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Tales of Weeping Hollow #2
Bone Island: Book of Danvers
SHE CRAVED AN ESCAPE. HE CRAVED TO BE FOUND.
TWO SILENT HEARTS THIRSTY UNTIL THEY BOTH DROWNED.
To my beloved black sea, It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you. You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friend’s boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings. We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over. Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each other’s skin. For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you weren’t the lost, forbidden Heathen. Now, it’s been days since I’ve seen you. I’ve decided long ago, and this is my last letter. Everything I’ve worked so hard for—before you came along—will carry on as if our time together never happened. Don’t bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage. But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, I’ll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you. Yes, my beloved black sea. I’ll think of you. xx, a
Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone or within the interconnected series. For a better reading experience, read Tales of Weeping Hollow books in the order they are published.
TWO SILENT HEARTS THIRSTY UNTIL THEY BOTH DROWNED.
To my beloved black sea, It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you. You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friend’s boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings. We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over. Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each other’s skin. For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you weren’t the lost, forbidden Heathen. Now, it’s been days since I’ve seen you. I’ve decided long ago, and this is my last letter. Everything I’ve worked so hard for—before you came along—will carry on as if our time together never happened. Don’t bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage. But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, I’ll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you. Yes, my beloved black sea. I’ll think of you. xx, a
Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone or within the interconnected series. For a better reading experience, read Tales of Weeping Hollow books in the order they are published.
678 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2023
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About the author
Nicole Fiorina
12 books3,268 followersNicole Fiorina is the #1 Best Selling Author in Poetry for her debut trilogy, Stay with Me, and Amazon’s #1 Best Selling Author in Gothic Romance for Hollow Heathens. She has four published titles, all translated into multiple languages.
Her writing style and stories are known to evoke imagery and emotion, varying across all sub-genres, settings, and time periods due to her ambition to live a thousand lives. She's a rule breaker who cannot be confined in a box, except when she's in the writing cave. In this case, she will lose track of time and will have to be dragged away. When she's not writing, she's busy being inspired, traveling, or planning her next book—with one hand on her laptop and the other balancing a latte.
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Reading Order
Stay with Me Series:
Stay with Me
Even When I'm Gone
Now Open Your Eyes
Tales of Weeping Hollow Collection:
Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell
Bone Island: Book of Danvers (coming fall of 2021)
Stand-alones:
Ethan (coming end of 2021)
Love Sick Fool (coming Spring 2022)
Her writing style and stories are known to evoke imagery and emotion, varying across all sub-genres, settings, and time periods due to her ambition to live a thousand lives. She's a rule breaker who cannot be confined in a box, except when she's in the writing cave. In this case, she will lose track of time and will have to be dragged away. When she's not writing, she's busy being inspired, traveling, or planning her next book—with one hand on her laptop and the other balancing a latte.
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Reading Order
Stay with Me Series:
Stay with Me
Even When I'm Gone
Now Open Your Eyes
Tales of Weeping Hollow Collection:
Hollow Heathens: Book of Blackwell
Bone Island: Book of Danvers (coming fall of 2021)
Stand-alones:
Ethan (coming end of 2021)
Love Sick Fool (coming Spring 2022)
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November 15, 2025
Loved the gothic vibes, book 2 reads sooo different to book 1.
Unfortunately I am very angry at the ending of the book. The last 10% was unsatisfying and had me screaming at the pages which knocked it down a star (💔)
I will be continuing on with the series because I do enjoy it (WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE OTHER BOOKS PLS!!!!)
Unfortunately I am very angry at the ending of the book. The last 10% was unsatisfying and had me screaming at the pages which knocked it down a star (💔)
I will be continuing on with the series because I do enjoy it (WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE OTHER BOOKS PLS!!!!)
October 15, 2024
4.5⭐️ Sad, beautiful, tragic, gut wrenching, emotional, healing…. My god did this book put me THROUGH IT! A painful love story about two people who were never meant to cross paths but somehow end up being each others heartbreak and salvation. I’m obsessed with this spooky, haunted world Nicole has created, it’s so immersive and makes me feel like im watching each scene unfold through the characters eyes. Stone and Adora are the definition of soulmates who will absolutely find each other in every universe no matter where they are. But their journey is anything but easy, these two will take you on a roller coaster of emotions. Honestly this series is unlike anything I’ve ever read, the writing is so poetic and lyrical, every time Stone opened his mouth I had my highlighter ready. That man…. Must be protected at all costs.
Adora our FMC bothered me at times, but I also felt like I could relate to her and and her trauma, so her actions in the end made so much sense to me and I ended up absolutely loving her.
Adora our FMC bothered me at times, but I also felt like I could relate to her and and her trauma, so her actions in the end made so much sense to me and I ended up absolutely loving her.
March 27, 2023
"What if I told you that in the beginning, we were lifetimes apart?"
What. A. Masterpiece. I've been waiting, like many of you, for this book to release for a really long time. I'm here to tell you that the wait was well worth it, and I couldn't be happier that Nicole waited to release this until she was 100% ready. It's rare for me that an author's writing can completely captivate me just based on the style alone, but when I first read Hollow Heathens, I knew what Nicole was doing with this series was magical. From the first page, I felt the poetic brutality of Stone and Adora as characters and their blossoming romance.
Nicole has a way of writing romantic relationships that feel so overwhelmingly emotional that you can't help but ache alongside the characters in their feelings. This was tragic and beautiful in all definitions of the words, and I couldn't be prouder of her for creating this. I'm still processing the whole story here, but I can't wait to get my hands on my physical copy and read it again.
Nicole - you have created something so magical with this series and I hope you know how genuinely proud we are of you. I could not be more excited to see where the town of Weeping Hollow takes me next. Until then, I'll sit with my beloved black sea and the heathen who started it all.
What. A. Masterpiece. I've been waiting, like many of you, for this book to release for a really long time. I'm here to tell you that the wait was well worth it, and I couldn't be happier that Nicole waited to release this until she was 100% ready. It's rare for me that an author's writing can completely captivate me just based on the style alone, but when I first read Hollow Heathens, I knew what Nicole was doing with this series was magical. From the first page, I felt the poetic brutality of Stone and Adora as characters and their blossoming romance.
Nicole has a way of writing romantic relationships that feel so overwhelmingly emotional that you can't help but ache alongside the characters in their feelings. This was tragic and beautiful in all definitions of the words, and I couldn't be prouder of her for creating this. I'm still processing the whole story here, but I can't wait to get my hands on my physical copy and read it again.
Nicole - you have created something so magical with this series and I hope you know how genuinely proud we are of you. I could not be more excited to see where the town of Weeping Hollow takes me next. Until then, I'll sit with my beloved black sea and the heathen who started it all.
November 25, 2024
5✨ i honestly don't even know what to say to convey how much i absolutely adored and cherish this story. it’s one thing when you connect to the character and are gripped by the plot, but this book…absolutely enamoured with it as a whole.
while stone & the heathen wore physical masks, adora lived in hers. her emotional mask was ever present. her inner turmoil was honestly heartbreaking. i couldn’t stand it for her. i wanted her to be so happy, and she deserved it, and waves kept crashing over her every single time she was close to normalcy or happiness or anything remotely better. and with stone…fuck. they are one of the most beautiful couples i have ever read. they both have traumatic sexual histories and i knew they would find comfort and safety and exploration and pleasure within one another. stone has been tormented his entire fucking life. this boy has received no physical affection his entire life. only mutilation and hatred. it’s heartbreaking. never touched, never loved, never…nothing. all he has ever experienced is despair when all he ever wanted was to be found. they connected so immediately, so unexpectedly, so inexplicably, and it was one of the most beautiful things ever. i knew their story was going to be painfully, breathtakingly beautiful. she made him feel. made him show emotion. she made him feel comfortable with pain and tears and joy and sorrow. she found him. and he was her escape. they saw the depths of each other. they are truly themselves only in front of each other. laying bare their ugliness for the other to recognize and accept. they are traumatized and lonely and desperate and longing and they have never met another soul who felt like they do. until the sea brought him to her. just them locking eyes across a crowded town square is one of the most raw, vulnerable, and emotional moments. there are a thousand words passing between their gaze. i don’t have enough words to properly express how stunning these two are.
notes, thoughts & questions ~
- freddy is missing??? what do you mean freddy is missing? who the fuck is freddy? do we know who freddy is? and if we know him already, is it possible we find out in a book that will be his own…?
- ivy, you can be heartbroken. but you can’t be bitchy and accusatory.
-
- the sleepwalking had to be significant but damn i was not expecting that!
- is circe batshit? or is it justified?
- alec & circe’s story was so beautiful
- i want to know what really, truly happened to adora’s mom
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- umm jolie? there’s something sketch going on here…
okay cyrus…there are so many questions i still have, but, to say this man doesn’t know adore and love her and care for her would be a lie. to have a friend like cyrus would be a privilege.
the way ocean talked about the heathens and the brotherhood that they are made me emotional. i feel like it gave us an even deeper look at how incredibly special these men are to each other. and i knew once the others found out stone is a danvers, they would embrace him. they finally all felt whole. it was changing stone. like yes, having adora was crucial for him, but this family was something he’d been looking for his entire life. and then the way julian talked about all the guys and who they are in the group, and then stone developing his own thoughts and feelings…it was stunning. his brothers.
the things that have happened in this town…to these people…spooky doesn’t even begin to cover it. the plot just went so much deeper than the two books. i’m both excited and terrified for where it’ll all go. i had so many emotions while reading this. but this book just did everything. it made me laugh, cry, gasp, scream, squeal, lose it. this book (and hollow heathens and i’m assuming the coming books) is very character drive for sure, but it’s still so plot driven. it’s such an incredible balance that keeps you hooked the entire fucking time. i could not get enough. i was dying with everything happening. in the best way. i’m sick. i;m broken. i’m healing. i’m feeling too many emotions. i said it after hollow heathens and i will say it again, nicole fiorina is an auto-buy author and i don’t think i will ever get enough of this world and this story.
”The sea had given him to me. In my twisted head, there was only one version of Stone. My Stone—the one with no past and created by the tide, shaped by waves, and kept safe by snowfall.”
“I could see the despair in his eyes and hear the crying out for me in his touch. Stone's starvation called upon mine.”
"Don't kill anybody today, darling."
“I couldn’t leave him like this.
‘I have you, brother.’ Brother, my chest tightened.
‘I’ve got you.’”
"My name is Stone Danvers. The lost descendant of the Danvers bloodline."
"The fifth Heathen to complete Norse Woods.”
"Over a hundred years were thrown between us, and I still found you, and I'll keep finding you. I will always find you."
"What I feel for you knows no time or place. My love for you awakened without warning, slowly and in an instant, in one throbbing heartbeat … and I'm in love with you always, my darling ... Do you hear me?”
• star-crossed lovers
• strangers to lovers
• trauma & healing
• forbidden love
• witches & magic & rituals & madness & macabre
• romantic suspense
• paranormal
• gothic fantasy lite
• spooky (small) town & island
• dual timeline
while stone & the heathen wore physical masks, adora lived in hers. her emotional mask was ever present. her inner turmoil was honestly heartbreaking. i couldn’t stand it for her. i wanted her to be so happy, and she deserved it, and waves kept crashing over her every single time she was close to normalcy or happiness or anything remotely better. and with stone…fuck. they are one of the most beautiful couples i have ever read. they both have traumatic sexual histories and i knew they would find comfort and safety and exploration and pleasure within one another. stone has been tormented his entire fucking life. this boy has received no physical affection his entire life. only mutilation and hatred. it’s heartbreaking. never touched, never loved, never…nothing. all he has ever experienced is despair when all he ever wanted was to be found. they connected so immediately, so unexpectedly, so inexplicably, and it was one of the most beautiful things ever. i knew their story was going to be painfully, breathtakingly beautiful. she made him feel. made him show emotion. she made him feel comfortable with pain and tears and joy and sorrow. she found him. and he was her escape. they saw the depths of each other. they are truly themselves only in front of each other. laying bare their ugliness for the other to recognize and accept. they are traumatized and lonely and desperate and longing and they have never met another soul who felt like they do. until the sea brought him to her. just them locking eyes across a crowded town square is one of the most raw, vulnerable, and emotional moments. there are a thousand words passing between their gaze. i don’t have enough words to properly express how stunning these two are.
notes, thoughts & questions ~
- freddy is missing??? what do you mean freddy is missing? who the fuck is freddy? do we know who freddy is? and if we know him already, is it possible we find out in a book that will be his own…?
- ivy, you can be heartbroken. but you can’t be bitchy and accusatory.
-
- the sleepwalking had to be significant but damn i was not expecting that!
- is circe batshit? or is it justified?
- alec & circe’s story was so beautiful
- i want to know what really, truly happened to adora’s mom
-
- umm jolie? there’s something sketch going on here…
okay cyrus…there are so many questions i still have, but, to say this man doesn’t know adore and love her and care for her would be a lie. to have a friend like cyrus would be a privilege.
the way ocean talked about the heathens and the brotherhood that they are made me emotional. i feel like it gave us an even deeper look at how incredibly special these men are to each other. and i knew once the others found out stone is a danvers, they would embrace him. they finally all felt whole. it was changing stone. like yes, having adora was crucial for him, but this family was something he’d been looking for his entire life. and then the way julian talked about all the guys and who they are in the group, and then stone developing his own thoughts and feelings…it was stunning. his brothers.
the things that have happened in this town…to these people…spooky doesn’t even begin to cover it. the plot just went so much deeper than the two books. i’m both excited and terrified for where it’ll all go. i had so many emotions while reading this. but this book just did everything. it made me laugh, cry, gasp, scream, squeal, lose it. this book (and hollow heathens and i’m assuming the coming books) is very character drive for sure, but it’s still so plot driven. it’s such an incredible balance that keeps you hooked the entire fucking time. i could not get enough. i was dying with everything happening. in the best way. i’m sick. i;m broken. i’m healing. i’m feeling too many emotions. i said it after hollow heathens and i will say it again, nicole fiorina is an auto-buy author and i don’t think i will ever get enough of this world and this story.
”The sea had given him to me. In my twisted head, there was only one version of Stone. My Stone—the one with no past and created by the tide, shaped by waves, and kept safe by snowfall.”
“I could see the despair in his eyes and hear the crying out for me in his touch. Stone's starvation called upon mine.”
"Don't kill anybody today, darling."
“I couldn’t leave him like this.
‘I have you, brother.’ Brother, my chest tightened.
‘I’ve got you.’”
"My name is Stone Danvers. The lost descendant of the Danvers bloodline."
"The fifth Heathen to complete Norse Woods.”
"Over a hundred years were thrown between us, and I still found you, and I'll keep finding you. I will always find you."
"What I feel for you knows no time or place. My love for you awakened without warning, slowly and in an instant, in one throbbing heartbeat … and I'm in love with you always, my darling ... Do you hear me?”
• star-crossed lovers
• strangers to lovers
• trauma & healing
• forbidden love
• witches & magic & rituals & madness & macabre
• romantic suspense
• paranormal
• gothic fantasy lite
• spooky (small) town & island
• dual timeline
October 3, 2024
5+++ stars ⭐️
I know I’ve said this before but i will say it again- if i could only choose one author to read for the rest of my life it would no doubt be Miss Nicole Fiorina. Im still processing how much I loved this book and how much in awe i am of nicole’s writing and her talent. The way she wrote this story how she weaved words to make a masterpiece is something i will NEVER understand. I really don’t know how nicole does it. There’s not even a single book of hers which i didnt hate but i have to say BONE ISLAND is my favourite of hers. She never fails to disappoint and i can wait 5-6 years for her books and I won’t even complain cause i know she will come with a banger 🙏🏼
Adora Sullivan like Nicole heroines is an iconic person. The way she was raw with her emotions, how she put everyone before her, how she always cared for the people in Weeping Hollow. Adora is my fav nicole heroine yet and she stole my heart with her personality and just everything which make her her. Words cant fail to express how much relatable i found her and how like her i have a raging mind. Nicole really needs to give us a warning when she writes characters which break your heart with how much you can relate to them.
Stone Denvers dnjfineuciudvuinrvun. I dont know what to say about my troubled man. The way he went through so much shit in his life but still grew up to be a person with a pure, gentle soul and perfect for Adora. The way he loved her with everything he had and he did his best to make sure he’s worthy of Adora’s love had me on my knees 🧎♀️
Adora and Stone’s love story will forever be injected in my veins. I can’t say which one of these two i loved more cause its not possible. Their love story is haunting, freeing, heartbreaking and devastatingly beautiful. This is not just a simple story. Its SO much more. Adora and Stone have made a huge mark on me and I wouldnt have it any other way. Its a love story which i will remember for ages to come.
I had tears in my eyes during certain chapters. I was legit sobbing out loud in few of them. No one captures emotions like Nicole. I can always count on her to make me cry, make me smile and make me feel all 25 emotions. Its so hard to write a review for a book you love and i feel like no words can bring justice to what this book means to me. This book came to me at a point where I didn’t know what i was doing and where i felt lonely and this book made my month. It came when i needed it the most.
Nicole all i can say is thankyou for this. Thankyou for writing a story which is so tragic but gives me hope. A story which broke my heart but pierced me back together. A story which will never leave me.
Thankyou for writing the best book I’ve read in two years and thankyou for sharing your love of writing with us🫶🏻 I will forever be in debt.
I have so many highlights and I wish I could go on and on about this book cause it deserves essays written on it but all i can do is urge all the readers to give this one a go and find yourself in a world which is unlike any other.
**Arc provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.**
“The sea was a collector of things. It took things we cherished—most things we’d forgotten—and I still found myself drawn to her, unable to resist her call, needing to step into the graveyard of the lost, wild, and treasured.”
I know I’ve said this before but i will say it again- if i could only choose one author to read for the rest of my life it would no doubt be Miss Nicole Fiorina. Im still processing how much I loved this book and how much in awe i am of nicole’s writing and her talent. The way she wrote this story how she weaved words to make a masterpiece is something i will NEVER understand. I really don’t know how nicole does it. There’s not even a single book of hers which i didnt hate but i have to say BONE ISLAND is my favourite of hers. She never fails to disappoint and i can wait 5-6 years for her books and I won’t even complain cause i know she will come with a banger 🙏🏼
“She was the sun, who shone a light on me, making me question if she were gone, who would I be, and would I exist at all?
Without her, there would be no ears to hear me.
No fingers to touch me.
No lips to taste me.”
Adora Sullivan like Nicole heroines is an iconic person. The way she was raw with her emotions, how she put everyone before her, how she always cared for the people in Weeping Hollow. Adora is my fav nicole heroine yet and she stole my heart with her personality and just everything which make her her. Words cant fail to express how much relatable i found her and how like her i have a raging mind. Nicole really needs to give us a warning when she writes characters which break your heart with how much you can relate to them.
“Somehow, I’d found a hidden passage winding into the tomb he’d built around himself. Inside, Stone had a heart that wasn’t as black and cold as his eyes. He just didn’t know how to use it. His face was like a marble statue as we stared at each other. His breaths were quiet again, whispers through carved blue lips. He looked into my eyes, and each time he blinked his lashes splayed across his muted cheeks like soot.”
Stone Denvers dnjfineuciudvuinrvun. I dont know what to say about my troubled man. The way he went through so much shit in his life but still grew up to be a person with a pure, gentle soul and perfect for Adora. The way he loved her with everything he had and he did his best to make sure he’s worthy of Adora’s love had me on my knees 🧎♀️
“ I feel like you and me are ashes,” I whispered, and Stone’s eyes were bloodshot when they swung to mine. I’d never seen them bloodshot before. Ink and blood. “We’re ashes,” I repeated. “We hold our shape until someone pokes at us. We last hundreds of years. We don’t dissolve or float; we sink, and oh, do we sink. But at the end of the day, we’re still ashes.”
Adora and Stone’s love story will forever be injected in my veins. I can’t say which one of these two i loved more cause its not possible. Their love story is haunting, freeing, heartbreaking and devastatingly beautiful. This is not just a simple story. Its SO much more. Adora and Stone have made a huge mark on me and I wouldnt have it any other way. Its a love story which i will remember for ages to come.
”All this time, we kept rewriting our tragic story, desperate to change our bitter end. And what has saved us? Our hearts were so tangled it was hard to know who was holding who too tight. We have a love that outlasts love. Fate was never on our side, but we didn’t need it. Time stood in our way, so we created our time.”
I had tears in my eyes during certain chapters. I was legit sobbing out loud in few of them. No one captures emotions like Nicole. I can always count on her to make me cry, make me smile and make me feel all 25 emotions. Its so hard to write a review for a book you love and i feel like no words can bring justice to what this book means to me. This book came to me at a point where I didn’t know what i was doing and where i felt lonely and this book made my month. It came when i needed it the most.
” There’s more to me than this, I know, but there is no escape. Trauma has a way of tying knots with our bones. This is what happens when a woman has a mind she can’t use, a loyalty she’s forced to refuse. This is what happens when a woman’s oppressed, silenced, ridden of purpose. This is what happens, I want to scream. My rage has turned into crazy. My secret is so heavy, the things that would happen to me if I ever said it aloud. I hate them for what they did to her. I hate them for what they’re doing to me. But I hate myself more for this thing inside me, feeding me these thoughts I can’t control.”
Nicole all i can say is thankyou for this. Thankyou for writing a story which is so tragic but gives me hope. A story which broke my heart but pierced me back together. A story which will never leave me.
Thankyou for writing the best book I’ve read in two years and thankyou for sharing your love of writing with us🫶🏻 I will forever be in debt.
I have so many highlights and I wish I could go on and on about this book cause it deserves essays written on it but all i can do is urge all the readers to give this one a go and find yourself in a world which is unlike any other.
” What’s the cure for heartbreak?” I asked. She looked up at me as she turned the page. “Poetry,” she replied. “And books. A lot of books.”
**Arc provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.**
October 14, 2025
Nicole Fiorina REALLY outdid herself in this one. I have no words, y'all ...... *deep sighs* Okay, listen, I'm not into cheating nor do I go back on my word and I SWEAR Julian is the only Heathen who'll forever own every single inch of my heart but after getting to know STONE DANVERS ..... God, I feel like I might sink and drown and die *insert swoony-eyes* 💋♾️
Old Update: Bless my stars! After waiting for soooo long, it's a date with Stone Danvers on March, 23rd!! Even less than 2 weeks left, can't contain my excitement!!🥳🙌
Old Update: Bless my stars! After waiting for soooo long, it's a date with Stone Danvers on March, 23rd!! Even less than 2 weeks left, can't contain my excitement!!🥳🙌
March 24, 2023
If the first book was The Covenant dupe, then this is Practical Magic mixed with that season of Once Upon A Time with the Darkness shadow shit scooping people up. Probably going to have some light (or heavy, depending how pressed reflecting on this book I get) spoilers from here on out but if you're trawling the bowels of low rated reviews, I'm sure you're here for some tea.
My beloved Black Sea, I wanted this to be better. I loved the glimpses of Adora we got in Hollow Heathens & even reread that book to try to get more insight on her as a character & where this story could potentially go. If you did the same, then congrats because we've both be scammed. hoodwinked. swindled. Adora is a cooked bitch, in a cool way but still a crazy ass mother fucker. It is her life's mission to kill a certain someone & honestly, good for her but I didn't need to see this bitch wandering around on a beach for literally 166 odd kindle pages before she meets love interest Stone 21% of the way through.
Adora is part of the Sacred Sea coven & has a very particular hatred for the Heathens of Weeping Hollow because they were responsible for the death of her childhood friend, who meant SSSOOO much to her...but is mentioned 5 times tops in relation to her dislike of the Norse Woods Coven because that's who the Heathens belong to, but she's deff still willing to party at Phoenix's bar, get herbs from Julian Blackwell's mother & interact with Fallon when it suits her endgame. This book gets a whole ass extra star because Stone Danvers is a fucking saint for putting up with this woman who devolved to physical violence with literally every person she came across.
Literally every single one of this towns problems could be solved if they just fucking spoke to each other. In fact, I predict we will have some John Lennon Imagine moment in the final book of the series where they realise they are all stronger together.
This book clocks in at 783 kindle pages & when I tell you I SUFFERED through the first 66%, at which point I was told by a well meaning friend "it gets better after this", I was about to show up in Weeping Hollow & kill these people MYSELF. Nobody should have to read 521 pages for a story to get going. But the true kicker is that, just like in Hollow Heathens, after everyone gets a happily ever after, it is all wrapped up in literally 3 pages. You're kidding me???!!!!!!
Did I also mention that this book has 2 different tragic love stories as well as ... four?? timelines? No? Ok, well that's also another thing going on.
Another huge gripe I have is the word salad this devolves into. I live by the motto "Congratulations to anyone who has ever written a book" (Heidi Montag, 2017) but fuck me, if this author could just stop with the thesaurus on her Word document. At one point it's said "He always had eyes that were expressional".... girl, just say expressive & go. In a particularly jarring scene when Adora is shepherded into a room to receive medical treatment, we get 2/3rds of a page description of the furniture & decor??? Babe, not everything needs to be a purple prose Lana Del Rey Pinterest post.
I will admit that the tie in with the original curse worked pretty well but it took us literally 600 pages to get there. The personalities of the other Heathens & the group dynamic was cute to see with their weird little personalities shining through. We were teased with a couple that ended in brutal fashion (and came back again, lol) but instead of having a conversation, I guess those characters need to be put through their own 700 pages of total fuckery to get a happily ever after that lasts half a chapter & readers who can be bothered continuing with this series will catch glimpses of that in future books.
I can’t recommend this series for the pay off you receive & I'm done with this series to the point, I don't even think I'll skim future books lol.
ok love you bye xoxo
My beloved Black Sea, I wanted this to be better. I loved the glimpses of Adora we got in Hollow Heathens & even reread that book to try to get more insight on her as a character & where this story could potentially go. If you did the same, then congrats because we've both be scammed. hoodwinked. swindled. Adora is a cooked bitch, in a cool way but still a crazy ass mother fucker. It is her life's mission to kill a certain someone & honestly, good for her but I didn't need to see this bitch wandering around on a beach for literally 166 odd kindle pages before she meets love interest Stone 21% of the way through.
Adora is part of the Sacred Sea coven & has a very particular hatred for the Heathens of Weeping Hollow because they were responsible for the death of her childhood friend, who meant SSSOOO much to her...but is mentioned 5 times tops in relation to her dislike of the Norse Woods Coven because that's who the Heathens belong to, but she's deff still willing to party at Phoenix's bar, get herbs from Julian Blackwell's mother & interact with Fallon when it suits her endgame. This book gets a whole ass extra star because Stone Danvers is a fucking saint for putting up with this woman who devolved to physical violence with literally every person she came across.
Literally every single one of this towns problems could be solved if they just fucking spoke to each other. In fact, I predict we will have some John Lennon Imagine moment in the final book of the series where they realise they are all stronger together.
This book clocks in at 783 kindle pages & when I tell you I SUFFERED through the first 66%, at which point I was told by a well meaning friend "it gets better after this", I was about to show up in Weeping Hollow & kill these people MYSELF. Nobody should have to read 521 pages for a story to get going. But the true kicker is that, just like in Hollow Heathens, after everyone gets a happily ever after, it is all wrapped up in literally 3 pages. You're kidding me???!!!!!!
Did I also mention that this book has 2 different tragic love stories as well as ... four?? timelines? No? Ok, well that's also another thing going on.
Another huge gripe I have is the word salad this devolves into. I live by the motto "Congratulations to anyone who has ever written a book" (Heidi Montag, 2017) but fuck me, if this author could just stop with the thesaurus on her Word document. At one point it's said "He always had eyes that were expressional".... girl, just say expressive & go. In a particularly jarring scene when Adora is shepherded into a room to receive medical treatment, we get 2/3rds of a page description of the furniture & decor??? Babe, not everything needs to be a purple prose Lana Del Rey Pinterest post.
I will admit that the tie in with the original curse worked pretty well but it took us literally 600 pages to get there. The personalities of the other Heathens & the group dynamic was cute to see with their weird little personalities shining through. We were teased with a couple that ended in brutal fashion (and came back again, lol) but instead of having a conversation, I guess those characters need to be put through their own 700 pages of total fuckery to get a happily ever after that lasts half a chapter & readers who can be bothered continuing with this series will catch glimpses of that in future books.
I can’t recommend this series for the pay off you receive & I'm done with this series to the point, I don't even think I'll skim future books lol.
ok love you bye xoxo
March 19, 2023
Review coming. But I am speechless.
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It’s no secret Nicole is a poetic mastermind so knowing this I knew I’d be in for a treat when I started Bone Island. But honestly, “a treat” doesn’t even cover it. A lyrical paragon of romance? Is already more like it. Nicole—I applaud you. This book was everything I could have hoped for and nothing I could have prepared myself for.
Bone Island is utterly heartbreaking yet devastatingly beautiful. Intertwined love stories from past and present are woven effortlessly into one and another and it’s brilliant. Book of Danvers is not an actual book like we’ve seen with the book of Blackwell. Book of Danvers is a metaphor. It’s Bone Island. It’s Adora. It’s Stone. It’s [redacted because of spoilers].
This book felt like the true definition of catharsis. An emotional purification of cataclysmic proportions. I had tears in my eyes during certain chapters, I actually smiled when reading others. I loved this book so much, I can’t find the right words right now to explain how much. I’ve typed and deleted my attempt I don’t know how many times but they all felt inadequate. So.. I’m sorry. But this review will have to do.
I said it before but I’ll gladly, proudly, say it again. Nicole—Bone Island is applaud-worthy. This is one of those stories that makes me experience all the emotions on the spectrum. Honored to have read it, sad that’s it’s over. Be aware that this story is darker in terms of psychological and sexual themes than Hollow Heathens; but it’s also raw, it’s passionate, it’s fierce and bewitching. And I loved every single minute of it.
No “anyways” today.
Will forever recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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It’s no secret Nicole is a poetic mastermind so knowing this I knew I’d be in for a treat when I started Bone Island. But honestly, “a treat” doesn’t even cover it. A lyrical paragon of romance? Is already more like it. Nicole—I applaud you. This book was everything I could have hoped for and nothing I could have prepared myself for.
Bone Island is utterly heartbreaking yet devastatingly beautiful. Intertwined love stories from past and present are woven effortlessly into one and another and it’s brilliant. Book of Danvers is not an actual book like we’ve seen with the book of Blackwell. Book of Danvers is a metaphor. It’s Bone Island. It’s Adora. It’s Stone. It’s [redacted because of spoilers].
This book felt like the true definition of catharsis. An emotional purification of cataclysmic proportions. I had tears in my eyes during certain chapters, I actually smiled when reading others. I loved this book so much, I can’t find the right words right now to explain how much. I’ve typed and deleted my attempt I don’t know how many times but they all felt inadequate. So.. I’m sorry. But this review will have to do.
I said it before but I’ll gladly, proudly, say it again. Nicole—Bone Island is applaud-worthy. This is one of those stories that makes me experience all the emotions on the spectrum. Honored to have read it, sad that’s it’s over. Be aware that this story is darker in terms of psychological and sexual themes than Hollow Heathens; but it’s also raw, it’s passionate, it’s fierce and bewitching. And I loved every single minute of it.
No “anyways” today.
Will forever recommend.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
October 23, 2024
Never has it taken me this long on an audiobook before, but this baby was thicc. Very intense, brutally violent amongst other things to of the spicy nature. I had to take breaks. My heart literally broke for Stone. This one left me wanting answers to questions that I haven’t even thought of yet, but are swimming in my mind. When I finished I immediately messaged a book sis and said okay, break this down like I’m five. What. A. RIDE!!!
April 3, 2023
There goes all my pining and anticipation into the thin air.
Boring. This was a yawn fest. The writing style was so yawn-worthy, and it was unnecessarily dragged. I didn’t like one thing.
Boring. This was a yawn fest. The writing style was so yawn-worthy, and it was unnecessarily dragged. I didn’t like one thing.
March 21, 2023
Stone and Adora, have my entire heart 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
→ Adora Sullivan’s life had turned upside down since the day she saw her mom being put into a coma by a member of the coven. From that point on, her life had one mission only and that was to kill the man responsible in hopes of waking her mother up.. After years of her plan being in motion, it was almost time to execute it, until her beloved sea gifts her a ⚰️
→ Stone Danvers, the fifth heathen has finally returned to the town of weeping hallow, woken up by non other than the girl of his dreams, Adora, an interaction I could NOT wait to read about. THAT GUY HAS BEEN OBSESSED WITH HER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. LITERALLY 🥹And when they finally meet, ITS AMAZING, SPARKS FLYING EVERYWHERE!!
𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕.
→ Bone Island. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 more like Adora & Stones Island 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 I can not express how much I enjoyed their cute little moments in that lighthouse 🥹🥹🥹
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒎. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. “𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍.” 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. “𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.”
→ Stone our tortured hero, he went through some serious hardships in his life but he still managed to be the softest, cuddliest, amazing, hottest partner for Adora, I just absolutely LOVE THEM TOGETHER!! And when he finally reunited with his brothers 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. “𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕?” 𝑨 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔. “𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.” “𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈?” 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. “𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕.”
→ There were times I wanted to punch Adora on the face but out of love okay?
🎶 WHY CANT YOU SEEEEEEEE YOU BELONG WITH STOOOOOOONE
YOU BELONG WITH STONE 🎶
(sing that line as you would sing the almost same verse from you belong with me by Taylor Swift pls)
“𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂,” 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔. “𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂. 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.” 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔. “𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘.”
I’m sure the heathens will also agree with me when I say that Stone is the perfect Romeo 🥹
→ The ENDING, its was so unexpected, I was at work secretly crying and hoping no one would call me or pass by my desk because then that would have just been embarrassing 😂
→ okay so I’m just going to say this and run away but I like Kane and wouldn’t mind ever reading his book. Anti hero redemption story, Okay bye. Wait I don’t think he is an anti hero maybe a misunderstood hero 🤔🤔🤔
→ Also that one scene (when you read it you will know exactly know which I’m talking about) it never happened okay? it does not exist. 💥 read it and forgot about its existence immediately.
enjoy my memes
→ Adora Sullivan’s life had turned upside down since the day she saw her mom being put into a coma by a member of the coven. From that point on, her life had one mission only and that was to kill the man responsible in hopes of waking her mother up.. After years of her plan being in motion, it was almost time to execute it, until her beloved sea gifts her a ⚰️
→ Stone Danvers, the fifth heathen has finally returned to the town of weeping hallow, woken up by non other than the girl of his dreams, Adora, an interaction I could NOT wait to read about. THAT GUY HAS BEEN OBSESSED WITH HER SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. LITERALLY 🥹And when they finally meet, ITS AMAZING, SPARKS FLYING EVERYWHERE!!
𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕.
→ Bone Island. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 more like Adora & Stones Island 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 I can not express how much I enjoyed their cute little moments in that lighthouse 🥹🥹🥹
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒎. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. “𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍.” 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. “𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.”
→ Stone our tortured hero, he went through some serious hardships in his life but he still managed to be the softest, cuddliest, amazing, hottest partner for Adora, I just absolutely LOVE THEM TOGETHER!! And when he finally reunited with his brothers 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅. “𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕?” 𝑨 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔. “𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.” “𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆? 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈?” 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. “𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏’𝒕.”
→ There were times I wanted to punch Adora on the face but out of love okay?
🎶 WHY CANT YOU SEEEEEEEE YOU BELONG WITH STOOOOOOONE
YOU BELONG WITH STONE 🎶
(sing that line as you would sing the almost same verse from you belong with me by Taylor Swift pls)
“𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂,” 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔. “𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂. 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.” 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔. “𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘.”
I’m sure the heathens will also agree with me when I say that Stone is the perfect Romeo 🥹
→ The ENDING, its was so unexpected, I was at work secretly crying and hoping no one would call me or pass by my desk because then that would have just been embarrassing 😂
→ okay so I’m just going to say this and run away but I like Kane and wouldn’t mind ever reading his book. Anti hero redemption story, Okay bye. Wait I don’t think he is an anti hero maybe a misunderstood hero 🤔🤔🤔
→ Also that one scene (when you read it you will know exactly know which I’m talking about) it never happened okay? it does not exist. 💥 read it and forgot about its existence immediately.
enjoy my memes
October 19, 2025
*ARC Review*
To my beloved black sea...
--- I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ---
After waiting so long, I was scared that my expectations for the story would be too high.
But then I read the first two chapters and was instantly back in this world.
It set up the mood for this book very well, and I liked the use of a You POV making it feel like a voiceover at the beginning of a TV Show.
Disclaimer: I don’t think Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone. The main story picks up right after Hollow Heathens and doesn’t explain anything already established in that book, so I highly recommend reading this series in order. (Also, who can say no to Julian Blackwell?)
Bone Island is divided into three parts. Especially at the beginning, we get many scenes set in the past. It switches between MCs, and I always wanted to stay longer in one of their chapters, only to get captivated just as much by the other.
Stone was such a fascinating character and made me stay invested. He has suffered so much, and his connection with Adora felt magical.
While I adored Stone, Adora had to grow on me. She has many flaws, which is great for a story, but I wish there would've been more character development (especially considering how long this book is). Stone, however, grew so much, and I loved it.
Bone Island is this secluded, mysterious place that felt like a safe haven for Stone and Adorra to be together. Their relationship was filled with so much yearning and angst.
This book is long, and the beginning could've been shortened. While Stone's backstory was gut-wrenching and made me get to know him as a character more, it wasn't as important to the actual plot as I had hoped it would be, and it felt like it was mainly there for shock value.
But I was still captivated from start to finish.
I loved the parallel story of Circe and Alec, told in 3rd person reflecting Stone and Adora's fate.
The side characters were also so complex and well-rounded. Particularly one scene made me go on a rollercoaster of emotions. Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Relief, Dread, you name it.
The ending, however, felt rushed, and I wasn't a fan of some of the choices made, because it felt so out of character (If you know, you know).
I wanted more! More of Adora and Stone, the Heathens, and more answers. There were things set up only to never be mentioned or referenced. But since this is part of a series, I hope we get more answers in later books.
While this book had more magic than the previous one, it is still pretty low for a paranormal setting. (I wanted some badass witchy magic, but there is an explanation for why magic isn't used as much.)
The story has many heavy topics, so please check out the trigger warnings. There is also some cheating, but it was handled in a way where I could see past it. It also made my heart hurt and angry, but in a "good" way because it showed that I was invested in these characters.
Overall, I loved being back in Weeping Hollow and am excited for future books to come!
🗂Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense
📕Type: Part of a Series, #2
🏷Tropes:
- Star-crossed Lovers
- Forbidden
- Witches
- Curses & old tales
- Gothic vibes & small town
- Mystery & Suspense
- Tortured & Inexperienced MMC
- Hurt/Comfort
- Pining
- Slow-burn
⚠️Safety: Omd , rape (on-page, not between MCs), torture and mutilation, noncon, dubcon, Blood play, Toxic/ Abusive behavior (FMC), (Cheating ), Hunting, (domestic) Violence, sexual assault, Drug use & addiction (not MCs)
📖Format: 1st person, dual POV + sprinkled in 3rd person
🎧Theme song: Afternoon - Tender
•••Tales of Weeping Hollow•••
#1: Hollow Heathens - 4.5★
#2: Bone Island - 4★
To my beloved black sea...
“Welcome to Weeping Hollow, where monsters called Heathens kill your friends, neighbors, and even children. A town where shadows appear in the middle of the night and murder you while you’re dreaming.”
--- I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ---
After waiting so long, I was scared that my expectations for the story would be too high.
But then I read the first two chapters and was instantly back in this world.
It set up the mood for this book very well, and I liked the use of a You POV making it feel like a voiceover at the beginning of a TV Show.
Disclaimer: I don’t think Bone Island can be read as a stand-alone. The main story picks up right after Hollow Heathens and doesn’t explain anything already established in that book, so I highly recommend reading this series in order. (Also, who can say no to Julian Blackwell?)
Bone Island is divided into three parts. Especially at the beginning, we get many scenes set in the past. It switches between MCs, and I always wanted to stay longer in one of their chapters, only to get captivated just as much by the other.
Stone was such a fascinating character and made me stay invested. He has suffered so much, and his connection with Adora felt magical.
While I adored Stone, Adora had to grow on me. She has many flaws, which is great for a story, but I wish there would've been more character development (especially considering how long this book is). Stone, however, grew so much, and I loved it.
Bone Island is this secluded, mysterious place that felt like a safe haven for Stone and Adorra to be together. Their relationship was filled with so much yearning and angst.
“Here, on Bone Island, we were two people from two different worlds who found ourselves across the ocean in a lighthouse where secrets screamed to be kept, new stories to be collected like dust.”
This book is long, and the beginning could've been shortened. While Stone's backstory was gut-wrenching and made me get to know him as a character more, it wasn't as important to the actual plot as I had hoped it would be, and it felt like it was mainly there for shock value.
But I was still captivated from start to finish.
I loved the parallel story of Circe and Alec, told in 3rd person reflecting Stone and Adora's fate.
The side characters were also so complex and well-rounded. Particularly one scene made me go on a rollercoaster of emotions. Happiness, Sadness, Anger, Relief, Dread, you name it.
The ending, however, felt rushed, and I wasn't a fan of some of the choices made, because it felt so out of character (If you know, you know).
I wanted more! More of Adora and Stone, the Heathens, and more answers. There were things set up only to never be mentioned or referenced. But since this is part of a series, I hope we get more answers in later books.
While this book had more magic than the previous one, it is still pretty low for a paranormal setting. (I wanted some badass witchy magic, but there is an explanation for why magic isn't used as much.)
The story has many heavy topics, so please check out the trigger warnings. There is also some cheating, but it was handled in a way where I could see past it. It also made my heart hurt and angry, but in a "good" way because it showed that I was invested in these characters.
Overall, I loved being back in Weeping Hollow and am excited for future books to come!
🗂Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense
📕Type: Part of a Series, #2
🏷Tropes:
- Star-crossed Lovers
- Forbidden
- Witches
- Curses & old tales
- Gothic vibes & small town
- Mystery & Suspense
- Tortured & Inexperienced MMC
- Hurt/Comfort
- Pining
- Slow-burn
⚠️Safety: Omd , rape (on-page, not between MCs), torture and mutilation, noncon, dubcon, Blood play, Toxic/ Abusive behavior (FMC), (Cheating ), Hunting, (domestic) Violence, sexual assault, Drug use & addiction (not MCs)
📖Format: 1st person, dual POV + sprinkled in 3rd person
🎧Theme song: Afternoon - Tender
•••Tales of Weeping Hollow•••
#1: Hollow Heathens - 4.5★
#2: Bone Island - 4★
August 4, 2023
First of all - the way Nicole started the book with a recap of the first book in the form of a townsperson speaking to the reader, genius.
Second of all - I was consumed by this book. I didn’t want it to end. The way Nicole writes is so entrancing, I was hanging on to every word.
Stone, our MMC, has had an extremely difficult life. I just wanted to hug him the entire book. The acceptance and love he found in Adora, and for himself through his love from her, had me swooning and had my heart aching.
Adora, our FMC, was extremely relatable. There were times when I wanted to just slap some sense into her, but I understood every single thing she did and her reasoning behind it.
This series has my heart. To say I’m obsessed is an understatement. I cannot wait for the next installment. I’ll need 3-5 business days to recover from this book.
Second of all - I was consumed by this book. I didn’t want it to end. The way Nicole writes is so entrancing, I was hanging on to every word.
Stone, our MMC, has had an extremely difficult life. I just wanted to hug him the entire book. The acceptance and love he found in Adora, and for himself through his love from her, had me swooning and had my heart aching.
Adora, our FMC, was extremely relatable. There were times when I wanted to just slap some sense into her, but I understood every single thing she did and her reasoning behind it.
This series has my heart. To say I’m obsessed is an understatement. I cannot wait for the next installment. I’ll need 3-5 business days to recover from this book.
Want to read
January 10, 2023Any updates on the book release??
April 1, 2023
Oh, where to start. What a journey this book was! Buckle up, this review is about to be a long one.
Bone Island is… unlike any story you’ve read before. This book is just like the sea. There are chapters where the tide puts you under. There are chapters where its hypnotizing movements put you at peace.There are chapters were it leaves you stranded on the beach, a bit lost and unsure.
Adora was unexpected and unconventional. Where Fallon was considerate and sensitive, Adora appeared as hardness personified and cold. She intruiged me. Page after page, she proved violence and sensitivity could coexist within her. I didn’t always understand her but at the same time, I wanted to remain in her unstable, unhinged head. She was fascinating, I think that’s the perfect word. Her goals, the background plot with her mom, the arranged marriage, her love for her sisters… I was extremely invested. Her character’s development was great.
Stone… I was a bit scared at the beginning, because for the first half of the book, besides the few chapters about his past, you only get to know him through the Adora spectrum. He didn’t really act or talk like someone who had lived 24 years in another century and amongst tribes, and he was pretty experimented and good at many things he supposedly had never done before.
In all honesty, it took me a while to connect with AdoraStone as lovers. I think the very first scene of them letting go and getting lost in each other happened rather early in the book and was actually quite violent emotionally and physically. It threw me off because I was expecting more buildup, more longing and connection before moving to the physical. I’m thankful for the TWs because even with them, I’ll admit some scenes caught me off guard! For these reasons, I was less invested in the romance itself than in the other plotlines.
All in all, the first half of the book precisely revolving mostly around AdoraStone had me a bit underwhelmed. It really started to scare me because I wanted to love this book SO BAD.
But I just should have trusted the process and blindly trust Nicole’s talent.
BECAUSE, the second half of the book suddenly brings in more stakes, angst, information and new relationships dynamic. Shit REALLY hits the fan at times. I was losing my entire mind.
Stone slowly connecting with the other Heathens, with Ocean, had me in SHAMBLES. In the end, his story with Adora got more to me once other people were involved and not just the two of them in a sort of ‘in camera’ setting. A romantic in public and a freak in the sheets!
Those very last chapters broke me apart and put me back together. By the time I reached the afterword I was just crying. Special mention to Cyrus, selfless king. To Ivy, no fucking words.
Before wrapping up this review, I have to mention Nicole’s absolutely unique writing style. I’m in awe of her. Diving back into her worldbuilding was SO satisfying. Rich and full of imagery, feelings pouring from the pages. The town of Weeping Hollow is still one of my favorite settings ever. The atmosphere, the characters, the covens, the fucked up and toxic and real relationships, the hardships and the love… Nicole has the power of mesmerizing you through words, for real. Like the town of Weeping Hollow, once you start her books, they won’t let you go!
Extremely thankful I got to read an ARC of this book, and terribly sorry it took me so long! Sometimes I wish I had a lighthouse to go to in order to escape life as well.
I’ll be tuned in for whenever book 3 comes out, I’m already READY! (And not to be dramatic but if it isnt Phoenix and Fable I’ll end myself).
Solid 4 stars!
Bone Island is… unlike any story you’ve read before. This book is just like the sea. There are chapters where the tide puts you under. There are chapters where its hypnotizing movements put you at peace.There are chapters were it leaves you stranded on the beach, a bit lost and unsure.
Adora was unexpected and unconventional. Where Fallon was considerate and sensitive, Adora appeared as hardness personified and cold. She intruiged me. Page after page, she proved violence and sensitivity could coexist within her. I didn’t always understand her but at the same time, I wanted to remain in her unstable, unhinged head. She was fascinating, I think that’s the perfect word. Her goals, the background plot with her mom, the arranged marriage, her love for her sisters… I was extremely invested. Her character’s development was great.
Stone… I was a bit scared at the beginning, because for the first half of the book, besides the few chapters about his past, you only get to know him through the Adora spectrum. He didn’t really act or talk like someone who had lived 24 years in another century and amongst tribes, and he was pretty experimented and good at many things he supposedly had never done before.
In all honesty, it took me a while to connect with AdoraStone as lovers. I think the very first scene of them letting go and getting lost in each other happened rather early in the book and was actually quite violent emotionally and physically. It threw me off because I was expecting more buildup, more longing and connection before moving to the physical. I’m thankful for the TWs because even with them, I’ll admit some scenes caught me off guard! For these reasons, I was less invested in the romance itself than in the other plotlines.
All in all, the first half of the book precisely revolving mostly around AdoraStone had me a bit underwhelmed. It really started to scare me because I wanted to love this book SO BAD.
But I just should have trusted the process and blindly trust Nicole’s talent.
BECAUSE, the second half of the book suddenly brings in more stakes, angst, information and new relationships dynamic. Shit REALLY hits the fan at times. I was losing my entire mind.
Stone slowly connecting with the other Heathens, with Ocean, had me in SHAMBLES. In the end, his story with Adora got more to me once other people were involved and not just the two of them in a sort of ‘in camera’ setting. A romantic in public and a freak in the sheets!
Those very last chapters broke me apart and put me back together. By the time I reached the afterword I was just crying. Special mention to Cyrus, selfless king. To Ivy, no fucking words.
Before wrapping up this review, I have to mention Nicole’s absolutely unique writing style. I’m in awe of her. Diving back into her worldbuilding was SO satisfying. Rich and full of imagery, feelings pouring from the pages. The town of Weeping Hollow is still one of my favorite settings ever. The atmosphere, the characters, the covens, the fucked up and toxic and real relationships, the hardships and the love… Nicole has the power of mesmerizing you through words, for real. Like the town of Weeping Hollow, once you start her books, they won’t let you go!
Extremely thankful I got to read an ARC of this book, and terribly sorry it took me so long! Sometimes I wish I had a lighthouse to go to in order to escape life as well.
I’ll be tuned in for whenever book 3 comes out, I’m already READY! (And not to be dramatic but if it isnt Phoenix and Fable I’ll end myself).
Solid 4 stars!
March 22, 2023
∞ ALL THE STARS
"And so, our story begins," he whispered, afraid.
"So, it does," I replied, terrified.
Nicole is one of my favorite authors, I know what to expect and I do go into her books with high expectations. So it's crazy to me how every single time I'm still caught by surprise with how much her writing truly affects me. I think it will never truly sink in how much power her words have over me and like with Bone Island, I will never truly be prepared for the avalanche of feeling I will go through from the moment I open one of her books till the very last page. I mean this book literally made me cry before even starting lol. -iykyk
I could write and write about this book but no words I can come up with will ever be able to encompass what Stone & Adora's story is about. It's not something that can be summarized, it needs to be felt. It needs to be experienced in its entirety because even then you will feel like you haven't even scratched the surface.
Just like the Ocean these two characters and their love have so many layers. You can try to grasp it as you go but you will never get to the bottom of it. You will never be able to truly fathom the magnitude of who they are as individuals and even more so who they are together. That's not to say you won't feel it. Just like the Ocean, you will feel its beauty deep inside regardless of how far you can see it. At least I did!
I felt its beauty. But I also felt the sorrow, the heartbreak and the despair that accompanied it. I cried & cried, and then cried some more but I also smiled, boy did I smile. It was haunting, dark, addictive, freeing and so damn beautiful. It's two love stories combined. It defies how you think the story should go and makes you believe that it could always only end in one way, this way, and it was perfect!
"We can survive a lifetime without love, as long as it doesn't touch us."
"And so, our story begins," he whispered, afraid.
"So, it does," I replied, terrified.
Nicole is one of my favorite authors, I know what to expect and I do go into her books with high expectations. So it's crazy to me how every single time I'm still caught by surprise with how much her writing truly affects me. I think it will never truly sink in how much power her words have over me and like with Bone Island, I will never truly be prepared for the avalanche of feeling I will go through from the moment I open one of her books till the very last page. I mean this book literally made me cry before even starting lol. -iykyk
I could write and write about this book but no words I can come up with will ever be able to encompass what Stone & Adora's story is about. It's not something that can be summarized, it needs to be felt. It needs to be experienced in its entirety because even then you will feel like you haven't even scratched the surface.
Just like the Ocean these two characters and their love have so many layers. You can try to grasp it as you go but you will never get to the bottom of it. You will never be able to truly fathom the magnitude of who they are as individuals and even more so who they are together. That's not to say you won't feel it. Just like the Ocean, you will feel its beauty deep inside regardless of how far you can see it. At least I did!
I felt its beauty. But I also felt the sorrow, the heartbreak and the despair that accompanied it. I cried & cried, and then cried some more but I also smiled, boy did I smile. It was haunting, dark, addictive, freeing and so damn beautiful. It's two love stories combined. It defies how you think the story should go and makes you believe that it could always only end in one way, this way, and it was perfect!
"We can survive a lifetime without love, as long as it doesn't touch us."
December 21, 2023
This book feels like drowning in the deep black sea and there is nothing I long for more. I already know that the story will stay with me for a long time, too cheesy and too raw to forget.
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There is so much incredible pain and desperation in these two stories that become one to pull you into the depths and save you.
So much loss, grief and sadness.
So many people deserve so much better.
Adora and Stone are both lovable and insufferable in their own ways.
The book is both too much and too little at the same time.
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"Because while you were spending those few forsaken weeks fucking me, I was loving you," I admitted, my chin trembling. "I was loving you, and that's something that breaks you from the inside out." - Adora
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"What I feel for you knows no time or place" - Stone
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There is so much incredible pain and desperation in these two stories that become one to pull you into the depths and save you.
So much loss, grief and sadness.
So many people deserve so much better.
Adora and Stone are both lovable and insufferable in their own ways.
The book is both too much and too little at the same time.
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"Because while you were spending those few forsaken weeks fucking me, I was loving you," I admitted, my chin trembling. "I was loving you, and that's something that breaks you from the inside out." - Adora
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"What I feel for you knows no time or place" - Stone
March 30, 2023
ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ, ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʟɪғᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ?
I mean where do I even begin right?
My most anticipated read of the year and it was worth every day, every hour, every minute of waiting..
When you’re brought to tears by just the forward note from the author you know you’re in for some heartache and tear shed. She speaks right to your heart.
ᴡᴇ’ᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴡᴇ’ʀᴇ ᴍɪʟᴇs ᴀᴡᴀʏ.
Stone is everything, but Stone and Adora together are absolute. All their hardships, it’s them against it all – nothing else matters.
I love Stone’s heart, and his drive to do and be better. This tortured hero, that goes through unimaginable things but is still able to keep hope and crave a love that’s all his. He’s deep, and gentle, and sweet. An old soul, grounded to the Earth.
Adora is calculated, hard working, artistic – she’s forced to grow up too soon and refuses to give up; even when its revenge that’s running through her veins. The sea is her calling and Bone Island is her escape.
ᴀᴛ ʟᴀsᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ.
ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ɪɴғᴇʀs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғɪxᴇᴅ. ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴀᴅᴏʀᴀ. ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ
ғᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ sɪᴅᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ.
ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴛᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏ, sᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ.
I was angry, sad, yelling, screaming, crying at my screen and going through every emotion she laid before us..
I think it's so very fitting that one of Nicole's sayings is "You are magic" because I believe with every fiber of my being that YOU, Nicole Fiorina are magic. And I couldn't be prouder watching you soar.
There's something about Nicole's writing... something about this world that makes you want to stay here. It seeps right into your soul, and once it's in there, it's there for good.. I don't ever want to leave Weeping Hollow. And I cannot wait for this to go live so I can go through my paperback again and again…
ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴇxɪsᴛs ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ɪᴛ
And fuck do I believe in it.
ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍʏ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀᴜɢʜ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ʟᴇғᴛ.
I mean where do I even begin right?
My most anticipated read of the year and it was worth every day, every hour, every minute of waiting..
When you’re brought to tears by just the forward note from the author you know you’re in for some heartache and tear shed. She speaks right to your heart.
ᴡᴇ’ᴠᴇ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙᴇᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀʟʟ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴡᴇ’ʀᴇ ᴍɪʟᴇs ᴀᴡᴀʏ.
Stone is everything, but Stone and Adora together are absolute. All their hardships, it’s them against it all – nothing else matters.
I love Stone’s heart, and his drive to do and be better. This tortured hero, that goes through unimaginable things but is still able to keep hope and crave a love that’s all his. He’s deep, and gentle, and sweet. An old soul, grounded to the Earth.
Adora is calculated, hard working, artistic – she’s forced to grow up too soon and refuses to give up; even when its revenge that’s running through her veins. The sea is her calling and Bone Island is her escape.
ᴀᴛ ʟᴀsᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴀ ʜᴀᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ.
ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ɪɴғᴇʀs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғɪxᴇᴅ. ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴀᴅᴏʀᴀ. ɪᴛ’s ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ
ғᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ sɪᴅᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ.
ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴛᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏ, sᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ.
I was angry, sad, yelling, screaming, crying at my screen and going through every emotion she laid before us..
I think it's so very fitting that one of Nicole's sayings is "You are magic" because I believe with every fiber of my being that YOU, Nicole Fiorina are magic. And I couldn't be prouder watching you soar.
There's something about Nicole's writing... something about this world that makes you want to stay here. It seeps right into your soul, and once it's in there, it's there for good.. I don't ever want to leave Weeping Hollow. And I cannot wait for this to go live so I can go through my paperback again and again…
ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴇxɪsᴛs ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ɪᴛ
And fuck do I believe in it.
ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴍʏ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀᴜɢʜ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ʟᴇғᴛ.
October 16, 2024
I’m not okay. I can’t believe that’s over 😭😭😭😭
I NEED MORE OF THIS WORLD BECAUSE ITS SO MESMERIZING AND DEEP AND ADDICTING.
I NEED MORE OF THIS WORLD BECAUSE ITS SO MESMERIZING AND DEEP AND ADDICTING.
April 10, 2023
The first book was great. I was dying to go back to weeping hollow again.
HERE are my thoughts on the story.
1. Bone Island was a very frustrating read for me. It felt like I was reading a unedited version of the book. I don't mind a long book, but every single chapter should be worth reading. So many pages in this book felt unnecessary. Also one thing that I absolutely hate about long books is when authors drag you through whole 40 chapters , giving you only bits and pieces and then conclude the whole story in 5 chapters.... bitch..what..
2. Also I couldn't connect with Adora and I really tried to understand her view and situation she was in, but she made it very difficult. At the beginning I thought she was one those fmc who have a rough exterior for outside world but really cared about people she loved and would eventually grow on me. But no Adora was just a bitch. spoiler*Though cause of her behavior was later explained in the story* I still hated her. She had no regard for others feelings whatsoever, she was a self centered character. And the only time she was nice in the story, it felt so forced like the author was blatantly trying to make her a hero. lol. spoiler*I didn't like how she didn't do anything when she and Ivy realized that the people being murdered by Shadows, were somehow related to her. Nope, this bitch was too busy planning a murder, for several years I might add (which btw she had no proof of, if the person she was going to off was really guilty or not) * :/
3. The book is written in same manner as hollow heathens was written. the present story and a different story from past and story of Stone's past as well. Other than the present scenario the other two stories didn't grab my attention as much. In Hollow Heathens the story from past made me want to know the story of Julian's ancestor just as much as his and Fallon's. But in Bone Island you can sort of predict how the story of Alec and Circe will end.
The way both books were structured, felt new and fresh in hollow heathens whereas in bone island it felt like the author was trying to milk the same ideas from book one hoping it'll bring same reaction from her audience. Which was really unfortunate.
NOW moving on to good parts of the book which aren't many :(
Stone was a great MMC. He was everything I imagined him to be. I loved all the parts of the story where heathens showed up. Which sadly happened in like 30% of the story. I loved all their interactions with Stone. And how he grew to find a family in them.
Unexpectedly I ended up loving Ivy out of all Sullivan sisters and not just because of what happened in the end but throughout the story I connected with her more than I did with Adora. But Fallon is still my favorite girl in weeping hollow. #teammoonchild
I also liked Cyrus's character and how inherently good he was, Adora having no regard for his feelings made me want to bitch slap her so many times.
Anyways..... the story had so much potential, I hated how we waited 3 years just to read 700 pages of story that could easily be 400 pages or something. gahhhhh.
HERE are my thoughts on the story.
1. Bone Island was a very frustrating read for me. It felt like I was reading a unedited version of the book. I don't mind a long book, but every single chapter should be worth reading. So many pages in this book felt unnecessary. Also one thing that I absolutely hate about long books is when authors drag you through whole 40 chapters , giving you only bits and pieces and then conclude the whole story in 5 chapters.... bitch..what..
2. Also I couldn't connect with Adora and I really tried to understand her view and situation she was in, but she made it very difficult. At the beginning I thought she was one those fmc who have a rough exterior for outside world but really cared about people she loved and would eventually grow on me. But no Adora was just a bitch. spoiler*Though cause of her behavior was later explained in the story* I still hated her. She had no regard for others feelings whatsoever, she was a self centered character. And the only time she was nice in the story, it felt so forced like the author was blatantly trying to make her a hero. lol. spoiler*I didn't like how she didn't do anything when she and Ivy realized that the people being murdered by Shadows, were somehow related to her. Nope, this bitch was too busy planning a murder, for several years I might add (which btw she had no proof of, if the person she was going to off was really guilty or not) * :/
3. The book is written in same manner as hollow heathens was written. the present story and a different story from past and story of Stone's past as well. Other than the present scenario the other two stories didn't grab my attention as much. In Hollow Heathens the story from past made me want to know the story of Julian's ancestor just as much as his and Fallon's. But in Bone Island you can sort of predict how the story of Alec and Circe will end.
The way both books were structured, felt new and fresh in hollow heathens whereas in bone island it felt like the author was trying to milk the same ideas from book one hoping it'll bring same reaction from her audience. Which was really unfortunate.
NOW moving on to good parts of the book which aren't many :(
Stone was a great MMC. He was everything I imagined him to be. I loved all the parts of the story where heathens showed up. Which sadly happened in like 30% of the story. I loved all their interactions with Stone. And how he grew to find a family in them.
Unexpectedly I ended up loving Ivy out of all Sullivan sisters and not just because of what happened in the end but throughout the story I connected with her more than I did with Adora. But Fallon is still my favorite girl in weeping hollow. #teammoonchild
I also liked Cyrus's character and how inherently good he was, Adora having no regard for his feelings made me want to bitch slap her so many times.
Anyways..... the story had so much potential, I hated how we waited 3 years just to read 700 pages of story that could easily be 400 pages or something. gahhhhh.
December 7, 2023
I just finished this book and I’m crying.
Crying because I feel seen.
Crying because I feel heard.
Crying because I no longer feel alone.
I’ve read few books that spoke to my soul. That tunneled their way deep down into my very being and embraced my broken and hollow parts with warmth and understanding.
Bone Island is the comfort I didn’t know I needed.
A tragic, heartbreaking, and hopelessness came from this book…and like a siren, it sang to me.
Adora Sullivan is every hopeless thought I’ve ever had. Every façade I had to master. Every distraction I’ve ever used.
She constantly battles with these feelings inside herself, and is scared to be vulnerable in fear of adding to the hurt she’s already burdened with.
She is strong. She is resilient. She is callous.
She wants to do what’s best for those she loves but is simultaneously fighting her own battles. She is constantly being selfless and sacrificing her own happiness out of her fear and obligation to others.
Stone Danvers. Stone speaks to me in a way I don’t think any character ever has. Every aspect of him, felt too personal. Felt too real.
He was seen as an abomination. Someone who needed to hide, someone who wasn’t worth effort, someone who wasn’t allowed to feel…but someone who feels everything.
He is battered and bruised and scared and shattered. A walking, talking, and breathing tragedy. He has suffered more than even fathomable, yet he is still so loving, caring, and nurturing. He will fight for what is right and longs for the only pure thing in this world. The only thing he has never felt. Love. He has so much to give despite all that was taken from him. He doesn’t let people take advantage of others and isn’t afraid to speak his mind and set things straight. He’s lived most of his life in pain, so he welcomes it and nurtures it and isn’t afraid to let it blossom into something worth hurting for. He’s tired of bowing down and taking orders from others and refuses to submit.
He is something I didn’t know I needed. He felt like an extension of me. I will forever be grateful for him and he will forever live in my heart.
The world of Weeping Hollow is the gothic, romantic, love letter to my soul. I am enraptured with this story and these characters and I cannot thank Nicole enough for writing these books.
My face is a river. My neck is a landslide. My chest is a saltwater spring.
I haven’t gotten this emotional about a book in a long time.
I am absolutely in love.
Crying because I feel seen.
Crying because I feel heard.
Crying because I no longer feel alone.
I’ve read few books that spoke to my soul. That tunneled their way deep down into my very being and embraced my broken and hollow parts with warmth and understanding.
Bone Island is the comfort I didn’t know I needed.
A tragic, heartbreaking, and hopelessness came from this book…and like a siren, it sang to me.
Adora Sullivan is every hopeless thought I’ve ever had. Every façade I had to master. Every distraction I’ve ever used.
She constantly battles with these feelings inside herself, and is scared to be vulnerable in fear of adding to the hurt she’s already burdened with.
She is strong. She is resilient. She is callous.
She wants to do what’s best for those she loves but is simultaneously fighting her own battles. She is constantly being selfless and sacrificing her own happiness out of her fear and obligation to others.
Stone Danvers. Stone speaks to me in a way I don’t think any character ever has. Every aspect of him, felt too personal. Felt too real.
He was seen as an abomination. Someone who needed to hide, someone who wasn’t worth effort, someone who wasn’t allowed to feel…but someone who feels everything.
He is battered and bruised and scared and shattered. A walking, talking, and breathing tragedy. He has suffered more than even fathomable, yet he is still so loving, caring, and nurturing. He will fight for what is right and longs for the only pure thing in this world. The only thing he has never felt. Love. He has so much to give despite all that was taken from him. He doesn’t let people take advantage of others and isn’t afraid to speak his mind and set things straight. He’s lived most of his life in pain, so he welcomes it and nurtures it and isn’t afraid to let it blossom into something worth hurting for. He’s tired of bowing down and taking orders from others and refuses to submit.
He is something I didn’t know I needed. He felt like an extension of me. I will forever be grateful for him and he will forever live in my heart.
The world of Weeping Hollow is the gothic, romantic, love letter to my soul. I am enraptured with this story and these characters and I cannot thank Nicole enough for writing these books.
My face is a river. My neck is a landslide. My chest is a saltwater spring.
I haven’t gotten this emotional about a book in a long time.
I am absolutely in love.
March 29, 2023
*original review* What an emotional rollercoaster. Hollow Heathens will still always be my favorite. This is a heart wrenching continuation in the world of Weeping Hollow. Check TWs, because some are rather uncomfortable. Sometimes it was hard to like Adora, but other times it was hard to not like her. Stone is precious. This is a story of 2 broken people, from different worlds who never should have met. Their love story is not in the traditional sense of what I normally read, but somehow it made total sense for them. It made it that much more interesting to read. I really hope the next book is Fable and Phoenix 🤞🏻
*I lowered my rating* the more I think about this book, the more let down I am. HH is easily a top 10 book for me, but yet BI was lacking that special something. There were too many sad and toxic moments. But the sweet moments were a nice buffer. It felt too long in the end. And the resolution is literally 3 pages…Adora lashes out physically all the time. There are some issues between another character but I won’t go in to detail bc of spoilers.(I actually feel bad for this character!) I feel like there were a lot of inconsistencies and missed opportunities. Some unanswered questions still. I wanted more of the town and more interactions with other characters. Some scenes traumatized me. I really hate giving a book in this series a lower than 4 star rating. It hurts my soul. Nicole’s writing is great, I just wanted more out of this book than what I got. I think my expectations were set really high because of how much I love book 1. Hoping book 3 gives me all the feels that book 1 did!
*I lowered my rating* the more I think about this book, the more let down I am. HH is easily a top 10 book for me, but yet BI was lacking that special something. There were too many sad and toxic moments. But the sweet moments were a nice buffer. It felt too long in the end. And the resolution is literally 3 pages…Adora lashes out physically all the time. There are some issues between another character but I won’t go in to detail bc of spoilers.(I actually feel bad for this character!) I feel like there were a lot of inconsistencies and missed opportunities. Some unanswered questions still. I wanted more of the town and more interactions with other characters. Some scenes traumatized me. I really hate giving a book in this series a lower than 4 star rating. It hurts my soul. Nicole’s writing is great, I just wanted more out of this book than what I got. I think my expectations were set really high because of how much I love book 1. Hoping book 3 gives me all the feels that book 1 did!
April 15, 2023
Ohhhhh wow!!! If you want a story that makes all your emotions come out.. read this book... . I felt every emotion there is to feel when reading a book. Stone will break your heart so many times and all you want to do is wrap him in your arms. It took me a minute to read this because I HAD to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I fell in love with Julian and Fallon but Stone and Adora have maybe moved into first. You must start this series with Hollow Heathens (you don't have too but you will understand the characters more) Such an amazing book!!!
March 23, 2023
Oooooh what a breath of fresh air to be back and explore this world again.
Nicole is the queen of world building. You can tell she puts her whole heart and soul into Weeping Hollow. The description of this place is absolutely phenomenal. We got a glimpse of it in Hollow Heathens… but here we discover some new places and honestly, I’m ready to pack my bags and somehow find my way there.
And the writing.. gosh, it’s magical. Something I love about Nicole’s writing is it feels poetic and hypnotic you feel entranced by it.
The romance story itself… I will say and I do truly apologize, I mean no disrespect, wasn’t for me. The thing is if I cannot connect with one character then I have trouble rooting for them as a couple and that was the case here. Stone, my darling, I completely adore. There’s layers to him, you couldn’t help but want him to finally find happiness. However, Adora, I felt absolutely nothing for and that left me a bit disappointed considering she had intrigued me. She’s a fashion lover and has some strong feels deep inside her but I felt she was completely hollow (and yeah it’s The Tales of Weeping Hollow but 😕).
Maybe I was in a mood. I’m not sure. I’ll probably need to do a reread in the future and my thoughts may change then. Overall, i did like it. I was just expecting to fall in love with it.
Nicole is the queen of world building. You can tell she puts her whole heart and soul into Weeping Hollow. The description of this place is absolutely phenomenal. We got a glimpse of it in Hollow Heathens… but here we discover some new places and honestly, I’m ready to pack my bags and somehow find my way there.
And the writing.. gosh, it’s magical. Something I love about Nicole’s writing is it feels poetic and hypnotic you feel entranced by it.
The romance story itself… I will say and I do truly apologize, I mean no disrespect, wasn’t for me. The thing is if I cannot connect with one character then I have trouble rooting for them as a couple and that was the case here. Stone, my darling, I completely adore. There’s layers to him, you couldn’t help but want him to finally find happiness. However, Adora, I felt absolutely nothing for and that left me a bit disappointed considering she had intrigued me. She’s a fashion lover and has some strong feels deep inside her but I felt she was completely hollow (and yeah it’s The Tales of Weeping Hollow but 😕).
Maybe I was in a mood. I’m not sure. I’ll probably need to do a reread in the future and my thoughts may change then. Overall, i did like it. I was just expecting to fall in love with it.
November 3, 2025
This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.
Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻♂️🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️🦸🏻♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨✨✨
First Impressions
When I read the first book "Hollow Heathens" I thought nothing could beat that book or even get close....and now I see why Bone Island is so well loved, its very deserving of it. I am convinced that Nicole Fiorina writes pure magic! Her books just hit different and you can tell in how intentional she is with the stories that she writes for her readers. I really loved the way that she captured the vivid portrayal of this world, the characters that just come alive and how invested the reader can easily become with the story and the writing is the best talent that I have ever experienced from a romance author. Bone Island was a story of love that was deeply forbidden, and really tells a story in the pain and the torment that comes with being in love and how deeply I resonated with this.
First Line
I've been watching you.
The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Stone
The Heroine: Adora
Summary
Adora is part of a witch clan in the town of Weeping Hollow. She has expectations that she must live up to. She has always known she would be destined for a arranged marriage and she is determined to save her mother no matter the cost. But the one person that she didn't plan on.....was Stone or the love that she would find on Bone Island. Their love was secret, it wasn't planned and it wasn't in the fates for them to fall in love. But Adora will have to choose and learn what it means to fight for love no matter the pain that comes with that decision. Stone has never had anyone choose him or fight for him and loving Adora comes with a price ....but now he will have to learn to fight for what he wants ...and what he deeply wants more than anything else in the world is Adora despite how forbidden it is or the cost that would come to them both if they were to choose love over fate.
What I Loved
Bone Island was true perfection in a story! How on earth is Nicole Fiorina even in the genre? How on earth did we get lucky enough to have her books available to us. Her writing is simply flawless in everything that she writes. And you really see her true talent within the pages of Bone Island. I was floored in each page of reading this book. It took me two days to read this book....but what TWO DAYS of a wild ride that this author takes you on here. There was something so pivoting about this book. And the author does a good refresher of what happens in Hollow Heathens. This romance was just as forbidden as Hollow Heathens, but just in a different way. This book showcases the pain and torment and heartbreak that comes with being in love. It shows true redemption of the soul and how not everything is as it seems. It builds into a story of seeing a young women who has been trained to obey and is so focused on her one goal, she has to learn to fight for what she truly wants and that was a powerful journey that we see Adora go on. She wasn't the perfect heroine (some things she does I normally wouldn't justify or even be okay with but this author made her resonate deeply) but then we have a tortured hero. Stone is just about everything you can expect or even want in a hero. He has never had anyone fight for him and despite his past or how Adora handles him at times, you also see his will is relentless when it comes to her and that his love for her is truly EVERYTHING! He shows Adora what love is capable of and that kind of patience and resilience and fight is what made this book such a delectable journey.
What I Struggled With
This was the perfect read. There might have been aspects I struggled with at times like how Adora treats Stone at times, but the way its written, those aspects doesn't bother you as the reader because its about experiencing this journey of being human, having flaws and embracing what matters most!
Narration
Whew! This audiobook was just about PERFECT!!! I was able to listen while I read along with the physical book and it was a TRUE experience. They really brought this book to life. So highly recommend you do this in audiobook if you can just to get the most of the story and do it slower. Nothing faster than 1.45x speed. It also has a multiple cast in the narration.
Overall View
Bone Island was a story that kept me trapped in this world, it was a pure addiction and a compelling journey of magic, love and deep facets of the heart!
Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Gothic Paranormal Dark Romance
Character Types: Tortured Hero, Witch Heroine
Themes: Small Town, Gothic, Magical, Darker Elements, Tear Jerker, Lyrical Writing
Tropes: Forbidden Love, Love Triangle
Book Perspective
Multi POV
Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Both
If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
A.L. Jackson
CL Wilson
Laura Thalassa
Song This Book Inspires
Goddess by Cobi
Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes I would say read this series in order
Narrators:
Gail Shalan
Teddy Hamilton
Vanessa Moyen
Michael Gallagher
March 23, 2023
I read to escape. Well, Bone Island provided me with both a time and town I never wanted to leave. Characters that for the first time I wanted to meet, hug, and befriend. A love story that made my heart ache with emotion and romance.
I would never see a lighthouse the same way again. Now, I will always remember the love story of Stone and Adora.
The boy with a paper heart, and the girl whose secrets are in the beloved black sea.
Magic is not real or so we say. But when you read the magic that pours from each word, it's far from the truth. I was enchanted, and bewitched by its spell, and when I read The End, it followed me for days. Even now I still feel its magic.
So to Weeping Hollow, you should add one more to your population count as I am trapped along with the Heathens.
I'm glad I am.
★★★★★
FIVE MAGICAL STARS!
May 1, 2022
Where's the book
August 5, 2024
Another 6 star read....WooHoo!!! I loved everything about this book. The Gothic vibes were on point, the coastal town provided the perfect atmospheric setting, and the story was captivating. I love Nicole Fiorina's writing. So lush with detail and heart. I really didn't want this book to end and while it was a chonky book, I could have had it even longer just to enjoy this world some more. So glad I found this series. It's become a favorite!
March 19, 2023
✑ BONE ISLAND, by Nicole Fiorina
rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ stars (4) loved it!
state condition: heartbroken and numb
I could not wait to return to Weeping Hollow, and two years later, I was finally back! Stone and Adora have kept us waiting for a while, but I promise you all that the anxious wait was worth it.
I feel like every time I post a review of Nicole’s books this is the first thing I jump into, but I cannot go through my thoughts without mentioning it. Nicole’s writing is astonishingly captivating, and not only did she not fail to swoon my heart and soul with it, but she accomplished to make me feel back at Weeping Hollow from the very first sentence (Freddy in the Mourning, I missed you).
Now onto the review: I consider myself to still be in a heartbroken, emotionally drained state after finishing Bone Island, so I’ll try my best to put my thoughts into words (no promises though). I feel like, Bone Island was, in a way, SO much different than Hollow Heathens. This book was rough, sometimes even painful to read, To be clear: This is not your light, easy romance read. But I’ll tell you something: It was beautiful nevertheless.
Adora and Stone met in the most beautiful way and, even though it did feel a bit like an instant-love situation, the two shared moments purely made my heart melt. I loved their relationship and the stolen moments between them, for some reason, especially after the halfway mark. I’ll say though, regardless of being beyond excited to read about them and their story, I could not help to sometimes be won over by other things such as the tight bond between the Sullivan siblings, and the long-awaited, finally reunited five Heathens.Don’t ask me why, my heart and attention were set on them. Those two subplots were the icing on the cake for me.
I’ve sobbed, truly broken myself down to tears twice in this book, and while I won’t reveal that because of spoilers, let me tell Nicole and you all: those two events destroyed me. I am AFRAID to have witnessed the power Nicole and her characters have over me. Both moments were utterly heartbreaking and I still have not recovered (let’s be honest, I probably never will)
While I loved reading about Stone and Adora, Zephyr and Phoenix continue to be my favourites in the series. I don’t think anyone will be able to get that spot from them. This book made me even more excited to see what’s in store for them. In fact, I am secretly praying that the next book in the series will be about one of them. PLEASE NICOLE!
note: the reason this book did not get 5 stars for me (because if a book makes me experience what bone island did, it would easily get five stars) is that i felt like some moments were a bit dragged. it could also be my fault because i stubbornly read this book in almost 48 hours regardless of not wanting it to end. it was magical anyway.
rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ stars (4) loved it!
state condition: heartbroken and numb
I could not wait to return to Weeping Hollow, and two years later, I was finally back! Stone and Adora have kept us waiting for a while, but I promise you all that the anxious wait was worth it.
I feel like every time I post a review of Nicole’s books this is the first thing I jump into, but I cannot go through my thoughts without mentioning it. Nicole’s writing is astonishingly captivating, and not only did she not fail to swoon my heart and soul with it, but she accomplished to make me feel back at Weeping Hollow from the very first sentence (Freddy in the Mourning, I missed you).
Now onto the review: I consider myself to still be in a heartbroken, emotionally drained state after finishing Bone Island, so I’ll try my best to put my thoughts into words (no promises though). I feel like, Bone Island was, in a way, SO much different than Hollow Heathens. This book was rough, sometimes even painful to read, To be clear: This is not your light, easy romance read. But I’ll tell you something: It was beautiful nevertheless.
Adora and Stone met in the most beautiful way and, even though it did feel a bit like an instant-love situation, the two shared moments purely made my heart melt. I loved their relationship and the stolen moments between them, for some reason, especially after the halfway mark. I’ll say though, regardless of being beyond excited to read about them and their story, I could not help to sometimes be won over by other things such as the tight bond between the Sullivan siblings, and the long-awaited, finally reunited five Heathens.Don’t ask me why, my heart and attention were set on them. Those two subplots were the icing on the cake for me.
I’ve sobbed, truly broken myself down to tears twice in this book, and while I won’t reveal that because of spoilers, let me tell Nicole and you all: those two events destroyed me. I am AFRAID to have witnessed the power Nicole and her characters have over me. Both moments were utterly heartbreaking and I still have not recovered (let’s be honest, I probably never will)
While I loved reading about Stone and Adora, Zephyr and Phoenix continue to be my favourites in the series. I don’t think anyone will be able to get that spot from them. This book made me even more excited to see what’s in store for them. In fact, I am secretly praying that the next book in the series will be about one of them. PLEASE NICOLE!
note: the reason this book did not get 5 stars for me (because if a book makes me experience what bone island did, it would easily get five stars) is that i felt like some moments were a bit dragged. it could also be my fault because i stubbornly read this book in almost 48 hours regardless of not wanting it to end. it was magical anyway.
October 12, 2024
I loved this. But I also still have questions. I am for sure going to reread this at some point. Happy reading!
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