Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha Series #1) by Tomi Adeyemi
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Web ID: 5461258Great read can’t wait for the movie
I read the first 3 pages in store and could not put it down. The storyline captivates you from beginning to end!
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My Favorite Book!!!
This book was recommended to me by my 8th-grade English teacher, and over time, it became my favorite book. Whenever I was without technology, this was my go-to book. I loved the thrill I got reading it. The fantasy, the magic, and the story altogether were amazing, and I will continue to read this book. I feel almost as if I was in the book, whenever I read it.
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Amazing story
keeps you on your toes, you never get bored
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Amazing book
Couldn’t put it down weather in three days the Ending left you hanging it makes you want to go get the other book
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Favorite book
I love this book! Couldn’t put it down I’ve read it multiple times.
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Phenomenal Story
I couldn't put this book down, it's brilliant!
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Liked the book but not the MC
Children of Blood and Bone has lived on my TBR since it released in 2018, I finally got the chance to read it with the Openly Booked Book Club. While I liked the book and the world it took place in, I felt a little torn. The magic system was interesting and we only get to see bits and pieces of how it works because for the most part, all of the people who knew much about it were murdered horrifically. Even though Zélie remembered the maji in a fashion I don’t think she was really old enough to experience much outside of her own mother’s clan. She was both excited for magic to return but fearful once she witnessed what it could really do – even when intentions were coming from a good place or what transpired was accidental. Much of her fear, I believe is based upon the fact that there is no one to teach young maji how to control and use their abilities. The world building teetered, sometimes it didn’t quite fulfill my curiosity about the land, people and the animals. Two places I wish more time had been spent were the temple(s) and the maji encampment. I was really disappointed with the unimaginative names for animals – snow leoponaires… panthieres… come on, this IS a fantasy novel after all. If the animals of a fantasy world aren’t going to have unique names then I would prefer them to just be called what they are in reality. I would have even taken that the snow leoponaires and other animals with slight variations of the names we know to be militarized variants raised solely for that purpose but not seen in the wild. Zélie’s relationship with Inan felt superficial, wishy-washy and too close to instalove for me. After all that not only his family did but he himself I just can’t see someone like Zélie getting over any of it to be involved with him in any way besides a grudging and temporary truce. I did, however, ship Tzain and Amari. Their interest seemed to grow in a more realistic fashion and based on more than just lustful feelings. Amari may be a princess but she refused the path her brother went down very early and has strong distinctions about what is right even though it’s going to be the hardest path. One of the other things that bothered me was that apparently Zélie always made mistakes and screwed things up but don’t we all? I didn’t understand why time was spent on this – especially in dialogue between characters that she trusted and loved. Literally everyone makes mistakes and yes, Zélie is impulsive and does things before she thinks them through but it doesn’t justify how Tzain and even she herself regards the mistakes she’s made. There were two possibly linked key things that weren’t really discussed in the book at all – majicite and the “mystery substance” Zélie was injected with. Where did majicite come from? Is it a naturally occurring metal found in Orïsha? Was the injection some form of liquified majicite to affect Zélie the way it did? Overall I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy fantasy, young adult, diverse reads, and magic. Children of Blood and Bone is a great example of how our fears and hatred can warp and contort so many things on both sides of the story. It is a great fantasy based exploration into racism, hatred, privilege, found family, finding oneself, and even a little forgiveness.
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Amazing details
I have purchased this book and was never able to find a book as good as this one! And ad to get the second book as soon as it was released!
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