^ a b "Children's Book Review: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco.In the last novel in the series, The Shadowglass, Tea faces off with her resurrected brother while searching for a way to make him immortal for good. It received starred reviews from Booklist and Foreword Reviews. In the sequel, The Heart Forger, published in February 2018, Tea finds herself bound to a mythical dragon-like creature and embarks on a quest to find a cure. The Bone Witch received starred reviews from Shelf Awareness and Publishers Weekly. The witch aspect was inspired by real-life geisha. They also drew on Middle Eastern folklore and influences, like the Ayyubid dynasty and Wahhabism. The Bone Witch series was inspired by Filipino witch doctors, mangkukulam, who are revered by the general public yet approached when in need of help, similar to the dark asha in her series. Development Ĭhupeco says that their writing often is very experimental, mixing different styles and themes, which led to them writing The Bone Witch in order to tell the story of characters in two different time periods. The Bone Witch follows Tea, a teen with the ability to raise the dead, who finds herself caught in a struggle for power as she explores her newfound abilities after she accidentally resurrects her late brother. It was followed by two sequels: The Heart Forger in 2018 and The Shadowglass in 2019. Published in February 2017, it is the first novel of Chupeco's second series. The Bone Witch is a young adult fantasy novel written by Rin Chupeco.
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