Kelly Andrew has fully cemented herself as one of my favs with this second book. Just like her previous novel, this book was atmospheric, creepy, romantic, and full to the brim with angsty feelings. The author writes about people just edging into adulthood, usually in college, and she really makes sure to smack you in the face with their emotions (exactly how I was as a teen tbh).

Your Blood, My Bones is about three friends, three families, and a curse or a gift depending on who's telling the story. The main characters spend every summer together growing up breathing each other's air with nobody else to cling to outside of their confusing, secretive, and often hostile families. They spend lazy days on a farm in the middle of nowhere while their parents do weird shit they don't understand. Until something very bad happens and Wyatt, our FMC, is finally taken away by her mother. Years later, on the event of her father's death, Wyatt is bequeathed the farm and finds her long-ago best friend, Peter, tied up in the basement and left to die.

This story starts off with a bang! It is creepy and atmospheric and full of dirt and trees and gore right from the beginning. Unfortunately, I think because it feels like the action starts so quickly, it kind of plateaus in the middle and starts to feel very slow, like we're all just sitting waiting for something to happen. Which. We are, but I would have appreciated more to happen in the middle instead of some of the more repetitive situations and conversations that we did get.

Overall, that was my only issue, and I ADORED this book outside of that one thing. We also get drop-in characters from the last book which I will never not love.

The magic system is dark and scary and gory. The love is deep and sumptuous and sloooowwww burn and angsty. The end was a TWIST somehow, I never expected it and I appreciate it all the more because of that.

Highly recommend to those that love books like Ninth House or My Dreadful Darling Thing. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC!

Thank you so much Netgalley for approving me to read this arc of the book. This review is coming way late after the publication date I must admit. When I first saw the the title, the cover, and the description of the book, my expectations of the book went through the roof. I was excited but also apprehensive that the book would let me down. I can genuinely say it didn’t but it also wasn’t entirely what I was expecting either. The world building was kind of not all there. I could see what she was trying to do but I felt like it was a lot more vibes than it was anything concrete. There were times where I had no idea what was going on and the pacing was a little stop/start. That being said, this book made me cry so much. It was a tragic little tale and by the end I could barely see the pages from my tears. The ending was incredibly bittersweet and though I knew some things were coming I couldn’t help but still be sad about it. The complicated friendship between the three main characters was interesting to read about and there were times you were rooting for them but also other times where you wanted to shake them a bit. Overall, this book was something I’ll never forget.

Thank you to Scholastic and NetGalley for the arc. My opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved this book. Perfect gross, atmospheric setting. A creepy cult with a dark secret. My only wish is that this was adult and I hope this author branches out to that!

Having enjoyed "The Whispering Dark," I anticipated that I would, at the very least, enjoy "Your Blood, My Bones." What I didn't expect was for it to shake me to my core and become one of my favorite books of the year. This novel is eerie, romantic, sad, and achingly beautiful all at once. I was so captivated that I read it twice in two months.

The way the story pays homage to Peter Pan is incredibly clever and adds a unique layer to the narrative. Kelly Andrews has a way of writing that makes the words seep into your soul. Her prose is haunting and evocative, leaving a lasting impact long after you've turned the last page.

I am now committed to reading anything she writes for the rest of time. "Your Blood, My Bones" is a testament to her talent, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a story that will move them deeply.

Your blood, My Bones had the enemies to lovers ,conflict of circumstance, and magic that I love to see in a novel. There is an edge of gothic romance with old family lines, ancient magic, and questionable morals. I honestly was not sure how the book was going to end and was not disappointed on the journey that it took me on. Wyatt and Peter were compelling characters and thinking about the kind of torture that Peter had been through over and over and the weird almost Lovecraftian cult like things in it tickled that sort of horror edge I wanted in some of my readings. Absolutely pick this up. The ending is a gut punch but in the best way.

Overall this was an excellent read and a really well crafted story. The paranormal elements were well explained and hauntingly tragic. I don’t tend to enjoy the horror genre but with elements of mystery and romance mixed in, there was a little something for everyone.

I adored this one, and I am in love with the cover so much! I was drawn in from the very first page and couldn’t put it down! The writing was on point and the dialogue excellent!

I loved the spooky atmosphere of this book. It was a perfect thriller that kept me eagerly turning the pages way past bed time because I could not put it down

Part horror, part romance, part mystery, part heartache. Hauntingly beautiful writing- I underlined most of the book! Tragic characters (and Peter Pan references!). And that ending... it's really hard to write a coherent review of an unique story, but if any of this sounds good, you must go pick up a copy!

Oh, I am so miserably sad at finishing Your Blood My Bones by Kelly Andrew! This was such a great and heartbreaking YA horrormance. It grabbed me by the throat within the first few pages and never let go.

When I first decided this up, I was intrigued by the cover and thought the synopsis sounded interesting. I imagined a cult and star-crossed romance. What we get is and isn’t that. Yes, there is a cult. Yes, there are star-crossed lovers. But what we actually get fells so much bigger and intrinsic to youth. The universal idea of desperately wanting to go home and never being able to reach that place you need, even if you can physically. The concept of home being more than a place, but the people that make it. Wyatt returns home after the death of her father. All she wants is to torch the place to the ground and move on with her life. Instead, she finds Peter, the boy she was in love with as a child, waiting for her. The angst is incredible in this book. If you can’t stand that, then you might not want to pick this up. From the very beginning we understand that this is likely not going to end well. Despite how much they love each other, love isn’t always enough. Love can’t solve everything, no matter how strongly you want it to.

What really is interesting is how this is written. It is very clearly in three acts. We start at Wyatt’s childhood home and the struggle between wanting to be together and wanting to go home. We then move on, having seemingly solved this problem only to have a third act heighten everything we were warned about in act one. I really loved this because it didn’t draw the story out. We learned a bit more about the world. We were given hope only to realize just how futile it was. It really did put us in Peter or Wyatt’s shoes (depending on just how hopeful you were as you read this.)

Your Blood My Bones by Kelly Andrew absolutely is one of those books that you buy a physical copy of just so you can highlight and annotate the heck out of. The prose is so beautiful and the emotions so raw, I absolutely recommend this for someone looking for YA horror and romance. The horror is innate in the beauty and a natural consequence of love and home.

Kelly Andrew’s Your Blood, My Bones is a masterfully crafted novel that intertwines the ethereal and the corporeal in a spellbinding narrative. From the first page, Andrew captivates readers with her lyrical prose and richly drawn characters, inviting them into a world where the past and present converge in hauntingly beautiful ways.

I will read anything she writes.

Your Blood, My Bones was just a beautifully descriptive book. The imagery throughout was amazing. It was imbued with such deep emotions the reader couldn’t help but relate in some way to. It was an amazing read. 5/5

This is a lyrical, dark romance with gorgeous prose! I highly recommend it for readers of eerie and gothic tales without a happy, tidy ending.

As with her debut, Kelly Andrews has woven a gorgeous, lyrical story that tugs at the heart. I adore this writer's poetic prose, and the setting is absolutely incredible. I am a sucker for childhood friends so this was right up my alley. I loved the romance, the friendship, and the creepiness of the horror elements was just top-notch. Bravo!

5/5 stars!

[Please mind the author's content/trigger warnings, including murder, child abuse, religion/religious cults, blood, gore, spiders, and more.]

It's been several weeks since I finished this book, and I've been struggling with exactly what I want to say. Normally I try to do a weighing of pros and cons with my reviews and write something lengthier, but I think for this I'll keep it short.

This book did me emotional damage unlike anything I've read in a long time. The setting, the prose, the characters, and the slow unfurling of the final confrontation has sat with me daily since I finished the book.

The one thing I wish was different was the ending. While I understand narratively why it had to be that way, it just didn't feel FAIR. And I think that was the point - none of what happened to the characters was fair.

Even with how upset I was with the ending, I still immediately picked up Kelly Andrew's first book as soon as I finished YBMB, and I've already preordered her third book.

5/5 Stars, I highly recommend (but don't say I didn't try to warn you)! As a bonus, if you want to hurt even worse, I recommend listening to Taylor Swift's Peter while reading.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a free digital ARC for my honest review!

In Your Blood, My Bones Kelly Andrew draws you into the world of Willow Heath - the mysteries, the dangers, and the close-knit friendship of Wyatt, Peter, and James. The POVs of Wyatt and Peter weave together well, mixing present and past in a compelling and propulsive narrative. I really liked Wyatt's story and watching her come into her power (I'm a sucker for a girl finding her strength and being a badass while doing it.) Peter and James are also both sympathetic characters in their own ways. And I wanted more James!
However, the ending where the book fell apart a little for me. As the action ramped up, my interest waned. Maybe it was because I found some parts confusing and others unsatisfying. Maybe it was because I put the book down and then picked it up 3 days later, forgetting what was going on at a key moment. However, my feelings about the ending did not take away from my enjoyment overall. It's haunting and atmospheric and perfect to read on a dark, hot summer night.

DNF at 34%. Not bad by any means but just not for me.

This is a collection of well-written, vibe-y scenes, but the characterizations and plot are kind of thin? I feel like we're missing a lot of the connective tissue to make this a full-fledged story. By the 1/3rd mark, I should care about (a) the characters or (b) the plot. Ideally both! But I just feel kind of meh about everything.

Thank you netgalley for this arc. 3.75 stars. I was planning to round this up to four stars, but the ending has me piassed so no😒SPOILERS AHEAD:


I really liked the aesthetic of this book. The area, house, nature. For some reason, possibly that it was in normal book formatting on Netgalley (I get migraines from white pages) I had a hard time getting through it. I ended up really liking Pedyr’s character and rooting for him, just for that ending to happen. It felt extremely unsatisfying and a little bit pointless. So —- was back.. I was glad his real not demon type version of himself was a good character, but for why? Why did he get to return, but not Pedyr. I feel like it could’ve been wrapped up better/in a way he could’ve survived that event. Like it felt like Wyatt put in this work to go through disliking him then learning who he was and trying to save him and in general loving him as she once did—and even more—just for him to stop existing. Bring ma boy back bro!! I am not content!

I loved this book! It's so engaging and whimsical. The writing is superb. I enjoyed the characters. I'd love to read more like this!

Kelly Andrew knows how to scare you, break your heart, and put it back together all within one story, which is a talent that not many authors can execute perfectly, but somehow, she does. Your Blood, My Bones was heartachingly beautiful, chilling, and thrilling. Just like it's predecessor, The Whispering Dark, I couldn't put it down.

Thank you so much Kelly and Scholastic for this ARC!