Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf (Blog, Twitter, Goodreads)Published by Entangled Publishing, LLC on November 5th 2019
Genres: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Visionary & Metaphysical, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 400
No one can save her.
In order to protect Prince Lucien d’Malvane’s heart, Zera had to betray him. Now, he hates the sight of her. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life.
But fate isn't ready to give her up just yet.
With freedom coming from the most unlikely of sources, Zera is given a second chance at life as a Heartless. But it comes with a terrible price. As the king mobilizes his army to march against the witches, Zera must tame an elusive and deadly valkerax trapped in the tunnels underneath the city if she wants to regain her humanity.
Winning over a bloodthirsty valkerax? Hard. Winning back her friends before war breaks out? A little harder.
But a Heartless winning back Prince Lucien’s heart?
The hardest thing she’s ever done.
Find Me Their Bones is book two in the Bring Me Their Hearts series by Sara Wolf and if you haven’t stared this series yet, I recommend you go do that now. As this is a second book, if you haven’t read the first, there is a good chance there will be spoilers for book one below…be warned.
This book picks up right where book one left off and Zera has revealed who she really is to Lucien. Not only that, but as Zera is revealed as a Heartless, out of the woods walks Varia, Lucien’s sister who has been missing for five years. With all of those things happening, it’s no surprise that Lucien tries to distance himself from Zera. He hadn’t opened himself up to anyone the way he had with her and her betrayal definitely affects him.
While Zera waits for her witch, Nightsinger, to shatter her, she actually finds herself in a position to have a second chance at getting her heart back. Unfortunately, it comes at a terrible price and Zera has to decide what’s most important to her. Along the way, Zera faces a number of challenges, including taming a valkerax to get it to tell them the location of the tree. Oddly enough, this isn’t really the hardest thing she has to do. She also has to come face to face routinely with those she lied to about who / what she is.
As Zera works with the valkerax, we get to learn a lot more about the species. In addition to that, we learn more about what Varia has been up to (since she’s been gone) and what she is planning to do going forward. I thought Wolf did a great job in keeping the story moving, introducing new, impactful characters, and not losing sight of the relationship that had developed between Zera, Lucien, and the others.
I love Zera. She is strong and sarcastic and even though she is supposed to be this mindless being who just follows orders, she is much more than that. Throughout this series I have always felt that Zera is in a difficult position and regardless of what she is now, she was never given a choice on whether to become a Heartless or not. Not only that, but in this book, she is treated with little to no regard of her feelings and it made me what to yell at every single one of the characters surrounding her. I get that some were afraid or didn’t trust her but some of the things she had to deal with just made me angry.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and definitely recommend the series. If you are looking for a book that has magic, great characters, and some swoons, consider checking this one out.  I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book so I can find out what happens next!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the early copy in exchange for an honest review.
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