The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One

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The Tithing Festival that gathers the bone shards necessary for magic is a painful and dangerous one, with one wrong move meaning the chisel could hit the brain and kill the kid, but the empire justifies it by constantly warning its citizens about how the Alanga might come back. Shutting himself away with Bayan—the Emperor’s protégé and Lin’s rival—to experiment and pry away at the bone shards inside of his constructs, the Emperor has no time for her brokenness.

There is Lin, the daughter of the emperor, trying to figure out why she has no memories of her past and trying to learn everything about bone-shard magic without her father knowing. this is being marked as perfect for fans of the poppy war, so I'm buddy reading it with the poppy war addict club/queen kuang fan club: featuring may, our fearless captain, my fellow brit ilsa, and .The other island residents insist they have all always been on Maila, but Sand's awakening continues, and she decides to awaken the others as well.

It's an unflinching examination of how people in power exploit and dehumanize those they are supposed to serve, but it also celebrates the uplifting power of love and friendship. However, there’s a chance that she might lose her chance if she doesn’t prove herself in some unconventional way, which was surprising to me. But the mysteries behind such power are dark and deep, and wielding her family’s magic carries a great cost.I did not feel that this was a debut at all because it shows writing experience from the writing style to the characters and the world-building!

Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. Since Bone Shard Magic was used to overthrow the tyrannical Alanga centuries ago, and is now the front line defense in the event they ever come back, it’s considered everyone’s patriotic duty.Lin has forgotten how to work bone shard magic and she feels the absence of that knowledge within her like a hunger. My favorite works tend to be those that combine the tropes of both, especially sci-fi with grand, beautiful worldbuilding. It also follows three other characters—Phalue, Ranami, and Sand—whose paths weave intricately with the others to create an overall compelling narrative.

Thank you for supporting the top site for book series recaps, and we hope you continue to find it a useful resource! Mephi, to Jovis' amazement, is able to speak, slowly developing from simple one-word concepts to using complete sentences. Andrea Stewart is the Chinese American daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. The problem is that the people are not happy to be docile and subdued anymore and the empire is rotting from the inside because of greed.Speaking of plots: as with my many of my favorite books, The Bone Shard Daughter has a well-seeded plot twist, as well as a handful of misdirections that end up leaving several questions unanswered. One thing I could live without though would be Mephi, the mysterious maybe-animal companion (familiar? Like Link in the Legend of Zelda, she steals keys to the palace’s many locked doors that hold numerous secrets to Bone Shard Magic. Whitstone, mined from islands, which float through the Endless Sea in seven year rainy/dry cycles, power the winds and may have other magical effects. Lin manages to mess with a couple of her father’s constructs to get them to obey her, which is good.