Book Review: The Bone Wars by Erin S. Evan

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Soo....I've been a day/date off all this week already, apparently, LOL, so your book reviews are today !

Sixteen-year-old Molly Wilder just discovered what appears to be a dragon fossil on her summer internship in the Badlands of Montana. After a secret organization steals it, she must pair up with the world’s most renowned paleontologists to track it down. 

Synopsis:

Rome, A.D. 306. Emperor Constantine converts the Roman Empire to Christianity. Over the next two decades, his armies destroy pagan idols across Europe and the Middle East.

England, A.D. 1830. Paleontologist Mary Anning writes to Sir Richard Owen, describing a fossil that she discovered in the cliffs of Lyme-Regis. She writes that the fossil is a large wing made of black bone.

Montana, A.D. 2023. Sixteen-year-old Molly Tanner discovers a mysterious fossil while on a summer internship. The fossil has a large wing structure, horned skull, and black bones. Neither famed fossil-hunter Derek Farnsworth nor renowned paleontologist Dr. Sean Oliphant can place it in a recognized dinosaur family.

For 65 million years, the Badlands of Montana have held a secret hidden in their depths...

Review:

I'm so glad to here there will be MORE adventures after this book, as this one is the perfect mix of archaeology, history, myth, sci-fi and character driven fiction! It's supposed to be more YA, but I didn't realize that until I finished and was typing up this post! The story line is so well blended that you really just get so caught up in the story, that you just keep turning pages, stopping only to run to google to see if what you're reading is base don fact, and then running back to the book, until your next stop. I love books that educate and make you THINK, and this book is perfect- and it's very entertaining! The second book will pick up after this one, with Molly off with her team searching for fossils in Mongolia, and I can't ait! You won't be able too, once you read this book!

About the Author:

Erin Evan grew up in northern California, but spent her childhood summers in Montana digging fossils. All grown up, she has spent a significant amount of time both in the field and in the environmental and non-profit sectors. She still resides in northern California, where she digs for rocks in the backyard with her husband and two children. The Bones Wars is her first novel.