She lives with Miss Vesper – the only companion she has ever known and whom she loves very much. The Bone Garden is the perfect book for the build-up to Halloween! It’s very dark and spooky, even though it is a middle grade story! With echoes of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, debut author Heather Kassner crafts a gorgeously written story humming with magic, mystery, and dark imaginings.

Defying her creator for the very first time, Irréelle flees to the underside of the graveyard and embarks on an adventure to unearth the mysterious magic that breathes bones to life, even if it means she will return to dust and be no more. When Irréelle makes one final, unforgivable mistake by destroying a frightful creature just brought to life, Miss Vesper threatens to imagine her away once and for all. Worst of all, she is unmindful of her crooked bones. She is slow returning from the dark passages beneath the cemetery. Irréelle is forgetful as she gathers bone dust. But for all her efforts to please her cruel creator, the thread is unraveling. Only the finest magical thread tethers her to life-and to Miss Vesper. Made of dust and bone and imagination, Irréelle fears she’s not quite real. “Remember, my dear, you do not really and truly exist.” With Halloween coming closer, are you looking for some spooky reads to put you in the right mood? If so, then you are in the right place, for I have a book for you that is just the perfect spooky read! Keep on reading to find out more about The Bone Garden, and for my detailed review!

The bone garden by heather kassner