Kelly Andrew's writing improves with each book. She really pushes the boundaries of the genre. This book pushed my reading comfort zone in a good way. in terms of genre That being said I probably would not have picked up the book if I knew what would be considered a pretty large spoiler about the romance, this is not a reflection of the book, rather of me as a reader.

Thank you to Scholastic Press and Netgalley for the ARC.

Wow. WOW. WOWZA. This book...
LOVE LOVE LOVE FOREVER LOVE god this story was AMAZING. SO well told.
ten out of ten, no notes. Loved it, can't say that enough. Great world building.

Big thanks to Scholastic YA & Colored Pages Tours for the eARC via Netgalley!

God, I forgot how much I loved this niche sub-genre of urban fantasy aka books with creepy forest Raven Cycle vibes,,,

Ugh this book just brought me BACK to my freaking roots (ha yes pun!) and I had the bestest time. truly. She just sucked me right in and I could not get enough.

I have to say I was not loving the first chapter or so, but once I was past that, I was HOOKED. I do not exaggerate when I say the creepy forest vibes are everything. Huh, no wonder I'm writing my own book almost exactly like that... lmao

Anyway, I'm getting side-tracked. The writing was eerie and atmospheric and I was IN THE STINKING FOREST LIVING MY BEST LIFE. The magic made next to no sense and I didn't care because it wasn't making sense in a good way. Like who was the beast? Idk but I could picture him anyway and it was amazing.

Omg and the characters!!! Ms Wyatt was a freaking queen and I loved her. We love soft and slightly damaged boys and Peter was definitely one of them. Don't even get me started on the angsty friends/enemies to lovers. Even Jamie, a weirdo but we loved.

If you're anything like me and have a likening to any of the above but mostly those eerie vibes then you've come to the absolute right place and either you'll devour this book or it'll devour you *wink wink*

I really really enjoyed this book! It drew me in immediately. At times the story felt slow and someone episodic but I devoured it. The ending left me feeling a little sad but I see why it needed to happen the way that it did.

Your Blood, My Bones is a twisty, atmospheric gothic tale that had me on the edge of my seat. Full of dark, family secrets and cunning cryptids–Kelly Andrews really draws you into this setting like you yourself could almost feel the moss and dirt of the forest beneath your toes. Wyatt is such a powerhouse of a protagonist! I’m such a sucker for a witchy woman who can wield an axe and won’t take shit from no one! And both Peter and James are so mysterious…in their own very different ways...And can we talk about the tension between these three??! I was flipping through these pages so fast, wondering if they were about to kill each other or maybe kiss or maybe both?! This book has claimed my soul and left me guessing on how this would end!

Your Blood, My Bones is a YA horror romance with excellent nature-occult vibes and heartfelt themes of the angst of revisiting childhood nostalgia with new context as an adult. In terms of setting and atmosphere, I could definitely compare this to the Thornchapel series by Sierra Simone (but without the adult sexual content and queer polyamory). The audiobook narration is great, and the audio copy from my library included an interview with the author. It was super interesting to learn that the author, Kelly Andrew, is Deaf with a cochlear implant, and how that experience has shaped her relationship with sound and music, especially as they relate to the emotional component of storytelling. She has a curated music playlist to accompany this book, and in that interview she gives insight to the song choices and how they line up with specific themes or moments in the book. Trigger warnings for blood, human sacrifice, animal death, and corpse reanimation.

I LOVED Kelly's The Whispering Dark so I had high expectations for this book. And it did NOT disappoint! This was a lot harder to take in-- and I'm having a difficult time trying to describe this book without revealing anything spoilery. Wyatt and Peter just grabbed me from the beginning and did not let go. A definite must read!

4.5 stars. I loved reading this. Wyatt and Peter have abilities that are disturbing but very cool. It's clear they love each other and you're hoping for some miracle to save them. So many creepy and interesting things happening in this book. Lots of family secrets and deranged beliefs. But this is so tragic. I'm sad. It's hard to say much without giving spoilers so just read this book. Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC.

Late review here but I haven't had time to write a review until now! Better late than never!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

I am not okay 😭

Your Blood, My Bones is a breathtaking and heartbreaking YA book by Kelly Andrew.

With connections to Peter Pan, Wendy, and Captain Hook, this YA book leaves you wanting more! I am absolutely torn to pieces over this book and I am not okay.

Andrew did an amazing job with this book and I definitely need to go read her other one now. The writing style is very different and this book may not be for everyone but I think it definitely needs to be read with an open mind! When I first started reading it I did have a hard time getting into it but just getting use to how it is written. However, once I really got into the book I couldn't put it down!

I loved the characters so much and the plot twists really got me and broke my heart. I genuinely am obsessed with this book now and I don't know what to do with my life anymore 😭😭😭. Wyatt, Peter (Pedyr), and James were amazing and even the side characters were to die for.

I hope we're able to see more of Wyatt later on!

Content:
🩸Only One Bed
🦴Mutual Pining
🩸Reluctant Witch
🦴Sad Immortal
🩸"The woods are not right"
🦴Forced Proximity
🩸Cults
🦴Childhood Friends to Enemies to Lovers
🩸Cottagecore Horror
🦴Charismatic Eldritch Evil
🩸"Only I can kill you"

i think i have found my new favorite type of book!!! gothic fantasy with weird houses and spooky things happening!! absolutely reading kelly andrew's previous books. I loved the writing, the relationships, the touch of humor, and the nostalgic vibes

I'm not usually a YA reader, but the gothic elements and the early reviews drew me in. Overall, this had most of the things I look for-- the prose was strong and well-edited, the characters were compelling, but there were other aspects that didn't work as well for me and left me wanting more explanation-- the magic, for instance.

Just go ahead and add this to your spooky list for this upcoming fall, because you will not want to miss this one!

Spooky, haunted house, plant magic, dark vibes, cultish, immortality?, sacrifices, gore…….pretty much everything you need when you’re in a dark mood.

Add to that a slow burn romance, a main character questioning everything she knew and wasn’t told growing up on a farm in the middle of a forest, a couple of childhood friends, no phone signal and bone-chilling dread.

Kelly Andrew is going to become an auto-buy author for me if she continues on this trend, because this is the kind of beautiful writing I crave when I want something to speak to my soul.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Scholastic | Scholastic Press for an E-ARC copy of this book!

The atmosphere! Chef's kiss. The detail and intricacy and tension! Every sentence is like stepping into a decaying garden where vines coil up your ankles and poisonous scents tickle your nose. I didn't know who to trust at every turn. Deeply flawed, deeply REAL characters.

This was a great atmospheric read with character relationships that were fun to read about, and it had a creepy vibe without actually scaring me. I did feel like some of the story was still missing by the end, though, like we didn’t get the whole picture.

I knew I would love this book because I adored this author and "The Whispering Dark" but I truly enjoyed this book from start to finish. The best way I could describe this book is "moody" but in the best way. 10/10 please read if you love paranormal romance and spooky vibes. Thank you #netgalley!

thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Wow this was something. I requested this rather impulsively after seeing a spoiler free review, despite it being outside my genre comfort zone.

I have only just finished this and I am truly blown away.

This is a gothic horror story. With a tinge of romance (if you squint honestly). This story much more focuses on the DEEP bond our two POV characters (Peter and Wyatt) share as well as their estranged "friend" (James) . It is a bond of animosity, of distance, of closeness, of love, of secrets. And it was JUST SO intriguing. The plot (which was a tangled mess that I feel like I need a second read through to unravel) and the in world lore (I have no idea what that was, it sort of remains a mystery ) really is just there to drive a deep blade into your soul and makes you feel things.
And the ending... I think I need 7-10 business days to recover honestly..

That being said this is heavy on the horror elements, and I highly suggest checking the TW before diving in.



Final Rating: 4.75\5 stars

Loved, loved, loved this book. It was so unique and dark. I loved watching the story unfold and the characters overcome their own struggles of love/hate and how to save themselves.

Wow this book blew me away! The writing was excellent and really set the tone for the setting and overall vibe. Through most of this book I had this feeling of uneasiness and dread for what was to come that definitely added to the experience. There were some creepier moments but they didn’t feel too over the top. But my tolerance for that may be different than others. The ending left me with emotional damage but honestly most of my favorite books do. This has definitely sold me on anything Kelly Andrew writes!

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING. As someone who is deep into ‘Rot in the Woods’ era, this book was perfect.

For some reason I wasn't quite prepared for the vibes of this book. It was a little destabilizing: it was both very young YA, in certain ways, and incredibly dark and more adult-seeming in other ways. I suppose the premise should have prepared me for this, but for some reason it didn't. In the end, I felt like the world-building/cosmology behind the supernatural elements in this world were slightly under-baked, while the central relationship was overdone.