Bone Island: Book of Danvers

Tales of Weeping Hollow, Book 2

By: Nicole Fiorina

Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Teddy Hamilton, Vanessa Moyen, Michael Gallagher

Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

She craved an escape. He craved to be found. Two silent hearts thirsty, until they both drowned.

To my beloved black sea,

It was full dark when I snuck out of the castle to meet you. You wore those ripped black jeans and your new friend’s boots, with sleet from the forest still in the grooves. You moved awkwardly in your new clothes because you were still creating yourself, like one of your drawings. We drank vanilla cola from glass bottles and listened to a song about how fast the night changes over and over.

Two adults frolicking as youths, French kissing in secret to hide from winter and distract ourselves from the town crumbling around us. The way we touched each other was equally punishing and artful, painting a world where we could be together on each other’s skin. For a while, we pretended. For a while, I was the kind of woman you could be loyal to and fight for, and you weren’t the lost, forbidden Heathen. Now, it’s been days since I’ve seen you. I’ve decided long ago, and this is my last letter.

Everything I’ve worked so hard for—before you came along—will carry on as if our time together never happened. Don’t bother stopping me. As I once said, the tremor between us will only lead to carnage. But as I plunge a knife into the chest of the man I once desired to marry, I’ll think of all those foolish nights when we pretended, our time on Bone Island, vanilla cola, our stupid song, and you. Yes, my beloved black sea. I’ll think of you.

xx, a

Bone Island is book two in the Tales of Weeping Hollow Collection. For the best listening experience, listen to books in the order they are published.

©2023 Nicole Fiorina (P)2024 Nicole Fiorina

A Love Story That Will Break You and Heal You Back Together

I really like Book of Blackwell, and I was uncertain if I'd like a book about different characters. Don't let that hold you back. The love that is born on Bone Island is heart wrenching and beautiful, and honestly, a thousand times better than the first book. I loved this book!

It was like reading it again for the first time, and that was truly EVERYTHING.

"ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ."

Freddy In The Mornin' s VOICE!!!!
So- I MAYYYYY have a wee crush 🤏🏻 , but I have ZERO clues on his true identity; so there’s nothing new on that front...
I forgot how sultry this book was... and hearing it outside of my head- MAMM!!! 🔥🔥🔥 I melt.
Though this book is spicy, it is immensely emotional, beyond romantic, and just all-consuming. It's so unbelievably immersive; I was transported to Bone Island right alongside Stone & Adora. It was like reading it again for the first time, and that was truly EVERYTHING.

ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ғɪɴᴅ ᴡᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡ, ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴛʜɪs ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ʜᴀs ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇ.

If you haven’t yet started this series, what are you waiting for??
Nicole pours her soul into literally everything she puts out, and that can be felt from this production - the cast was PERFECTION. If you love audiobooks, this one is a must!
Some of the quotes that called to me…

ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴇᴀʀ ᴏᴜʀ sᴄᴀʀs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅɪɢɴɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇᴅ. ᴏʀ ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴡᴇᴀʀ ᴜs.

ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ, ᴍʏ ᴅᴀʀʟɪɴɢ, ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ.

ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴛᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ʙᴏɴᴇ ɪsʟᴀɴᴅ. 

ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ…

ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ɪɴғᴇʀs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴsɪᴅᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғɪxᴇᴅ, ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴀᴅᴏʀᴀ, ɪᴛ's ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ.

ғᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜʀ sɪᴅᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ.
ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴛᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴡᴀʏ, sᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ.

Perfection!

The audio performance is utter perfection, whether someone is experiencing this story for the first time or reliving the masterpiece for the tenth .

Amongst the pages of this hauntingly beautiful romance by Nicole Fiorina, I believe I found my favorite quote ever– “... the word Wistoragic carved into the wood across the hull. ‘It means a lingering sadness and sense of Nostalgia following the last chapter of a Great love story.’”

This world of Weeping Hollow will capture you and never let you go. Its’ stories carve themselves on your soul ensuring you won’t forget the enchanting tales of its residents and keep your heart impatiently waiting for more of them.

I truly believe readers should go in blind to this book, with no expectations or theories of what is to come. There is no way they could never live up to the actual plot twists, angst, heartbreak and sheer perfection of Stone and Adora’s epic love story.

So good yet so conflicting!

I am left feeling confused. It was so good... but a couple characters in the end, just WHY?! 😭 ... and then a couple storylines felt like the relevance was lost, with no real conclusion.

AGAIN, so good... just felt a bit incomplete and like maybe there was a shift in the plot during the writing process.

Maybe it's just me and I need to do a reread!

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As soon as I found out about this audiobook, I started looking forward to it right away. I've been wanting to get into this author's audiobooks for some time now. I started listening to it as soon as I could and to the Tales of Weeping Hollow world I went! I really enjoyed this listen so very much!

Beautiful, heart wrenching live story that spans lifetimes

This book is so beautifully written, listening to it was like falling into a world crafted from poetry. With just enough witchiness to keep you on your toes and a love that tears my heart out every time. I absolutely loved this book the first time I read it, but the audiobook just elevated it to a whole new level. Love love love it.

wistoragic

wistoragic in every sense of the word. the most hauntingly, heartbreaking, beautiful story I have ever read and listened to. bone island feels so much like it is a part of me. it's story, it's characters, it's love, everything. this story is everything. the narration was absolute perfection, I felt every feeling and emotion. I laughed and cried, smiled and wept. it was as though I was transported to bone island and weeping hollow... and I never want to leave.

In love

Beautifully written with all I could want from a gothic romance. Hope we get one for all the Hollow Heathens.

Great, complex characters.

I absolutely love the author’s prose and writing style. This story is great and gives all the feels. That being said, I had a lot of moments of confusion as to what was going on in the story. I love books where the story unfolds in pieces, foreshadowing, etc., but something just didn’t click for me in this one. It could be a me issue. Either way, I loved the characters and the world.

Nicole did it again!

This story is chefs kiss! It’s like anything I’ve ever read. I was losing my mind… such a great time.