Children
of Blood and Bone is a young adult fantasy novel. Orisha was once a land of magic, but an evil
king has destroyed the maji and the source of their power. White hair marks the diviners, those that
were born to become maji, but can not now that their power source is gone. Zelie Abedola is one such diviner who vividly
remembers the death of her powerful mother.
Amari is a princess and daughter of the cruel king. After seeing the evil that her father can inflict,
she escapes the castle with a relic that can bring back magic to all of the
land. Once she runs into Zelie, these
two unlikely foes are on a path to help restore the power of the maji. On their trail is Amari’s brother, Prince
Inan, who has his own secret to battle.
Will Zelie and Amari succeed?
I
enjoyed this action adventure. There was
star crossed romance and also a great ethical question, is it actually good to
bring magic back to the land? Does magic
harm more than it helps? Does it give
too much power to individuals that can wreak havoc on the rest of the
civilization? I thought it was very
interesting to ponder. This novel also
had a great cliff hanger ending and I can’t wait to read this next one in the
series. The novel was told through first
person perspective and switched between Zelie, Amari, and Iman’s view points.
The
only downfall for me to this story was that I read it billed as the “next Harry
Potter.” I’ve complained about this
before on my blog. That sets up certain
expectations and when a novel fails to meet those expectations, it makes you
disappointed in it, even though it was a good book. I liked this book on its own merits. It is not Harry Potter and I wish I wouldn’t
have read that quote before reading it!
Favorite
Quotes:
“Duty
isn’t enough when it means destroying the girl I love.”
“Two
days without her. In her absence, the
ocean air hangs heavy. Every breath
whispers her name.”
Overall,
Children of Blood and Bone is a great young adult fantasy action adventure
novel and I can’t wait to read the second novel in this series!
Book
Source: Birthday gift from my best
friend Jenn. Thank-you!
I added this to my TBR list before it came out for the random reason that Tomi is my son's name. There's not that many Tomi's around!! Haven't read it yet though.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book! I listened to it and it was phenomenal. I've been wanting to relisten and then listen to the second book right after. This would be the perfect opportunity with quarantine.
ReplyDeleteI've been so curious about this book! Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome. I enjoyed this one. I really need to start the second novel!
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