Daughter of the Bone Forest, Jasmine Skye
Daughter of the Bone Forest, Jasmine Skye
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Daughter of the Bone Forest

Author: Jasmine Skye

Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Lindsey Dorcus

Unabridged: 14 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/27/2024


Synopsis

"Engaging characters, a driving plot, fabulous world-building, and two wonderful narrators will leave listeners eager for the second in this duology."—AudioFile

Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone Forest.

Rosy is a bone familiar, gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone. She spends most of her days in the magical Bone Forest, caring for her feral grandmother and hiding her powers to avoid conscription by the Witch King’s army. Until the day that Princess Shaw, a witch known as Death’s Heir, visits the Forest. When Rosy saves Shaw’s life, the princess offers her the chance to attend the prestigious school, Witch Hall, as payment. Though Rosy is wary of Shaw’s intentions, she cannot pass up the opportunity to find the cure for her grandmother’s affliction.

But at Witch Hall, Rosy finds herself embroiled in political games she doesn't understand. Shaw wants Rosy for her entourage, a partner to help lead the coming war. All Rosy wants is to stay out of trouble until she can graduate and save her grandmother, but she can't deny her attraction to Shaw or the comfort Shaw’s magic gives her. Will Rosy give in to her destiny, or will the Bone Forest call her home once and for all?

A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

About Jasmine Skye

Jasmine Skye is a queer-romantic, grey-ace, bigender fantasy author who earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast Program. The author of Daughter of the Bone Forest and Daughter of the Cursed Kingdom, s/he especially loves to create magical worlds where LGBTQIA+ heroes persevere through hardships to claim their own happy endings.Jasmine has a small menagerie of pets and a collection of hobbies including cosplay and figure skating. When s/he’s not writing, Jasmine does STEM outreach work with high schoolers across Texas.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brend on April 09, 2025

Why haven't you picked this up already!? A Sapphic Dark Fantasy with an animal-based magic system that challenges the idea of (soul)mates by focusing on compatibility. This is a fast-paced coming of age in the darkest times, with an academic setting as the force catapulting our characters into the pe......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on February 28, 2024

This is the first in the Witch Hall series, and what an amazing start it was. Witches and Familiars attend school together to learn how best to use their abilities and find their match. Jasmine Skye did an amazing job world and charater building. Greatly anticipating book 2!......more

Goodreads review by mica on May 07, 2024

3.5⭐️ COMO VA A TERMINAR ASI ME VOY A MATAR......more

Goodreads review by Leah on December 02, 2024

This is outside of my preferred genre but I still really enjoyed it. With the way it ended I hope the wait for the sequel isn’t too much longer. The romance isn’t my favorite since it’s almost a fated kind of romance. Honestly, the romance is very light / almost nonexistent here.Rosy spends most of......more

Goodreads review by Jess (oracle_of_madness) on February 12, 2024

This epic lgbtqia fantasy is absolutely everything I wanted! The descriptions, the politics, the characters, and the representation are incredible. Rosy is a shifter who winds up going to a very prestigious school. For Rosy, this is a different experience than what she is used to, tending horses wit......more


Quotes

"Part fairy tale, part epic fantasy, and part magic school story, Daughter of the Bone Forest is wholly engrossing. It’s a fierce, wild-hearted coming of age story about love, loyalty, and staying true to oneself. I absolutely devoured it." - Nicki Pau Preto, Sunday Times bestselling author of Bonesmith and the Crown of Feathers trilogy

"Daughter of the Bone Forest seamlessly pulls you into a lush and enchanting world, complete with a magical school so immersive that Hogwarts pales in comparison. An exquisitely crafted tale of tender romance, family loyalty, and the crushing inevitability of adulthood--this book sinks its teeth into you and doesn’t let go." - Kylie Lee Baker, author of The Keeper of Night

"Daughter of the Bone Forest is an absolute powerhouse of a debut. In Skye's deft prose, a magic school and living landscapes showcase Daughter of the Bone Forest's beautiful heart: a longing to break free from the roles pushed upon us, to protect those we love, and to hold fast to our convictions and ourselves, even in the direst of circumstances. This is a truly special book, one that readers will be sure to love and one that I will be thinking about for a very long time." - Lillie Lainoff, author of One for All

"A captivating, high-stakes fantasy steeped in magic, witches and familiars, set against a backdrop of looming war. I was enthralled from the first page to the last and cannot wait for the sequel!" - Rati Mehrotra, author of Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove

"Daughter of the Bone Forest pulled me in from the first chapter and didn’t let go until the end—a unique and enthralling magic system, a complicated world asking hard questions with no easy answers, and characters you can’t help but root for. I loved it!" - C.L. Clark, award-winning author of The Unbroken

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Richly rendered characters, an inventive magic system, and Rosy and Shaw’s sweetly budding and emotionally fraught relationship add verve to this queernormative fantasy adventure." --Publishers Weekly

“Peopled with queer characters representing the breadth of the gender spectrum, this epic hero’s journey is at turns touchingly romantic and graphically violent… A robustly imagined, intrinsically queer, and romantic high-fantasy epic.” — Kirkus

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This magical school dark fantasy set in a ­diverse and queer-normative world will leave readers eager for the next installment." — School Library Journal