
When they have the bones with them they can use the power of the animal bones. These women acquire bones from animals they hunt and fashion them into pendants they can carry. I liked the story about the Leuress or Bone Criers – they are a group of woman who ferry dead souls to the afterlife.

Here are some things I did like about the story. I was excited to finally get this one from my library but I didn’t love it like I was hoping I would.

But when her best friend Ailesse is taken captive, Sabine will do whatever it takes to save her, even if it means defying their traditions-and their matriarch-to break the bond between Ailesse and Bastien. Sabine has never had the stomach for the Bone Criers’ work. Ailesse’s ritual has begun and now their fates are entwined-in life and in death. Yet when he finally captures one, his vengeance will have to wait. But first she must complete her rite of passage and kill the boy she’s also destined to love.īastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. And that promise comes at the cost of the Bone Criers’ one true love.Īilesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers, a mysterious famille of women who use strengths drawn from animal bones to ferry dead souls. But their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara’s Night Heavens or Tyrus’s Underworld comes from sacrifice. They alone can keep the dead from preying on the living. 10849603 Purdie, Kathryn Dewey number 813.Title: Bone Crier’s Moon (Bone Grace, #1)Ĭategories: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romanceīone Criers have a sacred duty.

When he takes Ailesse captive, her friend Sabine will do whatever it takes to save her- and to break the bond between Ailesse and Bastien Member of Bastien's father was slain by a Bone Crier and he has sought revenge ever since. But first she must complete her rite of passage and kill the boy she is destined to love. Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers. The gods demand a promise of dedication- the Bone Criers' one true love. Language eng Summary Bone âℼriers alone can keep the dead from preying on the living, but their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara's Night Heavens or Tyrus's Underworld comes from sacrifice.

