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onceandfuturereaders's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
A gender bent Sleeping Beauty retelling where Briar Rose is a prince waiting to be rescued by Fi, a nerdy treasure hunter trying to find the key to her own curse. Tagging along on this adventure is Shane, the axe-wielding, sarcastic, sidekick who is as funny as she is impatient. Briar Rose’s a 16 year old who has been stuck in a castle his entire life (and trapped under a sleeping curse for 100 years) who believes in destiny and happily ever after with his one true love Fi, who has sworn off love forever after a shitty ex ruined her life (like actually ruined her life - not just a teenage version). Shane is along for the journey as long as she gets to flirt with Red, a mysterious girl she and Fi meet along the way, and bash anything and everything with her axe.
Oh yeah and there’s a big bad looming but never seen (the Spindle Witch). It really set the stage for the rest of the series but in typical world building, had a slow start and I had a million questions along the way.
It’s Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones and once it got going, I had trouble turning off the audiobook. I will be adding the rest of the series to my TBR because now I need to know how it all ends.
Oh yeah and there’s a big bad looming but never seen (the Spindle Witch). It really set the stage for the rest of the series but in typical world building, had a slow start and I had a million questions along the way.
It’s Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones and once it got going, I had trouble turning off the audiobook. I will be adding the rest of the series to my TBR because now I need to know how it all ends.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse
readingwithkirstyn's review against another edition
5.0
The Bone Spindle is a mixture of Indiana Jones and a gender-bent sleeping beauty - which had me all kinds of excited and did not disappoint at all! The story was fun and fast-paced, with simpler writing which was nice since it let you focus more on getting completely lost in the adventure of the story.
shhtrevorisreading's review against another edition
5.0
Genderbent Sleeping Beauty Retelling meets Indiana Jones! Need I say more?
This book was great! It had me hooked from the beginning!
Can’t wait to find out what happens in The Severed Thread out February 7th, 2023
This book was great! It had me hooked from the beginning!
Can’t wait to find out what happens in The Severed Thread out February 7th, 2023
lexereads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
jillselwyn's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
abs3041's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
I picked this book up from the back to school YA section at my library and was looking for a lighthearted introduction to fantasy books. It checked all my boxes for exactly the kind of read I was looking for. Great storyline with characters that I felt so invested in that I grabbed the second book in the series when returning my copy to the library! It was a simple and fun read, I especially enjoyed one of the main characters who is queer but her backstory and character was written in way that it wasn’t the main focus of the book. I found it incredibly refreshing and comforting that the character’s queer aspects are written in such a societally normalized way.
hiiii3's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
purplebunny9157's review against another edition
4.0
I really wanted to read this book like a year ago when I first discovered it, and I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read it then. It was very fast paced all the way through, though I sort of lost interest around halfway, probably because I kept pausing to read other books, which is a bad habit that I do not recommend. I definitely liked the beginning of the book, and I enjoyed the flashbacks even more than I did the actual story, which surprises me. I would read a whole book about Fi’s adventures in treasure hunting, and a whole book about Briar’s childhood.
As for the characters, some of their relationships felt a bit underdeveloped to me, but this is the first book in a trilogy so it makes sense. But nothing bad can be said about Briar Rose. He honestly carried the entire book, which says a lot since he wasn’t in it nearly as much as any other character. He reminds me a lot of Keefe Sencen from Keeper of the Lost Cities. I hear that he has a lot more page time in the second book, so needless to say I am excited.
I also for some reason really liked the paper witch. I hope he’s a more prominent character in the rest of the trilogy.
Overall, this story definitely has potential, and I’m excited to see where it goes from here!
As for the characters, some of their relationships felt a bit underdeveloped to me, but this is the first book in a trilogy so it makes sense. But nothing bad can be said about Briar Rose. He honestly carried the entire book, which says a lot since he wasn’t in it nearly as much as any other character. He reminds me a lot of Keefe Sencen from Keeper of the Lost Cities. I hear that he has a lot more page time in the second book, so needless to say I am excited.
I also for some reason really liked the paper witch. I hope he’s a more prominent character in the rest of the trilogy.
Overall, this story definitely has potential, and I’m excited to see where it goes from here!