A scar in the bone

A scar in the bone A novel

Sophie Jordan

Book - 2025

It's been a year since Tamsyn transformed. From royal whipping girl in the palace of Penterra to the bride of Fell, the Beast of the Borderlands. From the enemy in the Beast's bed to the wife he sacrificed himself to save. From an ordinary girl to...a dragon. And not just any dragon but a powerful fire-breather...and the best hope to keep magic from flickering out forever. With Fell gone, torn from her side in the dangerous swirling mists of the Crags, Tamsyn is heartbroken and alone among the pride. An unwelcome outsider still learning to survive in this fiery skin of hers within a new cutthroat society, she trains in the arena until her muscles burn and her blood spills. Slowly, Tamsyn forges herself into a warrior in the shadow... of Fell's enigmatic brother, Vetr, whose silver eyes track her with distrust...and maybe something more. But is Fell truly beyond Tamsyn's reach? Their bond pulls at her, as fiercely as the drive to protect both humans and dragonkind from the growing threat posed by Stig, once her closest friend, now a relentless enemy determined to hunt her down and destroy her--and with her, all things magic. Magic stirs in the darkness, strengthening all who believe in it. But will it be enough to save Tamsyn, the pride, the kingdom...and a fiery love fated to endure for centuries, as deep as a scar in the bone?

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Subjects
Dragons > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Romance fiction.
Genres
Fantasy fiction
Romance fiction
Published
New York : Avon Books [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Sophie Jordan (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
Map on endpapers.
Physical Description
344 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9780063414341
Contents unavailable.
Review by Kirkus Book Review

After a young woman discovers she's a dragon, she has to learn how to act like one. It's been a year since Tamsyn's life crumbled in an instant. After years of being a royal whipping girl, she was married off to Fell, Lord of the Borderlands, and discovered that both of them were dragons in human form. Then he died. Tamsyn was accepted into the pride led by Vetr, Fell's brother, but after a lifetime with humans, she struggles to learn the ways of dragons and still yearns for Fell. Though everyone tells her she should move on, she has a physical brand that bonds them, and it seems to be telling her he's still alive. Her confusion grows when Vetr tries to convince her to bond with him and forget Fell. When she learns that Fell isn't actually dead, but buried so deep in a mountain that he can't escape, she leaves the pride to try to save him--but so much has changed in the past year that it's not clear she'll be happy even if she can. This sequel toA Fire in the Sky (2024) doesn't live up to that book's promise. The decision to resume Tamsyn's story a year after the cliffhanger ending is jarring, and even fans will need several chapters to figure out what's going on and settle into this story. Tamsyn's growth is compelling, but it feels one-note because of Fell's absence from most of it except as an object of longing; though the book is a romantasy, there isn't much romance to be found. Much of the emotional heft of the first volume came from the conflict and chemistry between Tamsyn and Fell, and though Jordan attempts to add complexity through a potential connection between Tamsyn and Vetr, it feels out of place in the context of the world she's built, and is barely explored before Tamsyn abandons the pride. Though Tamsyn remains a compelling character, the book never rises to the expectations set by the first volume, and the ending is strangely underdeveloped for an apparent duology. An underwhelming conclusion to a dragon romantasy series. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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