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The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

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kel5190's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is the first book of The Bone Witch trilogy. It follows Tea, who find out she has the power of the dark after she accidentally raised her brother from the dead, and the events that transpired to make her the powerful asha she is now.

I love the concept of the book where its Tea narrating her story to a bard. We get to watch Tea, naive and innocent, try to learn and control her powers and its responsibilities then jumps back to present day Tea - grieving, powerful and dangerous . And we're left wondering what happened in between.

The world building is excellent. I felt fully immersed with the magic system and the word politics. The plot twist in this book really caught me by surprise. I still get goosebumps reading the last page.

jull1980's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

letsbebookfriends's review

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3.0

* 3.5 stars*

While I loved the plot and non-linear storyline, this novel fell flat for me. I liked the world-building and the Asian mythology, but I could have done without the characters info-dumping about the different kingdoms and cultures.

Furthermore, I was distracted by the overwhelming number of secondary characters, and the slow pacing in the middle of the novel almost made me set this down a few times.

Overall, I thought it was enjoyable and I may continue on with the series, but it's not high on my list.