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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Actual Rating: 4.5
Huge shout out to Sourcebooks Fire for sending me an advanced reader's copy!
"Everyone is a puzzle, Tea, made of interlocking tiles you must piece together to form a picture of their souls. But to successfully build them, you must have an idea of their strengths as well as their weaknesses."
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco is about a young girl named Tea who discovers that she is not only an asha, but one that can wield the Dark magic. She goes off to train her powers and learn more about how magic and politics are much more than they seem.
This is a beautiful story and I am so grateful for being able to read an advance copy before the release date. The characters are absolutely fantastic--Tea is a stubborn girl but has a good heart, Fox is a noble, loyal brother, and the other asha and trainees at The Willows.
Like all high fantasy novels, it does take a while to get into--it took me about half the book. However, that does not mean the beginning was boring by any means. The author builds the world very beautifully and everything just appears very magical.
Another thing about high fantasy is that there are new words you have to learn throughout the book and it can get confusing sometimes so I do want to encourage readers to pay attention to the clothing, culture, and kingdom because those can get complex really fast.
I also enjoy the fact that the author, Rin, takes a lot of Asian culture (clothing, housing, etc.) and adds it into this realm. Speaking as a Japanese woman, I can safely say that this does not happen a lot and it made the story all that more interesting.
Another great thing the author did with this book was the duo perspective of Tea from the present and from her past, telling her story of how she got to the end of the world. I loved how as you read more of the story, you can slowly start to guess why Tea ends up where she does and what lead up to it.
Overall, I just thought this was a very original, amazing story and I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
Huge shout out to Sourcebooks Fire for sending me an advanced reader's copy!
"Everyone is a puzzle, Tea, made of interlocking tiles you must piece together to form a picture of their souls. But to successfully build them, you must have an idea of their strengths as well as their weaknesses."
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco is about a young girl named Tea who discovers that she is not only an asha, but one that can wield the Dark magic. She goes off to train her powers and learn more about how magic and politics are much more than they seem.
This is a beautiful story and I am so grateful for being able to read an advance copy before the release date. The characters are absolutely fantastic--Tea is a stubborn girl but has a good heart, Fox is a noble, loyal brother, and the other asha and trainees at The Willows.
Like all high fantasy novels, it does take a while to get into--it took me about half the book. However, that does not mean the beginning was boring by any means. The author builds the world very beautifully and everything just appears very magical.
Another thing about high fantasy is that there are new words you have to learn throughout the book and it can get confusing sometimes so I do want to encourage readers to pay attention to the clothing, culture, and kingdom because those can get complex really fast.
I also enjoy the fact that the author, Rin, takes a lot of Asian culture (clothing, housing, etc.) and adds it into this realm. Speaking as a Japanese woman, I can safely say that this does not happen a lot and it made the story all that more interesting.
Another great thing the author did with this book was the duo perspective of Tea from the present and from her past, telling her story of how she got to the end of the world. I loved how as you read more of the story, you can slowly start to guess why Tea ends up where she does and what lead up to it.
Overall, I just thought this was a very original, amazing story and I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
I don’t usually go for fantasy these days, but this was still good. The world was well-built, but it was a slow book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Just repetitive and nothing action wise. Felt just too slow
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The reader watches Tea grow from a girl in a small village to a dark asha with great power. Tea discovers that she is a bone witch when she raises her brother from the dead. The story is told in two timelines. The past shows the reader how Tea began, became an asha, created her familiars, and started out as a bone witch. The present shows her telling a Bard her story and readying for war. Very well done. I will definitely read the next ones.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I honestly didn’t think the story in itself is bad, the writing is decent and it was engaging for the most part. However, I did kind of think it was dumb that these women with Magic spent most of their time at parties and learning to dance rather then something a bit more interesting and useful, what a colossal waste of magic and there really isn’t a need for the foreshadowing snippets with the reporter/bard- they didn’t add anything to the story and in fact became a bit confusing there at the end when Tea raises her “one true love” back from the dead and it was someone totally out of left field instead of the boy she spent the whole book liking. So much so that I read it as Kance rather than Kalen and didn’t realize my mistake until I read my friend’s review pointing out the fact and had to go back and check! That was a dumb twist the author didn’t even hint at in the previous 400 pages. Part of me doesn’t even want to read the rest of the trilogy honestly…