Kinesis | Ethan Speir
When the police arrive at the home of Leonard Samson after hearing word of a break in, the scene that greets them is both unusual and horrifyingly gruesome. After being brutally beaten to the point of unconsciousness, witnessed violence against his wife and daughter, and the murder of his six year old son, Samson is found sitting calmly in his kitchen with the surviving members of his family whilst the two men who broke into his home lay dead in his living room. The bodies are mutilated beyond comprehension and the police start to suspect it is the work of a Kinetic, a person with the ability to move objects with their mind…
This one’s already been reviewed by me on Blogger’s Bookshelf, but in short Kinesis is a fantastically, gripping read with some great world building and interesting characters.
The Bone Season | Samantha Shannon
Paige Mahoney is a clairvoyant and in this world her gift is seen as a threat which could have her arrested. The only place she can call home is within the depths of London’s criminal underground, hiding from the city’s security force – Scion – as part of the an illegal ring of clairvoyants called the Seven Seals. Her job, as a clairvoyant dreamwalker is to break into other people’s mind
But Paige is soon captured by the Scion police after using her gift in public and taken to Oxford, where she meets an even bigger foe.
The Bone Season is definitely one of the most hyped books right now and I think this fact ended up working as a disadvantage for me. Whilst I can’t fault Shannon’s insanely intricate and fascinating world building, and a host of diverse characters, the pacing and slightly overwhelming amount of information threw me a little. It’s a shame because the concept is actually what captured me the most, and I’m hoping the second novel will pick up the pace set in the last few chapters of the book!
Something a little different for the end of these posts! Here’s a little progress report on what I’ve been reading…
I’m only a few chapters into this and I’m already captivated, it helps that I’m already a huge fan of the movie. The writing so far has a subtle melancholy to it, which really fits with the subject matter and time period of the book. Can’t wait to finish this!