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

Tomi Adeyemi

Start date: May 1, 2018

Finish date: May 31, 2018

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Mar 30, 2018 Tanya (Novel Paperbacks) rated it liked it

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Jan 06, 2019 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019

6/5 stars. I haven't loved a YA book this much in a very long time. My only complaint is the constant use of "ugh!" ...more

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Feb 09, 2020 J.W. Ellis rated it it was amazing

Shelves: action-strong-lead-women-heroines, alpha-men, friendships-group-books, mind-control-fire-starting-teleki, elementals, ghosts-spirits-polterguists, witches-wizards-druids-mages, seers-future-readers, psychological-horror

Damn. Heartbreaking, page turning, action packed. Solid 5+stars. Wonderful rounded characters. Intense thrilling page pushing action. Cliffhanger chapters n wrap up. Cant wait to get my hands on book 2

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Jun 02, 2018 Zara Arshad rated it liked it

Shelves: big-disappointments, witches, kick-ass-girl, good-start-bad-end

All the hype around this book led to push this one forward on my to-read-next list. I was ecstatic when I found the epub version of it on the net.

I successfully completed it during the long hours of my morning commute.

So to quickly sum it up, I had high expectations from this book. However, it ended up disappointing me. The fantasy world felt like a bad mashup of Avatar The Last Airbender and The Grisha Trilogy. Everything from the orphaned-destined child to magic over all elements to falling in ...more

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