Review: Boneless by Coyote J.M. Edwards

Boneless (Ember Bones #2)
by Coyote J.M. Edwards

My Rating: 3 stars

Genre: Cozy Fantasy/ Fantasy Mystery
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: no romance

Blurb:
A vampire without their wolf…

Grim’s best friend is missing. With the Ember Guard baffled and the list of victims growing by the day, Grim’s going to need a lot more than coffee and takeout to solve this case.

Grim can see the bones, but can they learn how to follow them alone? And how do you find a kidnapper whose captives steal themselves away?

The Ember Bones novellas feature an honest depiction of platonic intimacy, thrilling mysteries, and happy endings galore. Sink your teeth into this cozy modern fantasy.

My Review

I enjoyed the first book in this series and as during my current mood in this stressful time I am in the mood for cozy reads I decided to pick up the second book in the series. Sadly I didn’t enjoy Boneless as much as the first book. In my current mood I can be quite picky about my cozy reads and while I normally enjoy some more serious of darker themes in my cozies, I wanted a more cozy read at this time.

In Boneless Argyle is missing and Grim is trying to find Argyle, who is their best friend. The tone of this book was a bit more sad. A lot of the book is about Grim dealing with Argyle missing and all the things that remind them of Argyle and the way makes Grim realize how much Argyle means to them. It also didn’t have the fun banter between Argyle and Grim as they are separate for most of the book. And the part they are together at the end is very short and wasn’t as long or satisfying as I would’ve liked.

This book has again a mystery, this time it’s about who kidnapped Argyle and then others also go missing. There is a very obvious clue that the characters all ignore, which felt a bit odd. I figured out who was behind it thanks to that clue. Although I did like how Grim figures it out from a pretty interesting clue later on.

I like this world and I like the characters. I hope there will be more books as I want to read more about Argyle and Grim. The world is also pretty neat with some interesting paranormal species.

To summarize: I picked this up hoping for a cozy read, but the tone of this one was a bit more sad as Argyle, Grim’s best friend, is missing. I missed the banter between Argyle and Grim and reading about them together as most of this book they are separated. A lot of this book deals with Grim dealing with Argyle being missing and the way it makes them realize how much Argyle means to them. The mystery had a pretty obvious clue the characters didn’t pay attention too and I figured out who was behind it. I did like how Grim put things together due to an interesting clue. The world and characters and great, so I hope there will be more books in this series.

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