Rin Chupeco Audiobooks

The Bone Witch, dark young adult fantasy from a writer at home with hauntings

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.2/5 average

3 listener ratings

Who is Rin Chupeco?

Rin Chupeco is a Chinese Filipino writer of young adult fiction, best known for The Bone Witch, The Girl from the Well and the Never-Tilting World series. That short list tells you a fair amount on its own: this is an author drawn to the darker end of YA, where witches, hauntings and worlds knocked off their axis sit comfortably alongside coming-of-age storytelling.

Chupeco keeps a lower public profile than many of their contemporaries, so we will resist the urge to embroider a longer life story here. What matters for listeners is the work, and the work has done the talking – The Bone Witch in particular has become the title their reputation rests on.

Rin Chupeco in audiobooks

Our catalogue carries The Bone Witch, and it is a natural fit for audio: young adult fantasy rewards narration, and a story announced by that title promises exactly the kind of atmosphere – ritual, dread and slow-burning power – that a good voice can conjure in a darkened room. UK listeners who like their fantasy with a gothic edge, and who fancy a YA voice from beyond the usual Anglo-American pipeline, will find Chupeco a distinctive place to start. Begin here; if the atmosphere takes hold, the rest of their work is out there waiting.