Hi, Goodreads:

Thank you for your immense patience in waiting for the fourth book in the Bone Season series. The latter half of 2019 was very difficult for me for personal reasons, which slowed things down a little, but I'm thrilled to reveal that the title is The Mask Falling and it will be out in January 2021.

There's also something on its way this summer to break up the wait, as I know it's been a long one.

I absolutely love this book – it's my favourite in the series so far, and I really can't wait to share it with you. Just got my first glimpse of the cover and it's stunning. The Mask Falling is officially done now, off to the typesetter to be transformed from a manuscript to a book, so there should be no further delays.

This is the first instalment in the series that will have a character list. I've designed this to double up as a recap, so if it's been a while since you read the first three books, I hope this will be a big help.

On a cover-related note, Bloomsbury has decided to switch back to the classic hardbacks for the Bone Season series, so they'll all be in the old colour style. Not sure what's happening with the paperbacks yet, but I'll keep you informed as and when I can.

The Republic of Scion France looks forward to welcoming you soon . . .

Love,

Samantha

Edit, June 2020: Some news – The Mask Falling will have a mini-prequel, The Dawn Chorus, out 9 July 2020. I hope it helps break up the long wait.

Edit, August 2020: We have a cover! I hope you love it as much as I do.tall-female-protagonist892 s Kai (CuriousCompass)553 23 Shelved as 'lost-interest'



I have no interest in continuing this series, but I have something to say... It doesn't matter how long this takes to come out. It doesn't matter if before she writes and publishes this book, Samanta Shannon decides to go to the moon or mars with Elon Musk and Grimes, goes bungee jumping in every country in the world, and writes and publishes a series of vegan cookbooks before getting back to this series. It. Does. Not. Matter. You can be sad, you can be angry, but for the love of God, leave her the fuck alone, and leave other writers alone too. I've genuinely seen people saying 'Hmmm, well, she is on Twitter a lot.'

SO WHAT?

Let this woman live her life. Let George R.R. Martin live his life. You do not get to pretend an author is a bad, selfish, or entitled person for how much time they're on social media, what they're posting on Instagram (Wow why is she at the museum when she could be writing my precious book?!) or anything else they're doing!

Short of coming into your house in a burglar outfit in the middle of the night, poisoning all your houseplants, and punching your mom in the face, you do not get to have an opinion on how this woman, or any other writer or artist, spends their time.

Let humans be humans and try to have some damn understanding that:

1) Writing is hard, hard work.

2) People are people and not robots who can work 24 hours a day.

3) Art and writing are not typical work, some writers can approach it as such, but for most of us we require time to think and ponder and plan and live and glean inspiration and, you know, the will to even exist in this world, before we can pour all that into the page.

4) Samantha Shannon has been far more prolific than most authors (especially considering her books are huge) and has had a pretty damn impressive run so far. I've been waiting for a new Arthur Golden book for more than a decade and you don't see my ass online bullying him. (I'm aware this book is never coming - he got that sweet, sweet Memoirs of a Geisha money and BOUNCED, and good for him.)

5) A series this long is a huge undertaking and most writers would want a break to work on other projects here and there as a creative refresher. The skills gained from those works will be put back into this series, no doubt.

PLEASE STOP TORMENTING WRITERS OR AGITATING THEM FOR HAVING A LIFE AND INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF PLEASING YOU.

Seriously I have stuff I've wanted to write or publish for years, stuff that's partially done or in various stages of editing, instalments in series I'm holding back until I have multiple entries done, new editions of old books I've improved. I can't/won't publish it yet for tons of reasons, it's not that I don't want to, sometimes there's behind the scenes admin/logistics stuff that gets in the way, or you genuinely are Going Thru It (TM) and need time and space away from publishing, or you're writing for the first time in years and know publishing will open it up to the public and it will suffocate under the pressure and tension and then you'll go back to not writing at all...

Writers have such a complex and often painful and confusing job and industry to navigate and art is hard enough as it is without all that. Abusing authors because they're not rushing is not helping the books come faster.

Thank you, this has been a PSA. Now go plant some trees or Google which plants native to your area/region in particular are good for/attract WILD bee populations, and then go plant a bunch of them. We need them bees, y'all.384 s Nicole625 15.5k

Ta książka zmiażdżyła mnie jakbym była niczym. Płakać mi się chce przez to zakończenie.
4,5/5214 s Ashleigh (a frolic through fiction)485 8,439

Everything hurts. Please bare with me through these trying times.

This book just blew this series onto a whole new level. Every page felt a shift in the system as more was discovered, and I loved seeing the progression made. The combination of dystopian politics and spirit magic has always been my favourite thing, and this book really shows its strength in this aspect. Though introducing a lot of new power dynamics, mysteries, and problems to be confronted, not for a moment did it feel overwhelming. It's so easy to get pulled in, especially when you're this far into the series.

The characters will always remain some of my favourites, and again with the shift in situation showing a different side to them all, I can only say I fell more in love. I just want to give everyone a hug and one hell of a large coffee. Lord, do they need it.

I feel there's not too much I can say, with this being the fourth in my favourite series, besides it really is an emotional rollercoaster that I didn't know whether to love, hate, or all of the above. I already know I'll be reading it in the next few months, and I'll love it even more when taking in the details for a second time. But for now I'm just in awe, and shock, and possibly a stage of recovery too.

CW: PTSD, Self Harm

physically-own163 s Anna Bartłomiejczyk154 4,188

i've got s o m a n y questions129 s JennaAuthor 1 book1,252

(spoilers ahead)

LITERALLY WHAT THE FLYING FUCK

I'M SUING SAMANTHA SHANNON FOR DAMAGES

i cannot express to you the REACTION i had when all the shit started happening at the end i was LYING ON MY FLOOR, SCREAMING AT THE SKY, NEAR TEARS, YELLING, and it just kept GETTING WORSE??? the last 3-4 chapters i barely read any of the words i was just skimming trying to get to the end bc it was all over the place holy shit did i just run a marathon what even happened

me @ me: okay ma'am calm down and allow yourself to write some kind of review for this book
also me: *spongebob running around his brain screaming, everything's on fire*

OKAY OKAY WHEW DEEP BREATHS

i'm not kidding you i haven't had this kind of feeling about a book in ....months....years....ever? this is one of the CRUELEST endings i have ever read in my life and i don't know how i feel about that oh my god...this might be the worst cliffhanger i've ever read oh my god

ANYWAY



this is the fourth book in the series and we knew it was going to ramp things up but my god this is ...wow. there is SO MUCH expansion of the world - it's all about france and paris - but it also explores more of ...the rephs and a little more of jaxon and ALSO PAIGE PROCESSING TRAUMA anyway getting ahead of myself...

so objectively by the end of this ...i'm so mad at ms shannon. she literally crushed my heart in a million pieces. but also...this is the best book in this series. it's the funniest, the most romantic, the most heartening, the most adventurous....the growth in paige in this is just incredible. her relationship with warden is......*has war flashbacks* ....something else. i'm obsessed with this world and these characters and this has cemented this series for me. second half is going to be a goddamn BEAST and i for one cannot WAIT to see where all this is going holy cow

okay i DEFINITELY predicted that cade was a dreamwalker she has that line where she goes "his aura feels familiar" and i was HAHAHA unless? and then i forgot about it and THEN I WAS RIGHT?????

when warden got taken i screamed and laid on the floor for ten minutes
and then when he got possessed i literally couldn't stop yelling at the top of my lungs it was the worst pain i've ever felt
and THEN when she kept calling him the blood-consort i couldn't even read i just skimmed a whole chapter
AND THEN SAMANTHA HAD THE AUDACITY TO ALMOST BRING THEM TOGETHER AND THEN PAIGE IS GONNA FORGET EVERYTHING I SWEAR TO GOD

AND FUCKING JAXON AND HIS WHOLE MYSTERY LIKE WHAT THE HELL IS HE PLAYING AT
WHO IS CADE WORKING FOR OR WHO IS WORKING FOR HIM
AND OH MY GOD WHEN THAT REPH LET HER GO AFTER THREATENING HER WTF
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY THE FLOWER BLOOMED
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE LAST CARD IN THE TAROT DECK
AND MICHAEL'S MISSING
AND THUBAN'S STILL OUT THERE WITHOUT AN EYE

can we talk about arcturus swinging those two opaline swords bc holy shit i ascended

THE SCENE WHERE HE TELLS HER TO LEAVE HIM AND SHE'S LIKE "BITCH I WANT THIS DO YOU" AND HE LITERALLY JUST HAULED HIMSELF UP BC HE LOVES HER SO MUCH

THE OATH! HOW COULD SHE EVER THINK HE'D BETRAY HER WHEN HE MADE THAT FUCKING OATH TO HER!!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!!

CADE IS THE DEVIL? BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN

HOW DOES PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA FIT INTO THIS

guys i'm not okay this book broke me

how am i supposed to wait another year or two for the next one oh my god

AND WHO THE FUCK IS DOMINO! WHERE IS WARDEN! WHERE IS PAIGE GOING NEXT! This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.Show full reviewall-time-faves120 s Abbie (boneseasonofglass)294 422

What the actual fuck Samantha?!

115 s Becca & The Books333 7,715

The Bone Season series is one that continues to keep growing with every instalment and The Mask Falling was no exception. The world opened up, giving us a glimpse of another City crippled by Scion as Paige joins a covert network of spies trying to take down the government from the inside.
Paige continues to remain true to her impulsive nature while also taking the time to process the events of the last year and rebuild relationships that have suffered as a result of the constant turmoil of her life.

The pacing in here is a well balanced mix of slow-burn character development & dynamic action scenes with shocking plot twists. The twist that this book ends on should honestly be a crime.

I loved getting closer to the truth of the Bone Season world throughout this instalment. 4 books deep and there are still a lot of mysteries to unravel and I enjoyed inching closer with every chapter.

Overall The Mask Falling just further cemented The Bone Season as one of my favourite series of all time and I am eagerly anticipating book 5.96 s Charlotte May766 1,219

Bloody love this series!!

Paige and Warden are in Paris, working for an undercover group called Domino. But Paige also has her own agenda, she is determined to find out more information to bring down Scion.

With all of the action we come to expect from the Bone Season series, with quite a few twists thrown in. I am hooked and I shall wait excitedly for the next book.

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Just bought myself a copy with my birthday book voucher
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