Ivory and Bone

by LiterallyLenny - 9:40 PM

What's it about?

"A prehistoric fantasy—with allusions to Pride and Prejudice.

Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safe—that’s the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold, enigmatic Mya arrives from the south with her family, and Kol is captivated. He wants her to like and trust him, but any hopes of impressing her are ruined when he makes a careless—and nearly grave—mistake. However, there’s something more to Mya’s cool disdain…a history wrought with loss that comes to light when another clan arrives. With them is Lo, an enemy from Mya’s past who Mya swears has ulterior motives.

As Kol gets to know Lo, tensions between Mya and Lo escalate until violence erupts. Faced with shattering losses, Kol is forced to question every person he’s trusted. One thing is for sure: this was a war that Mya or Lo—Kol doesn’t know which—had been planning all along."- Goodreads Synopsis

My thoughts:

I was really disappointed in this book. I was really excited to read a prehistoric pride and prejudice but it was almost too much with how cheesy and predictable it was. Obviously, being a massive fan of pride and prejudice may make me prejudice towards anyone trying to replicate the story. But I just feel like this could've been so much better. I really did not like Maya. And I found their romance to be really dull and random. I mean, Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship was far from either of those things. Maybe it's just that I was expecting too much. I'm not sure. I think that Maya should have had a much larger part than she did. She was just kinda "there".

I did like when the plot started to evolve into its own story because then nothing was predictable. It actually left me guessing. But. That's where the guessing stopped. The ending was mediocre and very truncated.

However, what saved this book for me was the creativity that the author had with writing such a unique story. Whether or not it was actually historically accurate, it was a fun read just for the setting. Because honestly, when was the last time you read a YA set in a prehistoric time?

Overall, I give Ivory and Bone 3 stars.