I will be honest: I have tried to get into The Bone Season books for years and never could. So many people love them. And I love Shannon’s Priory series, so I felt as though I were missing something. So when I had the chance to read the ARC of Shannon’s revised version, I figured it would be now or never for me to get into the series.

This time I successfully read the book—the edits have done a lot of heavy lifting to make it more accessible. And Paige is a great character! I’m glad I got to know her and her world. That being said, it is not my favourite book. I still found the world building difficult to understand and the pacing of the plot…odd, if not cumbersome.

Still I will likely try book 2 if Shannon does her updates on it as well, to see how Paige’s story continues.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury USA for the ebook ARC. All opinions are mine alone.

Big thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the chance to review this book pre-release. Ms. Shannon is an absolutely unparalleled author, the beginning always has a ton of information, but once you get past the rush of world building given to you, the adventure is unlike anything you've ever read. I did not have the pleasure of reading this series pre-revision, but I am so happy that I get to read it exactly as the author intended. A more formal review will be available on my IG/TikTok and Goodreads.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury!
As a lover of Samantha Shannon, I was so happy to see an anniversary edition of the Bone Season! I adored her previous books and couldn't wait to read her revised work. It is such a cool thought to go back and republish the older work in order to make it as amazing as it can be.
As always, she delivered a fantastically detailed world with tons of world-building. The info dump is a bit heavy, but I love that about her books. The lore is detailed and complex but still creative and interesting. I can definitely see this fitting in with the 2010s dystopian novels.

I had the immense pleasure and honor to be able to read an ARC of this magnificent book. I've been a fan of Samantha Shannon and this series since it came out ten years ago and it's so good and brilliant being able to read its revised edition.

After ten years of writing, Samantha Shannon comes back to her debut and edits it and what's comes out it's a more polished and strong version of the first book. If before there could have been some confusion about the worldbuilding or some info dump, this new edition leads the reader through the complexity of the unnaturalness, the colony, Sheol and a brilliantly layered dystopian London with a criminal underground and amazing and morally gray characters.
As before, Paige Mahoney stands out not only as main character, but for her stubborness, her bantering, courage and loyalty. Comparing the first and the revised edition results in new scenes, more explained and detailed moments, more bantering between Paige and Warden and gives the chance to places, characters and scenes to shine more.
The bones are there, the plot isn't changed much, but the writing, the worldbuilding and characterization are improved and if you loved the first edition you are gonna love this revised too.

I can't wait to hold this book in my hands!

This is the first book by Samantha Shannon and it will not be the last. She is a very talented writer her story, characters are just amazing.

This is peak 2013 YA fantasy and I would've fallen head over heels for it if I'd read it back then. The concept of clairvoyance as a magic system is inspired and I liked how many elements of the paranormal were incorporated. Going back and editing the book was another stroke of genius - allowing the new edition to appeal more to new readers, and just cleaning up some prose overall. Seeing Europe taken over by the Rephs was simultaneously terrifying and electrifying. I'm imagining that the syndicate and the Rephs are going to be entering an all out war after the events of this book and dang.

Will I pick up book 2? Unsure.

*Thank you to Bloomsbury and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review*

In true Samantha Shannon fashion, this was an absolute info dump but I couldn’t be happier. I love these books and this first one is an absolute treasure. The 10th anniversary edition is gorgeous and I’m sure to get a physical copy the moment I’m able. Thank you so much for the copy, it was an absolute pleasure to read again.

There were a lot of formatting problems with this arc, but I was willing to overlook it to get to read this gem of a novel. I’m so glad I did, I was swept away into this world and I never want to leave. Samantha Shannon’s writing is casually beautiful, and just a joy to read. Sometimes a sentence will just take my breath away. I’m so glad I held off reading the originally published version because to me this was perfect.

The world building in this book is complex and expansive. For such a young writer, Shannon does a great job with characterization and complex intricate ideas
would recommend this to anyone who like urban fantasy, subtle inevitable romance, enemies to lovers, interesting world building, magical things,
Shannon’s writing has definitely improved in the years since she wrote this but the bone season is still just as ,or more, captivating as her later work.
I felt that the rewrite was unnecessary . Comparing it to the original, the rewritten plot points and ideas are minor and do not change the characterization or the outcome of the story. I understand that the author wanted to improve her writing in a more mature way but it just makes everything more confusing for those us who read the original.
As someone who has a first edition of the original text, I was just going back and forth between the original and the new seeing what was different and what had stayed the same. If you’re coming to this story for this first time then perhaps you’ll, enjoy it more to a degree but for me it was just annoying.
trigger warning slavery and abuse and captivity, slight stockholm syndrome

Do you remember being a teenager and getting such a terrible haircut or a big zit on your face that you beg your mother to stay home? And then she tells you no one will notice? And it turns out she’s right?

That’s kind of my experience reading the author’s revised edition of this book. I can appreciate the desire to revisit work from a decade ago with the skills of that decade, but I can honestly say, after reading this and then rereading the first ~10% of the original, I picked up on hardly any differences. I enjoyed the first version a lot, and I enjoyed this one too.

There might be more subtle changes at work here, perhaps to lay some groundwork for future volumes, but it passed above my head. The changes I had expected— for example, like a reduction or streamlining in the meaty exposition present at the beginning of the book— appeared unaltered.

I suspect this will end up being more of an opportunity for fans of Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night to appreciate Shannon’s earlier work, and I certainly can’t complain about that. Or the chance for some pretty new editions!

I first read The Bone Season in my senior year of high school in 2013 and I absolutely adored it. It was my first introduction to Samantha Shannon and I am so, so happy to see how far she has come since The Bone Season first came out. This was such an amazing, fresh take on a book I already loved. I can't wait for more people to discover this series through the anniversary edition. Samantha Shannon has done it again!! If I could give this more than five stars I would.

I’ve been a fan of the Bone Season books from the start, so when I heard that Samantha Shannon was going to rewrite them I’ll admit I was hesitant at first. However, having read this new edition, I understand better why she did so. Overall, I don’t think much has changed from the plot of the original, but Shannon’s writing is so much stronger in this edition.

The biggest change, I felt, was in her characters. I felt a lot more connected to them and they were more likable. The relationships between the characters felt a lot deeper. It made more sense why characters would follow Paige in this version.

I also felt that the world building was better explained. It’s an intense and deep world that Shannon has created for these books. I feel that she introduces readers to it more gradually and explains things better for new readers of this series.

I’ve recommended The Bone Season to readers from the start, but received feedback from some that they just couldn’t get into the series. I will definitely recommend they try again with the new version and will recommend the new version to new readers of the series, as well!

I had read these books and loved them but it had been a number of years. I also really like this author and it’s interesting they wanted to come back to this first one and fix a few things.

If you’re familiar with the story, I personally didn’t notice whatever the differences were. I still really enjoyed these characters and now want to continue reading the rest. This is the place to start! Thank you NetGalley.

Samantha Shannon has done it once again. I fell in love with her writing with Priory of the Orange Tree and was beyond excited to hear that she was revisiting The Bone Season. I have read it once before and really liked it, but something just did not click all the way. She has managed not only to refine and enhance the story of Paige Mahoney but also brought a whole new dimension to the story. Samantha Shannon has poured all her experience from the last ten years and made an already great story even better. This tenth-anniversary edition is perfect for those who have visited Scion London before or for those who are hearing about Clairvoyants for the first time. I cannot wait to reread the rest of the series after they are revised, Thank you so much to Netgalley and Bloomsbury for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review,

The Bone Season blew me away. It was a unique take on the dystopian genre that immediately won me over. Paige Mahoney is forcibly taken from her home in Scion and her role as mollisher to The Seven Seals. As she is thrown into extreme conditions, Paige must rely on her powers in a whole new way. Throughout the books we meet several strong characters, and I found myself rooting for each of them. The themes of trust, friendship, and self discovery were interwoven throughout in subtle but beautiful ways. Not only do we get to watch Paige grow in confidence, we also get to see the struggles of fighting for what is right even if it means putting your life on the line. I laughed at Paige's clever barbs, cheered at her bravery, and cried through the misfortune she found along the way. Samantha Shannon nailed the brutal ideals those in power may inflict on those that are "less than" and spun a powerful message through The Bone Season. I read the original, and the tenth anniversary is an amazing improvement on an already solid story. Characters shined brighter, the plot was smoother, and the world building was much more immersive. Overall, the tenth anniversary edition is sure to be a huge success for Samantha Shannon! I cannot wait to recommend this to my students and force it into the hands of my friends and family!

This is such a unique idea for a story. I read the original way back in the day, and I have to say that I'm glad S. Shannon got to go back to this story. She has grown as a writer and having to opportunity to fix a few things is awesome

Conceptually, it is so cool that Samantha Shannon is rewriting her books ten years later with ten more years of experience. I've always thought that was something only Indie publishers "could" do. That said, I don't think the books are going to appeal to a wider audience. They don't feel like the right fit for our libraries.

A lot of telling, a lot of world building, and this is definitely going to be a book that requires patience and persistence, even with a rewrite. I stopped after chapter 1.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury for the ARC.

Woah this book was intense! I think every moment of it was packed with action and I was nervous for our main characters the whole time.

I was surprised to find out that this one was a dystopian style book mixed with SyFy. Paige is thrown in to a world with creatures that she didn’t know existed. I love seeing her come in to her power and am excited to see how she uses it in future books!

Read this if you like:
💭 Dystopian/SyFy/Fantasy
💭 Slow burn enemies to lovers
💭 Being on the edge of your seat the whole book!

Im loving this new cover!

bruh how the hell did it just end like that???? time to move on to the next book!

paige is a clairvoyant but the people of scion call them unnaturals and to be a clairvoyant is illegal!! it’s is punishable by DEATH. she is also irish (which is bad! they explained but i forgot sorrrryyyyy) so it’s double homicide fr

after high school she decides to leave her home and join jaxon in his underground gang, she’s basically his right hand (only when she does what he asks and makes him happy😾) anyways, she was able to keep her clairvoyance a secret for about three years until she KILLS somebody with her power and get caught. once she gets caught she’s brought to uni of oxford but it was no longer uni of oxford (lol i forgot what i was called instead oops) once she’s there she obviously wants to ESCAPE BUT SHE CANT! bc the rephs there or “keeper” if you will(also not human- and they’re giants!), all choose somebody from the group and well well well, a reph who has previously never taken interest in a human before TAKES AN INTEREST IN PAIGE!! (she is the main character after all) the point of that this is bc they’re basically claiming a human and training them to be at their best and whatnot for something called Bicentenary, but paige ain’t down with that! she wants to LEAVE (as she should!! the place is lowk nasty except the keepers place of residence) but she can’t bc the uni of oxford is heavily isolated away from london!! her keeper treats her very well compared to the others and calls her by her name in private instead of “40” (every human gets a number) which is not allowed and he’s training her💅🏻 (tho she loathes him atm) anyways go read the book, i think if i go more in to detail its a spoiler heh


i’m not even kidding this book ate, i read the anniversary edition thanks to bloomsbury publishing (thank u) and it did not disappoint!!!! oh my god i had so much fun reading this even tho i was lowk confused in the beginning but that’s usually the case with me and fantasy books😗🤞🏻the tension between paige and warden had me giggling, twirling my hair, swinging my feet hehehehehe i love tension, it makes me feel alive!! just read it. it’s so good.

holy shit. this book was fantastic and im having a hard time wrapping my head around it.

the world building?? PHENOMENAL. it WILL give off a very info dumpy vibe but if ya just stick with it, i guarantee it’s so so worth it. i feel like i’ve just found a new favorite book and i love these characters to pieces. so ridiculously excited to continue the series