Silver in the Bone

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

480 Pages

Publisher: Random House Children’s, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Release Date: April 4, 2023

Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Teens, Young Adult, Avalon, Arthurian Folklore

Tamsin does not have any magic. She must use a waxy hand of a murderer to provide light when they go on their adventures. She and her brother, Cabell, break into ancient crypts belonging to sorceresses to collect sigils and symbols that can be sold to break curses. She needs to find a ring for a sorceress but without magic, she has a disadvantage. She takes a chance using basilisk venom to gain magical vision. The ring and or Arthur’s dagger is on Avalon. She meets others to go on this journey but once they are in Avalon, but they are dumbstruck. Avalon is a wasteland. What happened to the beautiful land?

The story has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. This is a different take on the Arthurian, Morgan La Fey, and Lady in the Lake stories. If you like these stories but with a darker side, you will enjoy reading this book.