Review: Pretty Bones - Erin Lee

Review: Pretty Bones - Book #1 Bones - Erin Lee - February 2019

Two things drove me to read this book, the first of course is that it is written by one of my favorites and the second one was the cool cover. Pretty Bones is a story told from the perspective of Marlow Harris. She has grown up living in a funeral home as it is has been in her family for generations Harris and Sons and when her parents retire, as her family had no other children - she is supposed to take it on but in a way, Marlow wants something different as people only see her two ways "the creepy death girl" and the "girl with the weird bones" as Marlow also has a terminal disease where her bones are brittle and the slightest thing could break them. People with this disease are known as "glass children". I have to admit one thing why I love Erin Lee's books is that often things she writes, I can relate to my life growing up. My mum suffered from brittle bones as part of her disease which was cystinosis, she couldn't do things like gardening as the slightest action would put her neck out and I remember one time, she tripped over a tiny step and fell forward while carrying the washing basket to the washing line and from that trip ended up with both legs in plaster as she had broken several bones in her ankle/legs. This book takes on two storylines of Marlow's life at school and tries to navigate friends, potential boyfriends, and college applications on the other hand we have her working at the funeral home and navigating through her duties and helping others with their grief including Owen whose great-aunt passes away. I am now looking forward to reading book #2 Boned which has an equally amazing cover to die for (funeral humor).

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