooks]

So one of my resolutions was too participate in all Booksplosion, so I read this book. Finished it last night actually. I just started the second book. I'm so in love with Warden and I'm ready for more.

[@Courtneylashawn]

Wicked West Books I'll invite you to warden and my wedding lol

[@WickedWestBooks]

courtney Excuse me? I call dibs.

[@WickedWestBooks]

courtney 😁

[@oritia9629]

Obviously, Arcturus and I are going to marry. I don't know who you all are, but I know that Arcturus and I are going to have a talk about our relationship (and confront him).

[@Courtneylashawn]

lol ladies just back down now because we have been together for a very long time

[@bethancook6261]

I read this book over a year ago and I'm so excited for the third book which hasn't come out yet where I live. I can't wait! I completely agree with the whole info dumping. There was just a lot of information thrown at you but it was still really interesting and I wanted to carry on reading which is the key thing. I think there are still some things that can be explored and I hope are in the coming books. I like all the characters they are all so unique and complex that it makes it so interesting to read. Also, the actual world that Samantha Shannon created is just fab and brilliant and amazing and how does someone even think of this complicated and intricate world and history and even all the clairvoyant stuff its just so detailed. So excited to read the rest of it!

[@RannonsmrY]

As someone who has read this book 3 times, I can tell you the world makes more sense the more you read it but even I sometimes get things confused! (Which is bad, I advocate for the series xD). If you think that one has a lot of info packed in, wait for book 3! Shortest of the three but so well paced and a lot of important information. I'm SO glad you enjoyed it!! I love Paige, I think she's wonderful and a great YA character (although the book isn't necessarily YA) What were your thoughts on the romance in the book?

[@livdanielle]

I read this book and really liked it! I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did. The second book I'm currently reading and it's taking me so long to get through it. It's slower paced.

[@shutupnread]

I gave the book a chance but the data dump in each of the series just got to me at some point. It's awesome though that everyone got a chance to discuss it!

[@rachelhesketh94]

I'm honestly so mad at myself. i read The Bone Season back in January 2014 and I've had the other two since each one came out, yet not read them. So I'm glad Booksplosion reading them now will give me a kick up the arse to carry on with them!

[@jessiibooks]

I'm really excited I checked this out at the library and I can't wait to read it!

[@GymnasticChickz]

I've read all three books and it's slowly but surely becoming one of my favorite series of all time!! The world is just so unique and Paige is an amazing heroine!

[@juliejacques8715]

I finished this last week and i really enjoyed it. It took me some time to get into it but when I did, I loved it. Paige is a great character and I love the dynamic she has with all her friends, and the glimpses into her memories were all more interesting than the next. Plus, the action at the end... freaking awesome!

[@sorenkrane]

I recently reread The Bone Season because of all of the information. I wanted to make sure I had the world figured out before I go into The Mime Order. It's a heck of a lot easier on the reread.

[@comadustfire4795]

Yes. Yes you need to read "Strange The Dreamer" by Laini Taylor!!! I can't wait to read "The Bone Season" it's been on my list for years!

[@zuziasikorska5323]

I have this book for ages, and i've read because it's a booksplosion pick :D it's is such a great book, I've already bought next one can't wait for a live show!!!

[@ravenkimball3138]

I absolutely love this book and when I first got it I finished it with in a day then I think I re-read it almost 6 six....I'm still waiting to get the rest of the series, I have not been able to find the series.

[@ameliastudholme5114]

i absolutely love this book!! i picked it up when i was in a "book slump" and couldn't put it down,i might have read it multiple times, i still need to read the next two in the series and catch up!!

[@bregillaspie6574]

I am currently reading the bone season and I agreed with everything you are saying, mate. Thanks!

[@Sarah-nt1jv]

I must read this book now!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!

[@ev-sq8cw]

i am reading this book right now, so excited!

[@lillyvalley2277]

this book was sooooooo good you have to read the second book!!! its even better

[@immortalazure]

I opened this at a bookshore, looked good, gotta read it.

[@bryantbboyd3690]

I luv your book reviews

[@oliviac5313]

I just started it over the weekend, and it's amazing. I don't like, however, that the prequel was put at the end of the book b/c it's misleading. If you happen to read the book or are about to, definitely read the prequel first it gives so much more info on the characters.

[@rhetoricalproceeds4835]

You literally posted this video 5 minutes ago and I'm watching it... MY LIFE. I love your videos and I'm planning on reading this book soon! It's on my TBR list

[@bennyboii13]

Brought this today...for a £1!! Thanks for the recommendation:))

[@tonyadull]

I liked the book. So much left out, but also information overload!

[@mortalreader9984]

i can't lie, i used to hate reading or mainly just dislike it. then i read the city of bones by Cassandra Clare that i fell in love with reading and now my books shelf contains over 300 books. okay i know i sound crazy but i guess thats who i am. books to me are my way of escaping reality or pain. i can read for hours and now i have decided to start a youtube channel. i want to be able to share my thoughts on books and love for them to the world of book tube. i am so grateful that authors like V.E schwabs and Cassandra Clare and Edgar Allen Poe have published works for all of us book tubers to read and fall in love with. Also HUGE Thank you to Jesse a wonderful, kind and out going person for helping me push to read more. i am so grateful and i continue to love reading every second. i pretty much spend my work work on books and i pretty much live at indigo or barnes and noble haha. Jesse i hope you keep up the amazing, funny and fun videos

[@morganblanch6164]

I just finished this a couple days ago! I definitely agree with what you said about the world building. It's so dense, but that just made it even more interesting for me. Suffice to say, I very quickly ordered the next two books once I finished TBS :P Great review, Jesse!

[@savannahdawn6502]

Loved this video, you've made me want to read it right now aha

[@zoesimon4054]

it sounds great! love ya!!

[@kristenbooks]

Ooh these new covers are actually really pretty. But I have the old covers and the collector's edition so I'm sticking with those. I love this series so much. Haven't read book 3 yet but I have it and want to get to soon.

[@rachelhesketh94]

Same, I hope they continue releasing the rest in a collector's edition format so it'll match my shelves, but if not- I'm still gonna buy them!

[@kristenbooks]

Same-- Samantha said that they would keep making the collector's editions so hopefully nothing messes that up!

[@Courtneylashawn]

Kristen BOOKS it was really good the audiobook is on youtube

[@dauntlessfire977]

Thank you so much for picking this for booksplosion b/c I've had this book for so long and now I have a reason to read it!

[@Intothesunset89]

I first picked this book up when I first visited England in 2014, bought the sequel a war later also in England haha. Need to continue with the series. I don't think I was a fan of Warden when I first read it.

[@erinspiek3605]

I love you Jesse!

[@savvireads]

I read it and really enjoyed it, didn't mind the info dumps as much as I thought I would have either. But I cannot forsee this being a SEVEN book series. A trilogy, or duology even, would be nice, but I'm not sure how I feel about seven books. I feel like the world is pretty rich, but the plot fairly straightforward right now. So I don't know, we'll see.:)

[@Theeadia]

I read this book when it first released. It happens to be one of my favorite series going right now. I haven't read The Song Rising yet though. I bought it, it's just sitting in my TBR.

[@merita554]

Really wanna read it. Love u jesse❤

[@abigail6394]

I really enjoyed this book when I read it months ago. Need to read the second and third!

[@lastjuliet788]

love you jesse

[@nicotheitaliancornplant6784]

Putting this on my TBR

[@belyndareidda2276]

happy national book weeek jweek, jesse.

[@fragrantpages1024]

Possible spoilers* Okay so I only have like 6 chapters left and it's really really good. But I kinda felt like Paige was almost TOO abrasive to her keeper. Throughout the whole book it was made obvious that he was different than the other keepers (he was actually nice) but she was just so stubborn and rude and it kinda made me not like her very much. I'm not sure how to word it out. Also it felt like most of the action was dumped out in the last third of the book and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Overall I'd probably give it a 3.75 out of 5 stars, but I haven't completely finished yet so we'll see what the ending does for me ;)

[@ahyokawolf7207]

I'm still reading it!😅 Trying to get through it before the Live show!

[@user-io2zh6cn4k]

I CANT WAIT FOR MAY 23rd TO COME !!!!😫😫😫

[@ashleypowell2366]

"oopsie poopsie"!!! Boy did I laugh!!

[@jkmacrunnel]

I already own The Bone Season, but I haven't read it yet!! Need to get on that, I think I would really like it :)

[@evanieves6200]

I'm a 100 pages in and loving it! Although I have to admit sometimes is a lot of info but I'm surprised Samantha has created so many things for this world that makes me wanna continue reading. Also, does it have romance cause I'm getting the vibe two characters are gonna fall in love?! Did you start reading the second one already? Love you videos like always :)

[@ellias]

THEY CHANGED THE COVERS??!! Oh maaaaaannn.... I really liked TBS; super unique and the aspect of clairvoyance in general is just so cool:)

[@rl4810]

Yeeees

[@moldingnewmindsacademy5568]

The Bone Season, The Pale Dreamer, The Mime Order, The Song Rising, The Mask Falling and The Dawn Chorus

[@moldingnewmindsacademy5568]

On the merit of unnaturalness

[@jackiechild7693]

Samantha Shannon and went to my secondary school 👌👌😆😆

[@ivingzuniga841]

Hey Jesse. If you're reading this you're awesome xx

[@siljakujala6185]

❤

[@ladyhanna13]

I currently ordered 'the bone season' because even though I'm a little intimidated, the story sounds like something I'd really enjoy. Don't think I'm going to be done until April 1st though :(

[@confessionsofabookaddict6862]

I ordered it for the Booksplosion but it got cancelled from B&N and Amazon isn't even shipping it till Tues!! grr. I look forward to watching the Booksplosion vid once I finish it though.

[@saraberry-brown9153]

Will someone tell me if Shatter Me is the first book in that series? I'm guessing it is, but I hate reading series out of order, so if someone could clarify, that would be amazing!!!

[@KatTheBooknerd]

Ugh. Info dumping is the worst! Still, I have the first two books so I hope to read them soon. Glad you liked it. XD

[@saraberry-brown9153]

OMGoblins, I paused it when Jesse had the derpiest look on his face!!! XD

[@briana_d.l.g.1426]

Hi Jesse. How do you learn about the books that are coming out? Please reply.

[@mollycrawford6380]

I bought this the day this video came out 😂

[@mahifarwaha3354]

how many books do you have jesse

[@sruthisj7703]

please post videos more often

[@aliceamahnken8978]

I'm very on the fence about if I want to read this series. It sounds interesting, but I know the main character is 19. I typically love YA, but recently I have been getting tired of reading from the POV of a teenager. Does the main character seem young in this book or mature for a 19 year old?

[@BooksRebound]

Okay so to be honest I haven't watched yet but I just wanna say, I thought this book was only 3 stars. I was a bit disappointed. Book 2 though was sooo good in my opinion!! It was like 4.5! I recently just downloaded the 3rd book but haven't gotten around to listening to it yet. I definitely recommend the audio though, the narrator has such a pretty voice

[@BooksRebound]

Huh I don't remember noticing any info dumping. But I guess I have a higher threshold for it cause I mainly fux with epic fantasy, plus I've read The Malazan Book of the Fallen and nothing tops that. I'm glad you liked this book so much cause book 2 is gonna satisfy you soon much more! You learn a lot about the London underworld, the mime lords and mime ladies. You see a lot more magic. Paige evolves quite a bit. It's honestly just soo good. And like I said, the audio is excellent.

[@aylamokhtari]

Can’t believe the series was (is???) supposed to be seven books 😭

[@LisaandThings]

I always get The Bone Season and The Bone Clocks confused!

[@captiangoblinman6811]

Jesseeeeeeeeeeeeee! ARE YOU PART OF THE HAMFAM?!

[@sierrakisses2367]

I want to read it now. But one problem trying to get my mom to get me it.

[@Wainwright2332]

Sierra Kisses You may have already read or gotten The Bone Season, but at Books-A-Million they have a whole bunch of hardcover copies of The Bone Season for only five dollars! Which I thought was insanely awesome and snatched it up immediately!😆 Don't know if that was any help to you or not but I thought I'd let you know.

[@forest_faery]

Great review, Jesse! I feel like I am one of the only ones who didn't really like this book. I stopped after finishing book 2. The way Paige behaved towards Jaxon Hall annoyed me a lot. And the ending of book 2 was to obvious. Does anyone have recommendations for great fantasy series? :) Some of my favorite series are Harry Potter (obviously :D), Game of Thrones, Ink Heart and An Amber in the Ashes. (Excuse my English, I am from Germany :) )

[@hannahmarie08]

Sina Wilson Have you read the throne of glass series and a court of thorns and roses series by Sarah j Maas? Those are great, along with the six of crows duology. And anything by Cassandra Clare.

[@forest_faery]

I am reading Throne of Glass at the moment (I am at the end of book 3) :) Until now, I am not mind blown, but I enjoy the reading experience. I definitely want to check out ACOTAR and Six of Crows! Thank you for your recommendations! :)

[@landonprice8605]

first viewer/ like

[@ikranmoosa7404]

I am the first one

[@christinacreech5176]

I tried to read this book so I could participate in the Booksplosion live show, but I just couldn't get into it. I liked the writing, but I didn't get attached to any of the characters, and it made reading feel like a chore. Don't hate me, lol

[@jessethereader]

+Christina Creech aw that's okay! I totes understand that it's not for everyone.

[@christinacreech5176]

I really tried, too! But, it happens. It was disappointing because we normally have the tastes, but I'll be waiting for the next book of the month!

[@fifthharmonyworld7281]

Im reading a court of thorns and roses

[@fifthharmonyworld7281]

On chapter 2

[@ivingzuniga841]

COLE READS that series is PG-18 though 😦

[@fifthharmonyworld7281]

Iving Zuniga I read ya no children books I'm twelve btw

[@ev6564]

I thought it was a mix between YA and NA. Wait, is that what PG-18 is?

[@fifthharmonyworld7281]

Iving Zuniga Im twelve

[@haitamc5611]

Seems like a steam punk genre.

[@sofiabecerra6040]

Wow this is weird... i'm early

[@jananiananthanarayanan4794]

Jesse, Paige can't read minds. She can look into people's dreamscapes and push around their spirits with hers (literally), but she can't read minds. I can say more, but I don't wanna accidentally spoil The Mime order and Song rising.

[@WhitneyChakara]

I've been spoiled by this book and to some of the issues people have with the main character and love interest. I don't want to spoil anyone so I'd say do your research and then if you want check the book out yourself. However I'm not sure I want to spend my money on it.

[@noaschoenmaker]

Whitney Chakara Samantha Shannon herself actually adresses these issues, and I must say I agree with her. I feel like the people who think it's a very unhealthy relationship are kinda looking for faults so much they're kinda imagining most :/ I'd say check out her post on it, a quick Google search will probably get you to it

[@WhitneyChakara]

Maeve O'Conner she can justify it any way she would like but the words in the page do not lie. Also each reader will be drawn to different things and put off by different things so as I said read it if you want but with all do respect you nor the writer have the right to dismiss any readers thoughts or opinions towards this or any other work.

[@noaschoenmaker]

you said you were spoiled, and weren't planning on reading the book, and still you decide to judge its content? Well, suit yourself, but I'm not gonna try to convince you to do proper research No, I cannot dismiss anyones opinion, nor am I doing that, but that doesn't mean that I have to agree with them. I agree with the author, not because she was justifying what happened, but because I never understood those critiques. I never saw Paige falling for an abusive captor, but for the gentle heart behind his facade of power (The facade he purposely let down to gain her trust. The facade he HAD to have in order to survive). Again, if you want to, look up what Samantha said about it, but don't go spread judgement without having read the book yourself. I wish you a very great day, have fun with your life. I don't want to fight with someone I don't know, so I'm gonna leave it at this, and I wasn't too keen on answering because I want to avoid fighting :). Also, yes I know the critiques, I know where they're coming from, but I don't agree. Feel free to think of this book whatever you want, but it saddens me that you don't want to read my favourite series. Lots of love :)

[@noaschoenmaker]

you said you were spoiled, and weren't planning on reading the book, and still you decide to judge its content? Well, suit yourself, but I'm not gonna try to convince you to do proper research No, I cannot dismiss anyones opinion, nor am I doing that, but that doesn't mean that I have to agree with them. I agree with the author, not because she was justifying what happened, but because I never understood those critiques. I never saw Paige falling for an abusive captor, but for the gentle heart behind his facade of power (The facade he purposely let down to gain her trust. The facade he HAD to have in order to survive). Again, if you want to, look up what Samantha said about it, but don't go spread judgement without having read the book yourself. I wish you a very great day, have fun with your life. I don't want to fight with someone I don't know, so I'm gonna leave it at this, and I wasn't too keen on answering because I want to avoid fighting :). Also, yes I know the critiques, I know where they're coming from, but I don't agree. Feel free to think of this book whatever you want, but it saddens me that you don't want to read my favourite series. Lots of love :)

[@WhitneyChakara]

I think the real problem is exactly what you said at the end your upset that I don't want to read your " favorite series" I understand that outlander is also a lot of people's favorite series, twilight is also a lot of people's favorite series and they are really protective about it however, just because YOU don't see what others see doesn't mean that what they see is wrong nor did they attack you and say that you were a horrible person because you like the book. Second, I would believe an artist might be biased towards their own work, also someone whose favorite book is not liked by someone else might also be offended and biased but just because the research I did and the research you did don't suit doesn't mean my research is invalid. You also have a nice day ma'am. This is why people at the beginning of unfavorable reviews have to make a statement that its just their opinion and you are entitled to your own as well because people can get so butt hurt and offensive. Kisses and hugs back at ya and I hope we can end this type of conversation agreeing to disagree. :)

[@eleniamprazi6431]

the book has been criticized for romanticising slavery.. thoughts?

[@RannonsmrY]

Eleni Amprazi I would say no. I've read a lot of what the author has had to say about the romance in the book and people's concerns (worth a read 🙂) and because Paige, yes she was captured, wasn't treated as badly as the others. Honestly, the way the clairvoyants were treated in the book in no way makes it out to be okay, at least I didn't pick up on anything like that. I thought the treatment was realistic, in someways, to what would really happen in that situation. If you have any concerns you can inbox the author on tumblr! She's super nice and she'll answer any question :)

[@InvisibleLovatic]

Eleni Amprazi I read this book about a year ago and didn't get that from it. In fact, the romance was very slow-burn and not weird at all. At least to me.

[@TheBlueClover2012]

2 things about this book really bugged me. 1st the world building was just confusing n badly executed. 2nd the relationship between Warden n her felt so forced into the story for the sake of romance. i wish they didnt do that. it was still an interesting read though.

[@Maren617]

I have a suggestion: I know that the kinds of "special effects" mannerisms you do with bumping up into view, gesticulating, "oopsie-poopsie" edits, etc. are very popular on some big youtube channels - but those channels are big because children watch them, and children like this kind of stuff. But since you're focusing on book reviews and probably don't want your channel to be tailored to a child audience, I think it's fine to just drop these mannerisms. Your reviews themselves are great and speak for themselves, there's no need to make them more hip for kids. :-)

[@lena-oh3ow]

I feel alone when it comes to this book. I read it some years ago and hated it. The world was really interesting, but the writing made it all feel slow and I couldn't relate to Paige in any level, she was just annoying. We barely get any other character and the ending felt so obvious. I dont't know, maybe it isn't for me