Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo

The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world's greatest super hero: WONDER WOMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author LEIGH BARDUGO.

She will become a legend but first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning . . .

Diana is desperate to prove herself to her warrior sisters. But when the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal, Alia Keralis. With this single heroic act, Diana may have just doomed the world.

Alia is a Warbringer - a descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies, mortal and divine, determined to destroy or possess the Warbringer.

To save the world, they must stand side by side against the tide of war.

Don't miss the new DC Wonder Woman film coming June 2017.

Reviewed by thepunktheory on

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This was quite good!
First of all, the Wonder Woman of the book (and the other Amazons as well as Themiscyra) are but an inspiration. Many things differ from the info that have been established in comic or movies thus far.
It's difficult to take an already famous character but then make the thing your own. Here and there I felt like Bardugo struggled a bit with that.
The story we get is pretty much your standard "let's go on a quest to save the world before the times runs out" type of thing. There wasn't too much surprising or unique stuff going on and that left me a little disappointed.
Wonder Woman is a decent book but it's just nothing special. I know Leigh Bardugo is talented and writes brilliant books. Unfortunately, I don't see too much of that in this novel. Warbringer is one of those books you might pick up at the airport, read at the beach during your holiday and then leave to never think of it again.

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