Children of Blood and Bone
by:
Tomi Adeyemi (author)
The most anticipated fantasy of the year, soon to be a major motion picture Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under...
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The most anticipated fantasy of the year, soon to be a major motion picture Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie wit
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ASIN: B075JJDRZW
Pages no: 592
Edition language: English
I'll admit it: I think this book is waaaaaaay overhyped. As accolades and awards continue to fall upon this critical darling I find myself once again in the small camp of people who remain Unimpressed. Look, plenty has been written about this book already so I'll try to make this as succinct as I ca...
It's a very interesting concept but I have to agree with some other reviewers in that the voices weren't very distinct in the different chapters. However it's an interesting tale of an alternative world where the king killed all the magic users in retribution for his family's death and severed the ...
It's taken me almost two days to review this as I finished it in the wee hours of barely February 14th. People have been raving about this book so much, and the description hit on so many things I love, I was dying to read it. An audiobook copy finally became available from the library and I let ...
The Legacy of Orisha, Book 1 I Picked Up This Book Because: I had to read at least one super hyped book of 2018. The Characters: Zélie Adebola: Zane Adebola, Amari, Amari’s brother (I can’t remember his name right now) The Story: Zelie and her crew go on a hell of an adventure to restore magic t...
Audiobook Narration: ExcellentAmazing, beautifully written, full range of emotional highs and lows. The well developed characters, warmed and broke my heart. The story had so much modern truth while delving into fantasy. It is hard not to see and feel the connection to the world around us. I encoura...