Title: The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2)
Author: Samantha ShannonPublication Date: February 1st 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury India
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book 2/7 of The Bone Season Series
I Got A Copy Through: I bought it!
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Blurb Description: Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London...
As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take centre stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community and dark secrets around every corner. Then the Rephaim begin crawling out from the shadows. But where is Warden? Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street to the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be decided.
YES YES I KNOW. SERIES BINGES NEVER END WELL
(#WithdrawalSymptoms), ESPECIALLY WHEN
THE SERIES IS NOT EVEN HALF OVER, BUT I’M ADDICTED AND IT WOULD TAKE THE
APOCALYPSE TO STOP ME NOW.
In a nutshell, HELLO
NEW FAVOURITE SERIES.
Like I explained in my review of The Bone Season, I initially read the book over three years ago and
being the YOUNG INEXPERIENCED SOUL THAT I WAS, I barely focused on the plot and
instead skipped forward to ANY AND ALL #Paiden scenes. (I WAS FIFTEEN. SPARE ME
YOUR JUDGEMENT.) and during my re-read
of this LOVELY, I fell in love (once again) with Paige, Warden and also
EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS BOOK.
So, in the span of a few hours after I finished The Bone Season, I read BOTH novellas that
the lovely Samantha Shannon has released (The Pale Dreamer and On The Merits ofUnnaturalness) and the JUMPED into The
Mime Order.
I had to give this book a 4.5 stars and not a four PURELY because the beginning frustrated me
a little, with Paige being indecisive about going back to the Seven Dials (when
me, you and every Voyant in London knew she would) – it just seemed like a very
pointless first few chapters, even though I LOVED THE FACT THAT I WAS STILL A
TEMPORARY MEMBER IN THIS WORLD.
THINGS THAT WILL
MAKE YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO THIS SERIES:
1. THE ORDERS OF CLAIRVOYANCE: You will
NEVER see a more brilliantly thought out plot than the orders (types) of
Clairvoyants and also all of their different powers. Even though I read the
guidebook, there are SO MANY and their powers are ALL BRILLIANT IN SUCH
DIFFERENT WAYS, I loved slowly getting to know them and also bring immersed in
their world.
2. A POWERFUL, REAL HEROINE: I
loved Paige in this book, but NOT AS MUCH as in The Bone Season. She seemed to gain this sort of… Special Snowflake
complex (you know, the one where the protagonist believes that he/ she is THE
ONLY PERSON who can save the day.) but not so much that it got to me. I LOVED HOW SHE EXPLORED THE CONFINES OF
HER DREAMWALKING ABILITIES, and how much better the got at it. While she
was a slight special snowflake, it honestly didn’t matter because she was
GENUINE, AFRAID AND ALSO FEARLESS and I couldn’t help but love her.
'We looked at each other for a long time. So much had happened in the weeks since the escape. We'd never met on neutral ground before.'"
3. ALL THE PAIGE AND WARDEN AWESOMENESS: While
Warden was in Paige’s thoughts some of the time, IT NEVER EVER FELT LIKE PINING
or some unrequited crush. They are unapologetically opposites that have this
alliance that EVERYONE knows is turning into something more, but it is so
BRILLIANT as they fight for their individual causes, and then also together and
FOR EACH OTHER. *swoons*
'It's not that I don't want you. Only that I might want you too much. And for too long.'"
4. THE POLITICS AND THE CRIMINALS AND JAXON
HALL: THIS BOOK IS SET IN THE CRIMINAL SYNDICATE OF LONDON. Have I NOT
said that? If you loved Six Of Crows and Crooked Kingdom and ALL OF THE BRILLIANT Dialogue, this series is
EVEN BETTER. Jaxon Hall, the Syndicate and the Unnatural Assembly with
their politics, greed, murder and power will have you ITCHING FOR MORE.
I will now stop my rant where
I’ve used the word ‘Brilliant’ one time too many, but seriously, THIS SERIES IS
SO WORTH DIVING INTO.
Power, Greed, Freedom, Politics
and Betrayal come together to form this MARVEL of a book that will suck you in
and make you want to stay.
Samantha Shannon was born and raised in West London. She started writing in abundance when she was twelve, started her first novel when she was fifteen, and studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 – 2013, graduating with a 2:1.
In 2013, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Its first sequel, The Mime Order, was published in 2015, and she's currently editing the third book in the series, The Song Rising. She is also working on a high fantasy novel. Film rights to the Bone Season are held by the Imaginarium Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox.
Have you gotten a chance to dive into The Bone Season Series yet? What did you think of it?
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