![]() ![]() There is so much going on in The Bone Shard Daughter that it could’ve easily fallen apart into an incoherent mess, yet Stewart masterfully stiches together seemingly unrelated plot lines, worldbuilding threads, and thematic elements. I imagined myself in her shoes (though given her height, they might be too big for me), trying to compose an elevator pitch…and shuddered. This also came as a surprise to me, because as you could tell from my tagline, a list of what Bone Shard Daughter isn’t is quite short. Of course, Stewart is quick to point out her story is not explicitly an Asian fantasy. Given my interest in Asian-themed fantasy, it came as a surprise that I didn’t hear about Andrea Stewart’s debut novel, The Bone Shard Daughter, until about a week before it launched to a parade of glowing critical reviews. Frankenstein meets Hacker meets Solo meets Legend of Zelda, in an Asian family drama. ![]()
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