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Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi
5 Stars
Verdict: So good it hurts.


The night magic died, ZĂ©lie watched her mother's murder as the Maji were slaughtered. Now ZĂ©lie has a chance to bring back magic. With the help of her brother and a rogue princess, she must outrun the crown prince and battle her self-doubts to restore magic to the world.

This West-African inspired fantasy is powerful and all round awesome from start to finish. The writing is emotive and imaginative, the pacing is as perfect as it gets, and the characters are real with flaws and charm.

I hardly know what to say. A brilliant book like this tells the editor in me to shut up and enjoy the ride, so I'd need to read it again to offer more of a critique. If every book was as good as this one, I would never be able to stop reading.

The struggles, anger, and pain are carved into this book so deeply that the desires bleed through the pages and the triumphs feel earned. The emotion in this book is explosive: Inan's constant struggle between what he's been told to believe and what he feels inside; Tzain's pain from always taking the brunt of his sister's mistakes; ZĂ©lie's constant struggle just to exist; Amari's fight within herself to find strength. I cannot wait for book two.

The only flaw I can think of? There's a lot of hype...but I think the book can handle it. It's a good, original story, well-written, with great characters and a complex villain POV. I mean, what more do you need?

Source: Bought it!

Comments

  1. Every review I've read for this has been a rave

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    1. The hype actually put me off and made me think it wouldn't be as good, so my expectations were actually kind of low. I think it helped!

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  2. Great review! Glad you enjoyed it!

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  3. I've seen this book before and most of the reviews I've seen are good.

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  4. Reviews for this are good. Happy to see you enjoyed it.

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  5. I have been wanting to read this.

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  6. Wow! You really make me want to read this book.

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  7. Everyone seems to love this book, I'll have to check it out at some point.

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  8. This book gets so much love. Great review.

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  9. i have seen this book around so much, and your review makes me want to read it..

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  10. Great review, I've seen many raving review about this book and it does looks and sounds absolutely fantastic. I'm really glad you fully enjoyed reading this book, thank you so much for sharing your awesome post.

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  11. I have heard this one is good. Great review!

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