The bard is you, the reader, whoever you are. I don't think she ever clarifies the gender of the bard, and since these parts are told from the bard's first-person perspective, the bard could be anyone. I should say, I love how Chupeco plays with perspectives here. The bard continues to follow her on her quest for revenge, but with Kalen's resurrection, the bard sees a new side to her- a gentler side. In The Heart Forger, we continue to follow Tea's journey through two perspectives.

War is brewing among the kingdoms, and when dark magic is at play, no one is safe. Because you can't kill someone who can never die. With the help of these terrifying beasts, she can finally enact revenge against the royals who wronged her―and took the life of her one true love.īut there are those who plot against her, those who would use Tea's dark power for their own nefarious ends. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to command the mighty daeva. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life.and return it. In The Bone Witch, Tea mastered resurrection―now she's after revenge. I received a complimentary advanced reader's copy from Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review.

It ended with a cliffhanger, which is exactly where The Heart Forger picks up. Through these two perspectives, the reader is left to their own devices to determine the morality of Tea's actions and how her past ultimately converged to her present. It follows the story of Tea, a bone witch, through two timelines: the present, where a bard is tasked with documenting her actions and the past, which is Tea's recounting of the past to the bard. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco was one of my favorite reads of 2017 and it left me wanting so much more.

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