Charlotte May's Reviews > The Bone Houses

“The things that crawled from the lake were sinew and rotting flesh. They were silent, with hollow eyes and bodies that caved in. They were called bone houses.”

4 ⭐️

Ryn lives with her brother and sister after the death of their mother and disappearance of their father.
She saw her first Bone House coming out of the forest when she was just a child.
She frequently spends time in the woods, often protecting the village from the undead, using her axe.

When a new boy arrives in the village with a mysterious past, Ryn finds a way to make some money for her family. In the hopes that they can finally pay off her Uncle’s debts.

Ellis has never known his true family, but what he and Ryn uncover as they search for a way to break the curse that is causing the dead to rise is more than either of them could have imagined.

An imaginative, fairytale world with a bit of creep factor thrown in for good measure. I enjoyed the journey with this story and the reveals that came out of it.