I finished this book Oct '23. Overall, its a hit or miss with fantasy. I actually bought the series from Janke books in Wausau, WI. NOT remembering I had the first book on my kindle. And with the help of Audio I got thru all of the series. I"d give this book a 3/5 I'd consider re-reading it when I get bored. OR Giving the series to a friend or Goodwill for real lovers of Ms. Chupecos writing.

Raising your brother from the dead? You know just doing witch things.

This book was beautiful and tedious. A lot of descriptions but the author built a beautiful if not poetic magical world for the reader to enjoy

I really wasn't sure about this book at first. But after a while, I started to really love Tea's relationship with her brother. I also enjoyed her journey to becoming a full-fledged asha. The ending was wild, and I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy.

The style of this one wasn’t for me but I can appreciate that it was beautifully written. I think I’m not the right audience to really enjoy

Intruiging, and utterly engaging. Can't wait to read the rest of this series!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced reading copy of this title.

I forgot to review this book when I read it, as life at that moment was a bit hectic. However, I can say that this book was amazing. It wasn't what I had expected and then I couldn't stop, having now read the entire series. If you enjoy supernatural fiction and character depth, you'll love the series.

Absolutely stunning piece! This was one of my favorite reads and makes me want to devour everything else Rin Chupeco writes!

I read this book years ago when the ARC was provided but wasn’t an avid NetGalley user then and never reviewed this. I appreciate NetGalley having provided me with an ARC! Okay I was so excited to read this because of the necromancy aspect! I loved the writing style of this book and the book has some interesting parts, but ultimately it didn’t do much for me unfortunately. The book cover is amazing though!

I loved and devoured the first half of this book. If that pace continued, this book would have got an easy five star rating. Unfortunately, the last fifty percent of this book felt like it would never end, and not in a good way. This book has very, very long descriptions. Sometimes I would be taken out of the plot, because it was so overwhelmingly descriptive; especially with our main protagonist's lessons.

This book handles some pretty tough topics in a really positive way. The most prominent topic being how their society, like ours, views men's masculinity; Men in this world are not asha, and they are looked down upon on for dancing or doing "women-like" things. Tea's best friend, Likh, has a silver heartglass, therefore he could be an asha, and has dreamed of it since his heartglass turned silver, but instead men with silver heartglasses are forced to join the army. The arts do not show strength; therefore it makes men look weak to perform them. I could write an essay on how happy I am this is getting some attention in a YA book.

Unfortunately not for me! I did purchase this book but it wasn't for me, this is in no way to do with the book, purely a preference.

I read a lot of books on witches and the supernatural. This one was different than the typical good and evil. I liked the world building and the diversity in this book. The pacing was a bit slow.

imagine accidentally raising your brother from the dead? what a way to find out your powers as a witch are different to those around you. the first half of the book was incredible and I sped through it, but found the second half to drag a bit. I enjoyed the diverse characters, and overall I think this could be a great series.

My feelings are a little mixed with this book. I am kind of disappointed that I didn’t like this book more than I did since the main character has a gift for necromancy. I liked the book for the most part but there were parts that felt really slow and other sections that left me slightly confused. I thought that the overall premise of the story was well done but I wasn’t a huge fan of the dual timelines and was always more interested in the past over the present which was told through a bard. I listened to the audiobook and thought that both Emily Woo Zeller and Will Damron did a great job with the story. I doubt that I will continue with the series.

I received a digital review copy of this book from Sourcebooks Fire and borrowed a copy of the audiobook.

Thanks so much to the publisher and to NetGalley for giving me access to this book. Our patrons love a good paranormal book.This book will be a good fit for some of our readers. However, it spent bit too much time explaining the world apart from the storyline. I am sure we will have some patrons that are interested but it won’t be getting a strong recommend from me.

Decided to pick this up after having it on my shelf for years, but didn’t end up finishing it. Seemed intriguing but just wasn’t capturing my attention.

I don't know if it is that my taste in books have changed since this came out, but I wasn't a fan. I thought it was super boring. I was confused most of the time, if it wasn't for the fact I needed it for a readathon I probably wouldn't have read it. I know it's well loved but wasn't for me.

Read this to about 50% before DNFing. While interesting, with fascinating world building and characters, the writing wasn't for me and distracted me as I read. Unfortunately, I don't think this author's writing is for me.

How was this so fucking good? How.
Necromancer geishas with Japanese/Russian/Indian cultural blend. Fabulous.

I can’t stop thinking about this series, or talking about this series. It’s consuming my mind. Rin Chupeco is a new auto buy author for me.

The dual timelines of Tea as a young Asha, in comparison to her now being a bad ass Bone Witch is stellar. I love that we’re getting the chance to see her all of these important moments that lead up to her essentially being the villain of her own story, somewhat willingly. Even though a lot of the book is passive, the characters are so engaging and lively it seems to breath more than other stories.

I absolutely adore this series. 10/10 for anyone looking for masterful fantasy with multi cultural magic systems. Oh and the nuanced exploration of gender not just for characters, but within and actual magic hierarchy that is relevant to the actual story, damn. Fantastic!

Not my favorite YA fantasy, although I did have high hopes. I’ll likely read more from this author but was a bit let down by the execution of this story.

The Bone Witch has such a gorgeous cover!

I love the story of Tea and how she's on a journey to become an asha. My favouryie parts are of her relationship with her brother, Fox, who she accidentally raised from the dead using necromancy and made gim her familiar in he process. Their closeness is felt throughout the book.

I enjoyed tat this book was the "setup" book which is obvious as it's a series and I think this book was the build up to the action I'm hoping we'll see in the rest of the books. The story wad a bit ow and dragging at times, but i think the main reasons are because of how descriptive the author or gets with everything and creating the world for the series.

I'm curious to see what will happen in the rest of the series so I'll be sure to check those out soon.