Overall, Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer was such a unique story and I really enjoyed it. I’m just so used to reading stories where these characters are good an they try to do the good thing – so when a character isn’t entirely righteous and knows it, I like it. And Kovit knows he isn’t a good person either, he knows he’s a monster and doesn’t try to hide the fact. It’s so unique the way their relationship ends up but it just works.

Being a zannie, Kovit feeds off of other peoples pain. Kovit is the other character mainly in this story and I really like his character as well. This is such a refresh on a main character and I love it.

She realizes that even when she tries to be, deep down she isn’t and she knows it. But overall, I like how Nita isn’t a good character. Not nearly as much about her mother, but the fact that she resorts to dissecting to calm her down… well it shows how this isolation has affected her. I found this to be a little redundant as Nita does communicate well with others, but her empathy is a missing a little as well. Nita obviously is affected by this as she claims her social skills are not the best. It’s clear that her mom lacks empathy but being what her job is, that makes sense. But, not strict in any normal sense of the way. Obey her strict Mother or pay the consequences. In the beginning, how her life normally is lived is pretty obvious. I really liked following her throughout the book. Nita was definitely an interesting character. It took a little bit to get into but once I was absorbed in the story, it was hard to put down. The whole story blended really nicely and definitely gave a unique feel. I really liked the different supernatural beings that were introduced in this book and how unnaturals were integrated into this world as well.

While that is the generalized plot of the story, there was more to it. There isn’t much I can say without giving away the story but there was definitely more than just Nita being sold and trying to escape. The author really used the surroundings to her advantage to make this story seem more realistic. I like that this wasn’t done in a fantastical sort of setting where it was in a made up world, I don’t think it would have worked as well. The black market and everything is in South America and it was just really well done. So, this book was not what I was expecting it to be.

Not even bones book 2