The Bones of the Story

 

Title: The Bones of the Story

Author: Carol Goodman

Publisher: William Morrow, July 11, 2023

 

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing me with an eARC for 

review.

  

The remains of a missing student have been discovered in the icy caves of 

Briarwood College. A fundraiser masked as a memorial to commemorate the

 dead. When a strong winter storm descends on the college alumni start to die.

 Dean Nell Portman races against the storm and her past to stop anyone 

else becoming a victim.

This is my first Carol Goodman novel, and it won’t be my last. The story did 

start off a little slow for me but when it picked up boy did it pick up. I enjoyed 

reading about Briarwood College which was as much a character as any of 

the people.

I appreciate Goodman naming various other works the students were reading.

 I added them all to my tbr. I have seen some complaints about it taking up too 

much space. For me, the references added to the overall mood of the story.

I only have two complaints. One, I figured out one of the twists very early on.

 It didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the book, but I do wish it had been a little more subtle.

 The second is that I didn’t care about the Now part of the book as much as the 

Then part. That is personal though.

All in all, a very enjoyable read that I would recommend to anyone that enjoys dark 

academia books.