Fox’s journey with Tea is one of development and intrigue as he must also confront the dangerous and powerful choices Tea makes. Their survival is directly linked and Fox becomes her confidant and protector. After she raises him from the dead, they have both a familiar/witch and a brother/sister relationship that manifests itself in complicated ways.
The characters in the novel are beautifully complex, but the most interesting relationship is between Tea and Fox, her brother. Witnessing her power in the present, we are able to glimpse the earlier and more naïve Tea and observe her incredible journey. It is no coincidence that Tea chooses a bard with a complicated past to tell her story.
Additionally, this style of storytelling facilitates the readers understanding of the vastly different world of necromancy and heartglasses. It allows Tea to narrate her own life with the benefit of hindsight and it permits the readers to see the past differently. Switching between the narration of the bard in the present time and Tea’s point of view in the past is both helpful and illuminating. This story weaves a multitude of elements together: Memoirs of a Geisha, necromancy, and rebellious women, resulting in an intricate and fantastic coming of age story. While the concept of necromancy is well established, Tea’s world twists this magic and makes it necessary for the survival of the kingdoms. Tea’s power is great and so she becomes an Asha and learns to use her powers, but Tea learns that while the world may need you, they will never love you.
This incident begins her adventure into a world of magic, inequality, and darkness. One day Tea raises her brother from the dead and discovers a source of power deep within herself she never knew was possible. The Bone Witch is an utterly captivating fantasy novel about a girl’s quest to challenge societal conventions and completely change the inequalities in her world.
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