Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Audiobook7 hours
The Cold Is in Her Bones
Written by Peternelle van Arsdale
Narrated by Candace Thaxton
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
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About this audiobook
“A dark and enchanting tale.” —Bustle
“Fiercely written and beautifully feminist.” —Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician
One girl must uncover secrets of the past to save her friend from a terrible curse in this “dark, angry fairy tale” (BCCB, starred review) filled with love, revenge, and redemption that is inspired by the myth of Medusa.
Milla knows two things to be true: Demons are real, and fear will keep her safe.
Milla’s whole world is her family’s farm. She is never allowed to travel to the village and her only friend is her beloved older brother, Niklas. When a bright-eyed girl named Iris comes to stay, Milla hopes her loneliness might finally be coming to an end. But Iris has a secret she’s forbidden to share: The village is cursed by a demon who possesses girls at random, and the townspeople live in terror of who it will come for next.
Now, it seems, the demon has come for Iris. When Iris is captured and imprisoned with other possessed girls, Milla leaves home to rescue her and break the curse forever. Her only company on the journey is a terrible new secret of her own: Milla is changing, too, and may soon be a demon herself.
Suspenseful and vividly imagined, The Cold Is in Her Bones is a novel about the dark, reverberating power of pain, the yearning to be seen and understood, and the fragile optimism of love.
“Fiercely written and beautifully feminist.” —Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician
One girl must uncover secrets of the past to save her friend from a terrible curse in this “dark, angry fairy tale” (BCCB, starred review) filled with love, revenge, and redemption that is inspired by the myth of Medusa.
Milla knows two things to be true: Demons are real, and fear will keep her safe.
Milla’s whole world is her family’s farm. She is never allowed to travel to the village and her only friend is her beloved older brother, Niklas. When a bright-eyed girl named Iris comes to stay, Milla hopes her loneliness might finally be coming to an end. But Iris has a secret she’s forbidden to share: The village is cursed by a demon who possesses girls at random, and the townspeople live in terror of who it will come for next.
Now, it seems, the demon has come for Iris. When Iris is captured and imprisoned with other possessed girls, Milla leaves home to rescue her and break the curse forever. Her only company on the journey is a terrible new secret of her own: Milla is changing, too, and may soon be a demon herself.
Suspenseful and vividly imagined, The Cold Is in Her Bones is a novel about the dark, reverberating power of pain, the yearning to be seen and understood, and the fragile optimism of love.
Author
Peternelle van Arsdale
Peternelle van Arsdale is a book editor, essay and short story writer, and the author of The Beast Is an Animal and The Cold Is in Her Bones. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is at work on her third novel. Visit her at PeternellevanArsdale.com.
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Reviews for The Cold Is in Her Bones
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I couldn't even finish it since it wasn't really gripping and not at all what I expected. The narrator was okay but yeah the first time I quit an audio book.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Didn't want to put it down. Held my interest from beginning to end
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A YA fantasy 'inspired' by Medusa. Reminds me more of the witch trials/paranoia, though no specific place or time period is mentioned. Very nicely written and not too long, not too short. Just right.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was such a good creepy book. The book was really good when I bought this I thought I wouldn't like it. But I ended enjoying the book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I went into this book not know what it was about but was presently surprised by the story that unfold. This book was about love and loss, the pain we inflict on one another when we don’t have to, jealously, hatred, and yearning for what others have. I will definitely pick up more by this author.