He may know a cure for the sleeping sickness. They seek the other heartforger who went missing in the Daanorian capital, across the sea. She escapes with Kalen, her brother Fox, other asha, the princess betrothed to Kance, and Khalad. Tea and her dark powers are easy to blame, and she must flee the castle before she's arrested. Tea's friend Prince Kance suddenly collapses at his engagement with a sleeping sickness. It begins in Odalia right after her formal asha (witch) training. The story flashes back and forth between this struggle and the months leading to Tea's exile. Tea wastes no time taking over the kingdom from the emperor but keeps him alive, forcing him to reveal his evil secrets and lies. They head for the kingdom of Daanoris to find the evil source of corruption only a dark asha like Tea can uncover. In THE HEART FORGER, Tea comes out of her exile early, with large daeva monsters at her command and Kalen and the heartforger Khalad at her side. Tea works to expose corruption and evil, and most of those faced with the truth still want to hide from it. The messages in this story are also more mature. A diverse array of LGBTQ characters are represented here, including a transgender character who gets much support from friends. There's a bit more swearing than the first book, but it doesn't go beyond 'bitch' and 'ass.' And the sexual content goes far beyond flirting, with kissing and talk of affairs and an emperor's concubines. People get eaten by monsters and the dead, get impaled, and literally spill their guts.

In this sequel, she's out there in bloody battles with daeva and the undead and with some gore.

Book 1, The Bone Witch, dealt more with Tea's training. She can also control large monsters called daeva. Here, main character Tea is a witch who can raise the dead. Parents need to know that The Heart Forger is the second in a series by Rin Chupeco, author of the ghost story The Girl from the Well. 'Bastard,' 'damn,' 'ass,' 'bitch,' and 'hell.'ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide.

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