Author: Rin Chupeco
Publication Date: March 7th 2017
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book 1/3 of The Bone Witch Trilogy
I Got A Copy Through: The Publisher via NetGalley (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: The beast raged; it punctured the air with its spite. But the girl was fiercer.
Tea is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy makes her a bone witch, who are feared and ostracized in the kingdom. For theirs is a powerful, elemental magic that can reach beyond the boundaries of the living—and of the human.
Great power comes at a price, forcing Tea to leave her homeland to train under the guidance of an older, wiser bone witch. There, Tea puts all of her energy into becoming an asha, learning to control her elemental magic and those beasts who will submit by no other force. And Tea must be strong—stronger than she even believes possible. Because war is brewing in the eight kingdoms, war that will threaten the sovereignty of her homeland…and threaten the very survival of those she loves.
It’s taken me a while to get through this book, but now that
I’m done, I find that it’s occupying all of my thoughts. I’ve been thinking of
Tea, Fox, the daeva, the rest of the
Asha, the Willows and the asha-ka so often, it’s only slightly discerning.
Basically, The Bone Witch is a deep, gorgeous
fantasy filled with exquisite power, dark creatures and a characters that will
stay with you long after they’re gone.
“The perhaps we should carve a world one day where the strength lies in who you are, rather than in what they expect you to be.”
Tea Pakhlavi used to be nobody. Until the day she raised her
brother from the dead, on the day of his own funeral.
In the kingdom of Odalia, Bone Witches are ones to avoid. They
can raise the dead and compel the living and are the only witches that can
control the daeva, creatures made out of nightmares that want nothing but death
and destruction.
Tea is taken away from her home, and her country to live
with other Asha – the most powerful of witches. As a Dark Asha with immense
power, Tea is quickly introduced to a world of scheming, darkness and power
that is hidden under a mark of beauty, grace and perfection.
And the world will never be the same for it.
“This is my new family. This is my new identity. I will be the bone witch the kingdom fears, and I will make them pay.”
One of the things I
loved the MOST about the book WAY the story was told – the first with Tea
where she began as an Asha Novice, and to where she is now, an exiled bone
witch with immeasurable power in the Bay Of Skulls, plotting her revenge
against everyone that wronged her.
It was such an
intense feeling, seeing her begin as someone who didn’t know what she was
capable of to a force to be reckoned with and IT MADE ME LOVE HER ALL THE MORE.
While this book was the start of her path, I CANNOT WAIT for Rin Chupeco to
fill in the blanks.
Another thing I loved was the ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Whether
it was politics, secondary characters, the plot or the magic, this book HAD IT
ALL. There were so many characters and places and kingdoms that overwhelmed me
at first but WOW did it all come together and make me fall in love.
One of the things I DISLIKED was the slow pace of the
beginning, and it took FOREVER (about 30%) of the book for me to even feel like
I was enjoying it.
However, the only thing that REALLY bothered me was the relationship
between Prince Kance and Tea. It felt like SUCH A CLICHÉ PLOT POINT AND I
WANTED TO ROLL MY EYES. Apart from a few interactions, we SUDDENLY hear that OH
DAMN “Stay away from the Prince” and “You’re a danger to him.” And I a) WAS NOT
FEELING IT and b) could not FATHOM the romance between then and c) WAS NOT
FEELING IT.
Will I be reading the sequel? HELL YES.
Will I be hoping to see more Dark Magic? UHM YES.
A deeply woven, must-read fantasy book for all lovers of the
genre (and an anti-hero.) 4 stars.
Despite an unsettling resemblance to Japanese revenants, Rin always maintains her sense of hummus. Born and raised in Manila, Philippines, she keeps four pets: a dog, two birds, and a husband. Dances like the neighbors are watching.
She is represented by Rebecca Podos of the Helen Rees Agency. She is also fond of speaking in the third person, and may as well finish this short bio in this manner. While she does not always get to check her Goodreads page, she does answer questions posed to her here as promptly as she is able to. Find her at the following places instead:
Twitter: @rinchupeco Pinterest: Rin Chupeco Blog: rinchupeco.com
Have you read any previous Rin Chupeco books?
Have you read The Bone Witch? ISN'T IT GORGEOUS?
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