Midnight over Sanctaphrax vs The Boneless Mercies: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Young Adult, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction, Fiction
Midnight over Sanctaphrax
Twig has the caterbird tethered to his ship, the edgedancer, and is being led into a storm never seen before, on his way to find his father. Twig soon learns that this storm is the mother storm, and that the mythical…
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The Boneless Mercies
Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a…
The verdict
- Readers rate Midnight over Sanctaphrax highest: Midnight over Sanctaphrax 4.1 · The Boneless Mercies 3.6.
- The Boneless Mercies has the widest readership — 6642 ratings behind its score.
- The Boneless Mercies runs the darker storyline; Midnight over Sanctaphrax stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Midnight over Sanctaphrax | The Boneless Mercies | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (6642) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.3 (20) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (29) | — |
Reception
| Midnight over Sanctaphrax | The Boneless Mercies | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 29 | 6642 |
| Editions | 24 | 6 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 19441 |
| Reading it now | — | 285 |
| Written reviews | — | 1531 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 54 |
| Pages | 368 | 360 |