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The bone houses
The bone houses













Monsters, curses, love-both slow-burn and familial-beautiful descriptions of an eerie mythical Welsh setting, and a streak of humor make this stand-alone novel a must-read."- SLJ ".a new and magical journey, filled with the best parts of a fairy tale. this melancholic horror novel digs its way into the heart."- Booklist (starred review) filled with breathless moments and occasional humor. Inspired by Welsh mythology, this stand-alone novel is both a classic quest saga and a page-turning horror story.A required purchase for collections serving young adults, this fine novel will especially appeal to those who enjoy fantasy with more than a touch of terror."- VOYA (starred review) Mysterious, earthy, utterly magical."- Anna Bright, One More Page Books

the bone houses

"The Bone Houses is the adventure of a gravedigger and a mapmaker, the story of the place where fable and rumor intersect with real-life danger and quest.

the bone houses

Emily Lloyd-Jones is an author who should be on everyone's radar."- Mackenzi Lee, NYT bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue The Bone Houses is a haunting and hypnotic novel that I drank deeply and savored. "A dark, mesmerizing fairytale reminiscent of the Grimm Brothers, the Brontes, and Neil Gaiman in turn. Equal parts classic horror novel and original fairy tale, The Bone Houses will have you spellbound from the very first page. What is it that draws them near? And more importantly, how can they be stopped for good? Together, Ellis and Ryn embark on a journey that will take them into the heart of the mountains, where they will have to face both the curse and the deeply-buried truths about themselves.

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When Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker with a mysterious past, arrives in town, the bone houses attack with new ferocity. The risen corpses are known as "bone houses," and legend says that they're the result of a decades-old curse. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. Schwab! Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. About the Book "When risen corpses called 'bone houses' threaten Ryn's village because of a decades-old curse, she teams up with a mapmaker named Ellis to solve the mystery of the curse and destroy the bone houses forever"-īook Synopsis Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sky in the Deep in this bewitching historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Holly Black and V.E.















The bone houses