The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

The Bone Witch (Bone Witch, #1)

by Rin Chupeco

A bard meets a young girl living in exile along a sea of skulls. At his urging, she recounts her beginnings and rise in a society of spellbinders called asha. As a bone witch, her powers of necromancy make her feared and shunned by the populace, but tolerated for her abilities to slay daeva – fearsome beasts that plague the kingdoms.

But there is more to the girl than she first appears. Soon the bard begins to suspect that there is more to her tale than what she claims, and that he has a far greater role to play in her story than even he realizes.

Reviewed by pagingserenity on

3 of 5 stars

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I received an eARC of this book for free from NetGalley, courtesy of SOURCEBOOKS Fire in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affected my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

I was not very enamored with The Bone Witch. Despite being full of action, I found it quite dull. The feeling of boredom I experienced is probably due to the writing/writing style, which while elegant, felt static and overly descriptive.

I was really disappointed in The Bone Witch. Despite spending more time scanning it than reading it because it bored me to death (but not enough to DNF), the plot had the potential to be great but everything else prevented it from reaching its potential.

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