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bibi003's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Witchy, magical, mysterious. Tea is a disgraced bone witch who is busy raising an army of dead monsters while she tells her life's story to a "bard." Her story is sad and lonely. She is forced to leave her family (after accidentally resurrecting her dead brother at his funeral) and complete her witchy training in a geisha-style environment. The pressure is on because bone Witches have an important job to do (slay monsters), there are only two of them left in the world, and the other one (her teacher and mentor) is slowly dying.
This first novel (of 3) builds a lot of suspense because we KNOW some major shit happened that resulted in Tea's exile, but we don't know what it is. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, with some big secrets being dropped right at the end, so of course I've got to continue the series to see what happened to the kind and handsome prince. And what sort of revenge she's planning with her puppy-like pet monsters.
This first novel (of 3) builds a lot of suspense because we KNOW some major shit happened that resulted in Tea's exile, but we don't know what it is. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, with some big secrets being dropped right at the end, so of course I've got to continue the series to see what happened to the kind and handsome prince. And what sort of revenge she's planning with her puppy-like pet monsters.
zanda_graves's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to the audiobook in all in one sitting today and I can’t remember most of the story. It was fun while I was listening, but I’m probably not going to continue the story.
charlotter191's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
shinararose's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I read this book many moons ago and decided to reimmerse myself in this series via audiobook. It was a completely different but amazing experience. Rin crafts such a rich and vibrant world, you feel like you could step foot in an ashka. The different narrators helped seperate the story lines for me and I just couldn’t put it down once Tea’s training took off. Buying book two immediately
cobycoyle's review against another edition
2.0
It took me so so long to finish. It had potential…but the way it was written just didn’t do it for me. Some of it intrigued me, but some of the plot points were muddy and confusing. Though you get the gist of it, there were still unanswered questions, and not the type you should have.
khaylaa's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
For my personal taste it was okay, if you enjoy a slow read, you’ll probably like this book. I typically enjoy a page turner with a lot of world building. There was some excitement at the end but it just felt a bit drawn out.
vdiviesti's review against another edition
4.0
It took a really long time for me to get fully into this book, but by the end I was waiting for more!
snoopydoo77's review against another edition
2.0
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When I saw this on Netgalley I thought it sounded really good and interesting.
It is interesting and a really cool idea and I sort of liked the first half of the book. Thinking that a lot of the questions will answered.
But they really didn’t. It just got worse and really it started to get really confusing and it got to the point where it was hard to follow the story. It also most seemed like the author lost focus on something, went to something else and back to the first part. There were some pretty good plot holes staring half way through the book.
Characters also seemed pretty flat and didn’t seems to grow much.
Overall. I liked the idea and the first part of the book in hopes it will answer a lot of things but it just got worse and worse.
Story and characters were just all over the place and it was neither enjoyable anymore nor made it a lot of sense.
I rate it at 2 ★
When I saw this on Netgalley I thought it sounded really good and interesting.
It is interesting and a really cool idea and I sort of liked the first half of the book. Thinking that a lot of the questions will answered.
But they really didn’t. It just got worse and really it started to get really confusing and it got to the point where it was hard to follow the story. It also most seemed like the author lost focus on something, went to something else and back to the first part. There were some pretty good plot holes staring half way through the book.
Characters also seemed pretty flat and didn’t seems to grow much.
Overall. I liked the idea and the first part of the book in hopes it will answer a lot of things but it just got worse and worse.
Story and characters were just all over the place and it was neither enjoyable anymore nor made it a lot of sense.
I rate it at 2 ★
fernconcern's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0