When it raised its head, I saw that it had my brother's face, drawn and bloodless and dead. 
 "Tea," the figure said. 
 But then it smiled, and it was Fox's smile, quiet and kind. 
 Oh hey! Remember me? I used to review YA books but stopped for a long ass time because I got burned out from reading boring/shitty ones. This book is the first new release YA I've read in what feels forever, because, well, hello? NECROMANCY! WHOO! Unfortunately, the book that brought about my return to reviewing and YA wasn't the most amazing one. 
 I mean, it was aight, it was pretty boring though. One good thing though, I liked her style of writing in this book, her descriptions were lovely, and I can't really describe them as anything other than light and delightful. However, it wasn't enough for me to be fully enthralled by the book. Not sure what it was, really. It had all the right elements, it just lacked a book spark for me. There is a pretty great magical system. There are fantastic hints of monsters that lurk in the deep. 
 These rumors sprouted up like bindweed along the edges of the kingdom and gorged themselves on whispers and fears. They told of daeva--strange and terrible monsters, maimed creatures assembled from scale-slicked bodies and yellowed fangs and spined limbs and horns. 
 Our heroine, Tea, lives in world full of witches. Her sisters are traditional witches, specializing in things like Forest and Water. Tea's power is unknown, but it turned out that she is a necromancer - one who can bring back the dead from the living, when she unwittingly wakes her dead brother from his coffin. 
 There was a lot of interesting stuff in this book, but unfortunately, it just couldn't keep my attention. I found it to be pretty boring; if I must compare it to the series, it would be sort of like the middle-grade Spook's Apprentice series, but while that premise and the short length of that book worked for it, this book just seems very lengthy and dull in comparison. 
 It truly is an interesting world, and one with a lot of potential. It just didn't draw me in.