Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

by Tomi Adeyemi

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 killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

Reviewed by Terri M. LeBlanc on

2 of 5 stars

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I was loving this book until around page 300 or so and then it just started to DRAG. By the end, I was ready to be done.

I loved the world-building. The magic and why it was gone from the world was a fascinating story, but beyond connecting to the old tales and the power of the magic as it started to come back, the changing POVs, which by the end all sounded the same, made it difficult to connect with any one character.

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