It’s hard to believe a story following a gravedigger and the walking dead could be beautiful, but in the capable hands of Emily Lloyd-Jones apparently it is. I loved the characters and the escalation of the plot over the course of the book. The Bone Houses is a highly creative and engaging YA Dark Fantasy story. Thus, Ryn and Ellis, along with Ryn’s very faithful goat, head off deep into the heart of the mountains, where they hope to finally learn the truth behind the curse and their own lives. They both have mysteries to solve and there’s no better way to solve a mystery than going on a quest. It turns out Ellis was found in the very mountains that border the village. Ryn is drawn to this new man, Ellis, and the two begin to get to know one another. Could the two things possibly be connected? Ryn can’t quite figure it out.Īround this same time, a mysterious young man, a mapmaker by trade, has come to the village. They’re venturing further into the village and attacking with a new ferocity. Recently though, the behavior of the bone houses is changing. They seem to stick to the forest and are fairly easily cut down if need be. These walking dead are known as bone houses.įor the most part, Ryn is used to dealing with this issue. In their remote village of Colbren, however, the dead oftentimes don’t remain dead not exactly.Īllegedly, due a decades-old curse, the dead in Colbren can reanimate themselves and begin to walk again amongst the living. This may seem a simple task to you, they’re gravediggers. After the death of her parents, 17-year old, Ryn, is left to run the family’s graveyard, along with her brother and sister.

The bone houses review