A Bone Dagger

Weapons of Leiria, Book 2

By: Jill M. Beene

Narrated by: Sarah Kuklis

A looming darkness. A dangerous journey. Breaking the Curse was just the beginning...

Silence and solitude--that's all Cyra wants after her disastrous failed attempt to lift the Curse. In a towering seaside mansion, she lingers over her many regrets...

When an unexpected visitor upends her quiet existence, Cyra is forced to face the last person she wants to see: Fitzhumphrey, the former Crown Prince, and the man she stabbed through the heart only months earlier.

Soon, the awkwardness she feels is the least of her concerns. A powerful alliance has targeted them, and is willing to kill for what Cyra and Fitz have. The unlikely pair is plunged into a conspiracy, forced to flee to the most dangerous place they could go.

Can Cyra and Fitz survive the perils that wait for them beyond the Southern Wastes?

A Bone Dagger is a stand-alone fantasy novel featuring characters first introduced in A Sharpened Axe.

©2024 Jill M Beene (P)2025 Jill M Beene

a cozy romantasy that starts out slow and might appeal to a seamstress

I picked up this book to listen to an audiobook narrator I was interested in hiring. I wasn't a huge fan of the pause between dialogue and dialogue tag, but it wasn't really noticeable after I got further in the book. Overall, the story is solid, but the beginning is slow in my opinion. I prefer fantasy and horror that starts with a big action packed scene. That isn't the case in this book. The majority of the beginning is two people enjoying food and forming a friendship. Later there was a section which discussed dress making in detail. This wasn't a bad book, just not for me. That being said, I finished the book and just recognize I'm not the target audience. If you're a fan of cozy romantasy, I think you'll enjoy this book and narrator. She has a calm measured voice which shows emotion and lends itself well to the genre.

Love This Series!!

I have been anxiously awaiting this sequel to A Sharpened Ax and it didn't disappoint. Great continuation and I am so glad Fitz has his much deserved happy ending!