The Cold Is in Her Bones

Posted on 13 May 2017 by Peternelle van Arsdale

One girl must uncover secrets of the past to save her friend from a terrible curse in this dark and mesmerizing story of love, revenge, and redemption 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 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. Read The Cold Is in Her Bones By Peternelle van Arsdale – kino-fada.fr The Cold Is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale is a young adult fantasy novel that is inspired by the myth of Medusa One young girl needs to find the strength to break a curse upon her family and friends before the curse takes her too.Young Milla has never known anyone other than her immediate family and sometimes that isolation of their remote farm can become overwhelmingly lonely When Milla s parents agree to let another older couple stay and help them run the farm Milla never expected t The Cold Is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale is a young adult fantasy novel that is inspired by the myth of Medusa One young girl needs to find the strength to break a curse upon her family and friends before the curse takes her too.Young Milla has never known anyone other than her immediate family and sometimes that isolation of their remote farm can become overwhelmingly lonely When Milla s parents agree to let another older couple stay and help them run the farm Milla never expected to have their granddaughter join them too but when Iris arrived Milla found the friend that she always wanted.With Iris becoming Milla s friend and a possible match for Milla s brother to marry one day things seem to be looking up for Milla and a little less lonely However, the day comes when Iris begins to show signs of the curse that has haunted the village s young girls all the way out on their farm When Iris is carted ...This is going to be short because I just don t want to waste anytime on this experience I did sorta like the opening chapter first part of THE COLD IS IN HER BONES I was intrigued as to where and how this Medusa retelling was going to go But everything after it was a total snooze fest of weird without answers or direction As of 60%, however, things just got. messy and weird and batshit no Would not recommend I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher thank you in exchan This is going to be short because I just don t want to waste anytime on this experience I did sorta like the opening chapter first part of THE COLD IS IN HER BONES...I have started this multiple times and deleted every one I don t know how to talk about this book in a way which will convey how beautiful and haunting and meaningful it is.This is a fairy tale, yes, but it isthan that It is the story of a girl who is not beautiful nor plucky a girl who is not always good or kind or obedient, though she is very good at pretending to be all of those things this is not the story of a girl who finds her prince or kind woodsman or farm boy and lives Happ I have started this multiple times and deleted every one I don t know how to talk about this book in a way which will convey how beautiful and haunting and meaningful it is.This is a fairy tale, yes, but it isthan that It is the story of a girl who is not beautiful nor plucky a girl who is not always good or kind or obedient, though she is very good at pretending to be all of those things this is not the story of a girl who finds her prince or kind woodsman or farm boy and lives Happily Ever After This is the story of a girl who chafes against the constraints that have been put on her life and who breaks free of them, not to save her True Love, but to rescue her brother and the sister of her heart This is a fairy tale about all those girls who are not especially brave or talented or beautiful or anything , really, than girls who wantthan the role that has been assigned to them It s...3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley for granting my wish and sending me an e ARC in exchange for an honest review Who can resist a tale that is inspired by the Medusa myth I certainly couldn t and was from the very first page lost in this dark mesmerizing taleThe Cold is in Her Bones is all about the bonds between siblings, friendship, young women finding themselves, and vengenance too I feel that this is a novel that will appeal to both YA and adult audiences, even if snakes aren t your thing 3.5 stars Thanks to Netgalley for granting my wish and sending me an e ARC in exchange for an honest review Who can resist a tale that is inspired by the Medusa myth I certainly couldn t and was from the very first page lost in this dark mesmerizing taleThe Cold is in Her Bones is all about the bonds between siblings, friendship, young women finding themselves, and vengenance too I feel that t...I am normally a very, very hard sell on stories with the premise girl is raised in an oppressively sexist, vaguely Christian coded society But this one captured me from the start, first with elegant prose and then with its note perfect depiction of Milla, an extremely isolated girl who grows up never allowed to leave her farm, unloved by her mother and father, loving her brother Niklas but not being loved quite as much in return and whose life is transformed when Niklas s future wife Iris com I am normally a very, very hard sell on stories with the premise girl is raised in an oppressively sexist, vaguely Christian coded society But this one captured me from the start, first with elegant prose and then with its note perfect depiction of Milla, an extremely isolated girl who grows up never allowed to leave her farm, unloved by her mother and father, loving her brother Niklas...Check out all my reviews over on The Bent Bookworm Girls who run from what frightens them don t get what they want.The Cold is in Her Bones is a loose retelling of Medusa s story I was expecting a lotGreek influence, to be honest, so I was a little disappointed It feels muchlike a fairy tale of the British German type, and the setting is very obviously inspired by that era, not ancient Greece Maybe it was just me Oh, and I was expecting snakes of the creepy variety Um, ther Check out all my reviews over on The Bent Bookworm Girls who run from what frightens them don t get what they want.The Cold is in Her Bones is a loose retelling of Medusa s story I was expecting a lotGreek influence, to be honest, so I was a little disappointed It feels muchlike a fairy tale of the British German type, and the setting is very obviously inspired by that era, not ancient Greece Maybe it was just me Oh, and I was expecting snakes of the creepy variety Um, there s ONE Well, one at a time And they re CUTE, not creepy.A specific place or time is never given, so it feels sort of like a historical and sort of like a fantasy world The writing itself is intriguing, though it seems a little jerky at times In the beginning we start off with one character, and then we never see her ag...Writing 3.5 starsStory characters 3 starsOverall rating 3.25 stars I guess Similarity to Medusa might be just me but I didn t see much in common with the original but, it may be just me.Not a totally absorbing tale for me but it was good enough to keep my interest and to see what happens next It also helped me to relax and de stress from work and being sick yet again mother nature, make up your mind so it gets points for that as well.The pace is steady for most of the tale so keep tha Writing 3.5 starsStory characters 3 starsOverall rating 3.25 stars I guess Similarity to Medusa might be just me but I didn t see much in common with the original but, it may be just me.Not a totally absorbing tale for me but it was good enough to keep my interest and to see what happens next It also helped me to relax and de stress from work and being sick yet again mother nature,...Disclaimer This book was sent to me by the publisher, Simon and Schuster Children s Publishing, via NetGalley for an honest review Opinion Something slithery this way comes Gather round my cunning Slytherins I ve got a retelling of our dear mummy dearest MedusaIf Milla knows anything, it is that she must be a good girl She must do her chores efficiently, must always stay clean and tidy, mustn t ask questions that do not deserve answers, and must always pray to keep the demons away But Mil Disclaimer This book was sent to me by the publisher, Simon and Schuster Children s Publishing, via NetGalley for an honest review Opinion Something slithery this way comes Gather round my cunning Slytherins I ve got a retelling of our dear mummy dearest MedusaIf Milla knows anything, it is that she must be a good girl She must do her chores efficiently, must always stay clean and tidy, mustn t ask questions that do not deserve answers, and must always pray to keep the demons away But Milla s life is one of loneliness and solitude She does not have the luxury of traveling to the nearby village or making friends, and her mother shows her much less attention and affection in comparison to her brother Though the arrival of a young girl named Iris gives Milla someone to finally talk to and befriend, Milla finally learns of the reasoning behi...This was a sloooooowwwww burn VERY loosely based on Medusean mythology read snakes in hair but that s it with a revenge theme The snakes Hulde quite the cameo Wow covercandy Too reminiscent of the cheesiness that is M Night Shyamalan s The Village Milla as a character was so naive di...Readof my reviews at Cornerfolds.com Last year I read The Beast is an Animal and found it to be an incredibly unique and refreshing take on YA fantasy retellings It was a little bit weird and pretty dark and definitely should NOT be on a romantic Beauty and the Beast retellings display, although I saw it on far too many When I saw that this author was writing a new book I knew that I had to get it This time around the story retold is Medusa, although I ll admit I didn t realize that un Readof my reviews at Cornerfolds.com Last year I read The Beast is an Animal and found it to be an incredibly unique and refreshing take on YA fantasy retellings It was a little bit weird and pretty dark and definitely should NOT be on a romantic Beauty and the Beast retellings display, although I saw it on far too many When I saw that this author was writing a new book I knew that I had to get it This time around the story retold is Medusa, although I ll admit I didn t realize that until way too late in the book Although there were snakes in Milla s hair in the book and on the cover, it never occurred to me that this was a retelling it s just that unique Milla is a girl who doesn t fit into the life laid out for her Her family sees her as rebellio...This Medusa inspired tale is captivating I felt for Milla, feeling all alone and kept apart from everyone But when the story unfolds, we understand why and oh the fantasy of it I received an e copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum d think the snakes on the cover would have clued me in, but the truth is, I didn t find out that The Cold is in Her Bones was supposed to be inspired by the myth of Medusa until the day I started it And in some ways, I wish I had remained blissfully unaware For you see, knowing leads to expectations expectations that weren t quite met It wasn t the story or the characters that put me off, exactly it was the fact th 3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum d think the snakes on the cover would have clued me in, but the truth is, I didn t find out that The Cold is in Her Bones was supposed to be inspired by the myth of Medusa until the day I started it And in some ways, I wish I had remained blissfully unaware For you see, knowing leads to expectations expectations that weren t quite met It wasn t the story or the characters that put me off, exactly it was the fact that this book was trying to bethan it was.Our protagonist is Milla, who has spent her entire life on her family s farm, never once setting foot off the property Her whole world consists of only the five people she has ever known her mother Gitta, her father Jakob, her older brother Niklas, and an elderly couple her parents had hired to help on the farm, Stig an... 4.5 starsThis was so amazing and lush, I m absolutely astounded I know I liked van Arsdale slush, literary writing style from reading her debut, The Beast Is An Animal, but The Cold Is In Her Bones had a muchinteresting and meaningful storyline to me, and now I ll be anxiously awaiting the next book from van Arsdale Not only is this book lush and gorgeous with its sort of village feel think The Beloved Wild by Melissa Ostrom , but the snakes and the imagery is lush without being ov 4.5 starsThis was so amazing and lush, I m absolutely astounded I know I liked van Arsdale slush, literary writing style from reading her debut, The Beast Is An Animal, but The Cold Is In Her Bones had a muchinteresting and meaningful storyline to me, and now I ll be anxiously awaiting the next book from van Arsdale Not only is this book lush and gorgeous with its sort of village feel think The Beloved Wild by Melissa Ostrom , but the snakes and the imagery is lush without being overwhelming or purple prose like The atmosphere was just really well developed not necessarily through the words that are used, but the way they re being used The cadence of van Arsdale s sentences The way this story almost pulsates with its hidden secrets, and I love the way it lulls you into somehow readingpages than you intended to read fortime than you thought you d be reading This story just sucks you in...I just finished this stunningly brilliant book Bravo to author van Arsdale for this feminist fantasy horror tale that s loosely based on the story of medusa and let me just say that the two snakes growing from Milla s head, Sverd Selv, are some of the best best named fantasy characters since Calcifer This is a boldly subversive, complex, psychologically labyrinthine tale that I ll be thinking about for a long time to come This author is an auto buy for me ever since I read her i I just finished this stunningly brilliant book Bravo to author van Arsdale for this feminist fantasy horror tale that s loosely based on the story of medusa and let me just say that the two snakes growing from Milla s head, Sverd Selv, are some of the best best named fantasy characters since Calcifer This is a boldly subversive, complex, psychologically labyrinthine tale that I ll be thinking about for a long time to...

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13 May 2017

Peternelle van Arsdale