![]() The “bad guys” in the story don’t act in ways that seem unexpected or exaggerated. The plot feels very well thought out and it introduces the reader to the underworld right away through Nita’s mother, which sets up the rest of the plot to go more naturally as there is no forced introduction to the underworld. This offers a very different perspective from most books as the main character is not inherently “good” and becomes increasingly morally ambiguous. Nita goes through the realization of what she actually believes along with a thorough and rational analysis of why she makes the decisions she does. Schaeffer’s characters are well-rounded and the book does an excellent job of exploring the different ways that morals and opinions of what is right and wrong can vary and change. ![]() In the end, she escapes, but she makes many sacrifices to do it. ![]() While she is there, she works toward her escape with methods becoming increasingly more extreme. In her effort to save him, Nita gets sold to the black market. One day her mother brings home a live person, and Nita refuses to dissect him. The book follows a girl named Nita whose mother brings her monsters for her to dissect in order to sell their body parts on the black market. ![]() It is set on an Earth where creatures of legend exist and are called “Unnaturals”. Not Even Bones is the first book in the Market of Monsters Trilogy by Rebecca Schaeffer. ![]()
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