Ballad of the Bone Road, A.C. Wise
Ballad of the Bone Road, A.C. Wise
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Ballad of the Bone Road

Author: A.C. Wise

Narrator: Nicole Poole

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2026


Synopsis

From Sunburst Award–winning author A. C. Wise, this utterly original dark fantasy tale is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Ava Reid.

Port Astor is a city of ghosts. Once home to the beautiful, brutal courts of the fae, forty years ago they vanished without explanation—and Port Astor decided to forget.

Brix and Bellefeather are paranormal investigators, working to keep Port Astor's wraiths and specters from consuming the city. Both have hauntings of their own: Belle shares her body with a demon, Belizial; Brix has trapped the soul of his dead fiancée in the world of the living, unwilling to let her go.

While investigating the glamorous and notoriously haunted Peony Hotel, Brix and Belle come across a young couple tangled up in one of the city's most infamous tales. Jimmy Valentine, silver screen idol and one-time favorite of a fae queen, has returned to haunt the Peony. But Jimmy is no mere ghost, and Brix and Belle soon realize his return is more intimately tied to their own hauntings than they could ever have imagined.

The fae have not forgotten that Port Astor once belonged to them. And their Hollow Queen won't give up her kingdom so easily.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie all_books_great_and_small on January 15, 2026

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via Titan Books. Ballad of the Bone Road is a dark, gothic read for fans of the paranormal. Bellefeather (Belle) and Brix are partners of a paranormal investigators business and take on cases of the unusual and hau......more

Goodreads review by greta on November 01, 2025

*2.5/5 this book wasn't at all what i was expecting. my first time reading a book by this author and it wasn't the best time. 🫣 the character i loved following the most was definitely brix. i thought he had the most thought provoking inner monologues and battles. the love story between him and abigail......more

Goodreads review by Jamedi on January 27, 2026

Review originally on JamReads Ballad of the Bone Road is a standalone dark fantasy novel written by A.C. Wise, published by Titan Books. A mysterious spectral story articulated around the fascinating city of Port Astor, playing with a setting where magical beings are gone from memory, but still......more

Goodreads review by Suki on December 28, 2025

Thank you to Titan Books and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. A promising premise involving paranormal investigators trying to keep a city safe from spectres, and the potential for gothic goodness, unfortunately failed to capture me. I wasn't invested in our characters, and for......more

Goodreads review by The Blog Without a Face on January 30, 2026

BWAF Score: 7/10 TL;DR: A doom-tender, weird-lyrical horror-fantasy road (and hotel) story where fae bargains, grief, and hunger-light imagery fuse into something mythic without getting lost in vibes. It lands because it actually moves, keeps its hauntings emotional, and makes “letting the dead go” f......more