I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Not every book is going to be for every reader. A book can be perfectly fine and you still might not enjoy it. For me, Crown of Bones falls into that camp.

I am a character reader. That's not to say I don't enjoy exploring unique worlds, plots, and themes, but I like fantasy worlds where we watch how the world influences the characters a lot more than stories where we watch how the characters influence the world. Crown of Bones has a crazy unique magic system and world building, but we're thrown into the middle of it all before getting a chance to connect to either of our 2 main perspective characters and because of that, everything fell a little flat to me.

Crown of Bones has a really unique world and magic system at its core and I'm sure it'll find it's fan base, it just wasn't the right fit for me.

A compelling read with a completely different magic system than any I have read before. Raising spirits that fight for you in such a way that they are phantoms. It's imaginative. I enjoyed the main plot and the fact that we get to go inside more than one characters head.
It had a ton of world building and I think some of it slipped by me.
Overall I enjoyed it and would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a different kind of fantasy read.