The past three years have been tough for Lucifer’s Creek, Arkansas, a small town quietly tucked away in the Ozark mountains. More than two dozen people have disappeared on the local hiking trails; there one moment, gone the next, not a trace left behind, until their buried bodies are discovered.
17-year-old Dovie doesn’t believe in magic even though she comes from a long line of women who can hear the bones of the dead sing, and for the past few years the bones have been crooning nonstop, calling out to Dovie to dig them up.
Some of the old-timers believe that it’s the monstrous Ozarks howler snatching people off the Aux Arc Trail. Well Dovie doesn’t believe in the howler, and she doesn’t believe her best friend Lo when he tells her he is being haunted by dark shadows. All she believes in is her talent that guides the local sheriff to the bones when they begin their song, then reuniting the dead with their families to give them some peace.
Lo doesn’t know peace, though. The shadows follow him everywhere. He soon learns they’re the murdered hikers and they want answers. But the truth of their deaths isn’t buried with their bones; it’s hidden somewhere deep in the hills. And Lo and Dovie must unearth it before anyone else is killed.
A serial killer is targeting visiting hikers, and it looks a lot like the Ozark Howler is the monster behind it! When the Bones Sing is a southern small town gothic supernatural YA thriller!
The atmosphere is so well done in this story. It really does fit the dark and sometimes gorey storyline. Set in the Ozark Mountains, whether its the dark forrests or the small town homes, every setting introduced was perfectly written in my opinion.
I love how the story ties into the past without being too coincidental. It makes sense and it brings everything together in a very haunting yet satisifying way.
I love Dovie. I think the fact that she sees her ability as a talent and not anything magical is different! I love that she believes in Lo and supports him no matter what is commendable.
I really liked Lo and I enjoyed his and Dovies chemestry! I did not love the triangle. I understand why it was in the book, and it really did add something to Los character, but I still didnt like it 😅. Maybe that was the point.
I guessed who-done-it, but there were times that I was second guessing myself, going back and forth between different possibilities, which is what made it okay. I dont feel like it took away from the climactic ending.
And what and ending it was! That gave me goosebumps!! I can promise you I wasnt expecting that at all. This story took a very unexpected turn and I was here for it. I want more!
This one is already on shelves, but I did revieve it as an arc. Thank you @penguinteenca and @netgalley 😘
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