Of blood and bone vs Shadow of night: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Witches, Vampires, Fiction
Of blood and bone
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"They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday,…
Shadow of night
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Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of…
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Of blood and bone has the widest readership — 50280 ratings behind its score.
- Of blood and bone runs the darker storyline; Shadow of night stays the lighter read.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Of blood and bone | Shadow of night | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (50280) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (68) | 3.9 (397) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (2915) | 4.5 (4953) |
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Reception
| Of blood and bone | Shadow of night | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 50280 | 4953 |
| Editions | 10 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 31290 | — |
| Reading it now | 11647 | — |
| Written reviews | 3573 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1355 |
| Pages | 512 | 588 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Of blood and bone or Shadow of night?
Shadow of night has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Shadow of night 4.5/5, Of blood and bone 4.3/5).
Which is shorter to read: Of blood and bone or Shadow of night?
Of blood and bone is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Of blood and bone (512 pages, ≈ 9 h 29 m); Shadow of night (588 pages, ≈ 10 h 53 m).
Which is harder to read: Of blood and bone or Shadow of night?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Of blood and bone: Moderate; Shadow of night: Moderate.