Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about and have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine.
My pick for this week is a standalone epic fantasy from the author of The Queens of Renthia about aging warriors, dead husbands, and what happens after the end…

Title: The Bone Maker
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Publication Date: March 9 2021
Genres: Epic Fantasy
Shelves: Female-authored, Female-fronted
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a standalone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.
Twenty-five years ago, five heroes risked their lives to defeat the bone maker Eklor—a corrupt magician who created an inhuman army using animal bones. But victory came at a tragic price. Only four of the heroes survived.
Since then, Kreya, the group’s leader, has exiled herself to a remote tower and devoted herself to one purpose: resurrecting her dead husband. But such a task requires both a cache of human bones and a sacrifice—for each day he lives, she will live one less.
She’d rather live one year with her husband than a hundred without him, but using human bones for magic is illegal in Vos. The dead are burned—as are any bone workers who violate the law. Yet Kreya knows where she can find the bones she needs: the battlefield where her husband and countless others lost their lives.
But defying the laws of the land exposes a terrible possibility. Maybe the dead don’t rest in peace after all.
Five warriors—one broken, one gone soft, one pursuing a simple life, one stuck in the past, and one who should dead. Their story should have been finished. But evil doesn’t stop just because someone once said, “the end.”
I think this sounds amazing. I have a NetGalley ARC and I can’t wait😁
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I’ve only read one book by this author, but liked it, and this one looks good too! Hope you get it soon!
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I love this cover. Can’t wait to read this one.
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I hope you enjoy it!
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I love Sarah Beth Durst! So looking forward to this one!
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I really like this author and I love that this is a stand-alone. I’m adding it to my tbr and hopefully I’ll get a copy for review. I hope you love it!
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This is an incredible premise-ominous too, but that makes it better!!
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I’m excited for this one too, it looks really good!
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