Bone Weaver, Aden Polydoros
Bone Weaver, Aden Polydoros
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Bone Weaver

Author: Aden Polydoros

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 13 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/20/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

"A heart-pounding adventure. Magic and monsters lurk in every corner as a headstrong trio search for their place in Aden Polydoros's haunting world." ––Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

From the author of The City Beautiful comes a haunting fantasy following Toma, adopted daughter of the benevolent undead, making her way across a civil war-torn continent to save her younger sister as she discovers she might possess magical powers herself.

The Kosa empire roils in tension, on the verge of being torn apart by a proletarian revolution between magic-endowed elites and the superstitious lower class, but seventeen-year-old Toma lives blissfully disconnected from the conflict in the empire with her adoptive family of benevolent undead.

When she meets Vanya, a charming commoner branded as a witch by his own neighbors, and the dethroned Tsar Mikhail himself, the unlikely trio bonds over trying to restore Mikhail’s magic and protect the empire from the revolutionary leader, Koschei, whose forces have stolen the castle. Vanya has his magic, and Mikhail has his title, but if Toma can’t dig deep and find her power in time, all of their lives will be at Koschei’s mercy.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Praise for The City Beautiful
"An achingly rendered exploration of queer desire, grief, and the inexorable scars of the past."
—Katy Rose Pool, author of There Will Come A Darkness

"Chillingly sinister, warmly familiar, and breathtakingly transportive, The City Beautiful is the haunting, queer Jewish historical thriller of my darkest dreams." —Dahlia Adler, creator of LGBTQreads and editor of That Way Madness Lies
 

About Aden Polydoros

Aden Polydoros is an award-winning author who transitioned from female-to-male when he was 14. After going ‘stealth’ for over 10 years, he came out as transgender in order to support trans youth and vocalize how transitioning saved his life. His YA gothic fantasy novel, The City Beautiful, won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Award, the South Carolina Book Award, and the 2022 World Fantasy Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica on November 23, 2022

this story is a masterclass in world-building. AP expertly draws on his mothers ukrainian/lithuanian ancestry to create a setting that captures the harsh beauty of eastern europe, the cunning magic of slavic folklore, and the unwavering resilience of its people. i really had the most enjoyable time......more

Goodreads review by Ally on September 19, 2022

Got an arc because my fiancé is doing a launch event with the author I thoroughly enjoyed this one! The worldbuilding felt so rich and thorough that it seemed like we were only seeing fractions of the universe the characters inhabit, and honestly I’d read a whole thing of just these three sitting aro......more

Goodreads review by milliereadsalot on October 19, 2022

Thank you to Pride Book Tours and Harper360YA for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! This world was incredibly detailed and rich, and it was fascinating to read this story of persecution, grief and found family with Slavic mythology woven into the plot. I really enjoyed......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on September 24, 2022

Bone Weaver was an intriguingly dark and thought provoking fantasy that seamlessly blends the rich and diverse folklore of Eastern Europe with Jewish and Imperial Russian history to create a beautifully vivid though unflinchingly bloody tale of power, persecution, grief, identity, found family and b......more

Goodreads review by Jill on January 22, 2023

I received an advance ebook copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for review. Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros follows Toma. She is a live human who has been adopted by two undead humans. When her adoptive sister—who is also undead—gets abducted by those who wish to experiment on her, Toma di......more