A seductively twisted romance about loyalty, fate, the lengths we go to hide the darkest parts of ourselves . . . and the people who love those parts most of all.
Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she’s just inherited — to burn it to the ground. But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement — Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead.
Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family’s property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he can’t really live, either. Not while he’s bound to the farm, locked in a cycle of grisly deaths and painful rebirths. There’s only one way for him to break free. He needs to end the Westlock line.
He needs to kill Wyatt.
With Wyatt’s parents gone, the spells protecting the property have begun to unravel, and dark, ancient forces gather in the nearby forest. The only way for Wyatt to repair the wards is to work with Peter — the one person who knows how to harness her volatile magic. But how can she trust a boy who’s sworn an oath to destroy her? When the past turns up to haunt them in the most unexpected way, they are forced to rely on one another to survive, or else tear each other apart.
“Loving Peter had always felt a little bit like poking at a bruise. Impossible to stop, even when it hurt.“
A haunting collection of memories, nightmares, and longing Your Blood, My Bones hurt my soul a little. It was such a thriller yet with a bittersweet ending that you just cannot stop thinking about long after you close the pages.
Pedyr (Peter), I greatly feel for him throughout this book. How even though he knows the end, and knows what he should do he still always puts Wyatt first. My heart ached for him so much and I just wanted to wrap his coldness up in a big blanket.
With Wyatt Westlock… watching her tangle with Pedyr and James, her family history, and what haunts the lands makes her just so brave and strong in my opinion.
“This was always going to end,” he told her.
“Not like this,” she eked out.
“You were supposed to go home.”
This book although dark and haunting, was so beautifully written. Kelly Andrew did such a gorgeous job of not only setting the tragic scene but also making you easily fall in love with the darkness of the characters. The ending is heart-poundingly sorrowful. This book will definitely stick with me for a while.
Thank you to Netgalley and Scholastic for an eARC.
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