![]() ![]() Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother from his grave, though he may claim otherwise. In her grief after her brother’s untimely death, she accidently raises him from his grave, to the shock of those around her, family included. Rin Chupeco’s The Bone Witch told the story of Tea, already unique because of her name. ![]() Although I must say I enjoyed the story overall – and will definitely be reading the next book in the series, The Heart Forger – I think it fell short of its potential. ![]() From the concepts of “bone witches” (witches that can raise the dead), to the society of the asha (a geisha-like community of women who wield magic), to the intricately beautiful cover, I was intrigued. ![]() This book had me hooked from the beginning. This is death magic, complicated and exclusive and implacable, and from the start, I wielded it with ease. Nor is theirs the magic that seeds runeberry fields, whose crops people harvest for potions and spells. Theirs is not the magic made from smoke and mirrors, where the trap lies in the twitch of the hand and a trick of the eyes. Theirs is not the magic found in storybooks, slaying onyx-eyed dragons and rescuing grateful maidens from ivory towers. I understand now why people fear bone witches. Format: eBook, courtesy of NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Fire ![]()
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