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Bones of Eden #3
Third Wave
A new battle has begun, and the struggle to survive is not only for Eden but for the fate of all life on Earth
Once divided, the Elikai and Varekai tribes have unified. Now called Kai, they've come to look beyond rebuilding their world to secure a life for the new Children of Eden. For the tribe leaders, there is another way to protect the revisit the past.
In unearthing their origins as a people, in learning the truth behind the cataclysm that wiped out most of the world's population, the few survivors will discover the very reason for their existence.
They've never been more united—or more vulnerable to a new enemy. Their once-peaceful archipelago is now under threat from an army of outsiders with their own unfathomable purpose.
The desperate families of Kai must make it back to the mainland. Before their dream of Eden mutates into a nightmare.
Don't miss the first two books in this series, First Fall and Second Heart, available now!
This book is approximately 97,000 words
- GenresDystopia
291 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 14, 2017
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Zaide Bishop
6 books8 followersZaide Bishop is a queer & transgender author living in Australia. He loves animals, sustainably living, reading and pro-equality rallies. Zaide believes everyone should be able to find positive, affirmative representation in stories where they feel like the hero, and is endeavouring to write as many books like this as he can. He also love to read them, so if you have any reading suggestions, email him at zaidebishop at gmail.com. For updates on new releases, sign up to his newsletter.
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July 27, 2017
I received a copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads
3.5 stars.
Third Wave is the conclusion in the Bones of Eden trilogy, and cannot be read as a standalone. I would strongly suggest against reading individual books or out of order.
After rating both the debut and the middle of the trilogy 5 stars, I feel off rating the conclusion as low as I am. It's not that I didn't enjoy it- it's that it didn't have the same infectious feeling, where I couldn't put it down. It wasn't as tight, falling into the gratuitous sex and shock-value writing category. After charging head-long into the conclusion, the story didn't need that type of filler or shock, when the bones of the story were strong enough without it.
Unlike in the previous installments, where all sexual interaction was either to propel the story or forge a bond, gratuitous scene were tucked in, throwing off the thrilling flow, along with an MM and an MMF scene. I love MM, menage, and erotica, but after reading books 1&2, these scenes in 3 didn't fit. Yes, in past books, there was quite a bit of sex, most of it either savage, borderline non-consensual, or dark, with an underlying feeling of connection, but it propelled the storyline forward.
Third Wave tried too hard to go out with a bang, making my head spin. The survivors tried to pick up the pieces and rebuild their way of life, in a singular village, and as one people- the Kai. Multiple times over the course of two hundred pages. They'd get half sorted out, only to be hit with another disaster. The only downtime for the reader were sex scenes, as the rest of the time, the characters were being put through their paces, either being torn apart or picking up the pieces. Over and over again. Page after page.
Unlike the previous books, where there was still a feeling of hope as the author plucked the strings of the human condition, this felt as if Bishop was doing all that could be done to test the characters, harm the characters, or outright kill the characters, all to extort specific emotions in the readers. Shock-value writing. I won't go into detail about what instruments were used to result in this, which is why I'm talking around events to remove spoilers, but it had the opposite of the intended affect on me. There was too much, to the point I stopped being emotionally invested in the characters, and no longer felt the pull of needing to know what happened next. I lost my trust in the author...
Oh, I didn't want sunshine and rainbows on the pages, and I applaud Bishop for the authenticity of knee-jerk reactions, and the results of what happened in Second Heart psychologically affecting characters during Third Wave. It was the redundancy of the two issues mentioned above that took the infectious quality away, simply because where they ended up next, I now knew they wouldn't be staying/utilizing what they built. Every step in the journey was just another stopping point in the wait for new tragedy.
The trilogy truly is dark- savage. In my review of the first installment, I dubbed the Bones of Eden trilogy as a mix of the sexual innocence of Blue Lagoon, the divided brutality of Lord of the Flies, and the dystopian feel of The Maze Runner series and its ilk.
I do highly recommend this innovated series to those who are looking for something different, sick of reading the 'same' day after day. Especially recommended to dystopian fans who wish for an injection of heart-stopping dark themes, borderline non-consensual sex, and the unexpected nature of not being able to predict where the author is taking the story next.
Yes, the trilogy ends on a high-note, with some HEAs, and I appreciated the last segment to give the ultimate of closures in the future. But, in the end, I'm left feeling as I did with the finale of Lost.
3.5 stars.
Third Wave is the conclusion in the Bones of Eden trilogy, and cannot be read as a standalone. I would strongly suggest against reading individual books or out of order.
After rating both the debut and the middle of the trilogy 5 stars, I feel off rating the conclusion as low as I am. It's not that I didn't enjoy it- it's that it didn't have the same infectious feeling, where I couldn't put it down. It wasn't as tight, falling into the gratuitous sex and shock-value writing category. After charging head-long into the conclusion, the story didn't need that type of filler or shock, when the bones of the story were strong enough without it.
Unlike in the previous installments, where all sexual interaction was either to propel the story or forge a bond, gratuitous scene were tucked in, throwing off the thrilling flow, along with an MM and an MMF scene. I love MM, menage, and erotica, but after reading books 1&2, these scenes in 3 didn't fit. Yes, in past books, there was quite a bit of sex, most of it either savage, borderline non-consensual, or dark, with an underlying feeling of connection, but it propelled the storyline forward.
Third Wave tried too hard to go out with a bang, making my head spin. The survivors tried to pick up the pieces and rebuild their way of life, in a singular village, and as one people- the Kai. Multiple times over the course of two hundred pages. They'd get half sorted out, only to be hit with another disaster. The only downtime for the reader were sex scenes, as the rest of the time, the characters were being put through their paces, either being torn apart or picking up the pieces. Over and over again. Page after page.
Unlike the previous books, where there was still a feeling of hope as the author plucked the strings of the human condition, this felt as if Bishop was doing all that could be done to test the characters, harm the characters, or outright kill the characters, all to extort specific emotions in the readers. Shock-value writing. I won't go into detail about what instruments were used to result in this, which is why I'm talking around events to remove spoilers, but it had the opposite of the intended affect on me. There was too much, to the point I stopped being emotionally invested in the characters, and no longer felt the pull of needing to know what happened next. I lost my trust in the author...
Oh, I didn't want sunshine and rainbows on the pages, and I applaud Bishop for the authenticity of knee-jerk reactions, and the results of what happened in Second Heart psychologically affecting characters during Third Wave. It was the redundancy of the two issues mentioned above that took the infectious quality away, simply because where they ended up next, I now knew they wouldn't be staying/utilizing what they built. Every step in the journey was just another stopping point in the wait for new tragedy.
The trilogy truly is dark- savage. In my review of the first installment, I dubbed the Bones of Eden trilogy as a mix of the sexual innocence of Blue Lagoon, the divided brutality of Lord of the Flies, and the dystopian feel of The Maze Runner series and its ilk.
I do highly recommend this innovated series to those who are looking for something different, sick of reading the 'same' day after day. Especially recommended to dystopian fans who wish for an injection of heart-stopping dark themes, borderline non-consensual sex, and the unexpected nature of not being able to predict where the author is taking the story next.
Yes, the trilogy ends on a high-note, with some HEAs, and I appreciated the last segment to give the ultimate of closures in the future. But, in the end, I'm left feeling as I did with the finale of Lost.
October 15, 2017
5 stunning stars for the conclusion of the Bones of Eden series, THIRD WAVE!
With a few pregnant Varekai, both their tribe and the male Elikai tribe have combined into just Kai, and are anxiously awaiting their litters. The tribe has no idea what they're doing when it comes to birthing their babies, so it falls to the leaders to make the journey back to Eden, back to the shell that was once their home, to see if they can find some answers. The extreme danger on their trip is fully unexpected, and so are the other strangers that threaten their family. The Kai will be in for the fight of their lives if they're to have any chance of survival. And the odds aren't good that they'll all make it out alive.
THIRD WAVE, the third and final book in the Bones of Eden series, was PHENOMENAL. I thought I understood what Eden was about, but the revelations in this book knocked me on my ass, as did the unexpected visitors to the tribe's world. I was so exhausted, but stayed up until 4am so I could squeeze just onemorepage in before work the next day!! This book was so descriptive, from the feel of the waves over your body to the sadness of dealing with motherless cubs, I got totally immersed in the breathless world that Ms. Bishop created! This book had some editing issues (like calling a child by its name before it had been named), but that didn't detract from my enjoyment. I wholeheartedly recommend this series to anyone looking for something unique, sexy and all around breathtaking.
Bottom Line: No OM, OW, yummy variety of sex (MM, MF, MMF), no condom use; no BDSM/kink; no sexual assault; violence/murder. This book isn't a contemporary story so none of the typical rules really apply.
With a few pregnant Varekai, both their tribe and the male Elikai tribe have combined into just Kai, and are anxiously awaiting their litters. The tribe has no idea what they're doing when it comes to birthing their babies, so it falls to the leaders to make the journey back to Eden, back to the shell that was once their home, to see if they can find some answers. The extreme danger on their trip is fully unexpected, and so are the other strangers that threaten their family. The Kai will be in for the fight of their lives if they're to have any chance of survival. And the odds aren't good that they'll all make it out alive.
THIRD WAVE, the third and final book in the Bones of Eden series, was PHENOMENAL. I thought I understood what Eden was about, but the revelations in this book knocked me on my ass, as did the unexpected visitors to the tribe's world. I was so exhausted, but stayed up until 4am so I could squeeze just onemorepage in before work the next day!! This book was so descriptive, from the feel of the waves over your body to the sadness of dealing with motherless cubs, I got totally immersed in the breathless world that Ms. Bishop created! This book had some editing issues (like calling a child by its name before it had been named), but that didn't detract from my enjoyment. I wholeheartedly recommend this series to anyone looking for something unique, sexy and all around breathtaking.
Bottom Line: No OM, OW, yummy variety of sex (MM, MF, MMF), no condom use; no BDSM/kink; no sexual assault; violence/murder. This book isn't a contemporary story so none of the typical rules really apply.
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