Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
“The gods chose you, they don’t make mistakes.”
First of all, I am grateful for this book. Why you ask? As a bookish POC who loves fantasy and science fiction, this is my first time reading a novel in this genre with all African characters. Issues of colorism and police brutality, as well as themes of oppression and justice, permeate this novel. Adeyemi does a great job at handling these sensitive topics and the tone is almost reminiscent of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.
Now for the other stuff. The magic system is dope and rich, with varying powers/giftings endowed to a chosen few by a god/goddess. This book started off realllly good until about a third of the way and then it slowed down. In that way this book reminds me of The Poppy War, BUT, it picks back up two-thirds of the way and were back in business. I wonder if that is because it was supposed to be a stand alone. But its done so well and now its gonna be a series. IDK. Not sure where the series will go from here but the skies the limit.
I’m very excited for the next installment and I’m praying my girl delivers.
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