The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco -> Restarting January 28th, 2019

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

The beast raged; it punctured the air with its spite. But the girl was fiercer.

Tea is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy makes her a bone witch, who are feared and ostracized in the kingdom. For theirs is a powerful, elemental magic that can reach beyond the boundaries of the living—and of the human.

Great power comes at a price, forcing Tea to leave her homeland to train under the guidance of an older, wiser bone witch. There, Tea puts all of her energy into becoming an asha, learning to control her elemental magic and those beasts who will submit by no other force. And Tea must be strong—stronger than she even believes possible. Because war is brewing in the eight kingdoms, war that will threaten the sovereignty of her homeland…and threaten the very survival of those she loves.

[Trisha]

10 chapters

i only have a few things in a book that will definitely make it so I don't enjoy reading it - and having to learn words, language, land and creatures is definitely the way to do it..... Ugh.

Tea(view spoiler)[ I know it seems like the person talking is Mykaela, I think it's Tea.
I hate what happened to her - that they forced her to do all those things....but she performed well lol (hide spoiler)]

Mykaela(view spoiler)[ I wonder why Mother is so mean to Tea and why Mykaela left her there so long....were they waiting for her to break and do something that showed promise? (hide spoiler)]

Oracle(view spoiler)[ does this mean we will have a love triangle?
what does "3 heads" mean? hmmmm (hide spoiler)]

Fox(view spoiler)[ I adore him. what a great brother although I wonder if he likes being raised from the dead? (hide spoiler)]

Zoya(view spoiler)[ what a wench. I hope she gets hers in this story! (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

man, this one is rough going! lol

15 chapters

Fox(view spoiler)[ I hate that he isn't healing. I hope she shows her how to do that soon (hide spoiler)]

Tea(view spoiler)[ I don't know, I'm unimpressed with the royalty or his cousin friend guy....I don't know why she's all blushy around him .......and her training is straight up boring to read. these were some rough chapters....ha! (hide spoiler)]

Heartforger(view spoiler)[ add in all her training people and more Asha, let's add in a function that is confusing on top of all this confusion in the world
a heart forger. so if you fall in love, you just give away your heart? this seems like a bad bad thing. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

20 chapters

Tea(view spoiler)[ I can't believe she isn't telling anyone about the skeleton thing. I hope Fox is.....it's dangerous that she's keeping secrets! Especially from sisters and other people in the house
- they are all in more danger (hide spoiler)]

Fox(view spoiler)[ I'm glad he's being invited into a lot of her training, even if it's just to watch
and I'm glad we now have confirmation about his other activities. part of the army is an interesting twist (hide spoiler)]

Heartforger(view spoiler)[ Junior.....I wonder why he was so keen not to take that one memory - and what emotion was he looking for? Shame? Regret? not 2 I would think he would be looking for in her kind (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha]

I'm done

Tea(view spoiler)[ by the end, I just didn't care anymore. she kept that crazed girl alive so she could unlock more of her own power....yikes (hide spoiler)]

and(view spoiler)[ now we know her love is Kalen. although I have no idea why. I did not feel a connection here and do not understand their true love thing going here (hide spoiler)]

Fox(view spoiler)[ I am especially sad that she and her brother no longer are together (hide spoiler)]

Zoya(view spoiler)[ I was ready to really hate her. I'm glad she was okay in the end....kind of lol (hide spoiler)]

Heartforger(view spoiler)[ ah. now we know why he shied away - HE was the boy that said those things to her. I still wonder how he got that memory. what emotion could he have been looking for? (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

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Date Changed. Restarting April 21st 2018. Happy Reading ☺

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[Dr. Andy]

24% (view spoiler)[ This is fascinating so far. Kinda slow, but I'm enjoying hearing Tea's story. The narrating in this reminds me of The Name of the Wind which I loved. I really like the magic in this world. The heart necklace things are super fascinating. I wonder why Tea is so revered/feared? (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

50% (view spoiler)[ Oh man Tea is pretty damn powerful if that incident with Zoya is any indication. I'm glad something happened. Those other girls were making me so mad harassing Tea like that. It's too bad Fox wasn't there, he would've put a stop to that asap. I love Asha training, it seems so magical and idk just awesome?? Tea crush on the prince is super adorable and I'm also really worried about Lick. I hope he can become an Asha so he doesn't have to go to the Death thingies I can't remember what they're called haha (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

81% (view spoiler)[ Wow I'm so mad for Lick. I really want him to be an Asha. I think my reaction would be the same as Tea's, threaten until he gets what he deserves lol. But I am glad that Tea became an Asha, she definitely earned it after facing down the Ozzie (or however the name is spelled lol). I really hope Tea can find something to do with the creatures instead of having to fight them with the dark and slowly die herself. I want Mistress Mikayla to be okay (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Trisha wrote: "20 chapters

Heart forger [spoilers removed].."

(view spoiler)[ Yeah that also struck me as really odd. He must've recognized the boy in that memory or known something that made him hesitate (hide spoiler)]

[Dr. Andy]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Wow so this maid was actually a Faceless. I don't really understand what they are. Also totally thought Tea was going to say Zoya was the faceless not the maid. Also, her beloved is Kaelan!? Whattttt I thought she liked the prince. I kinda like that this is told in two different views: one were Tea is a hero (sorta) and the future where she's planning to destroy everything. I'll definitely need to read the next book asap! (hide spoiler)]

[Alaina]

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RESTARTING JANUARY 28TH, 2019

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