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Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)

Tomi Adeyemi

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

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Mar 06, 2021 Kelly rated it liked it

I didn't love the middle of this book (which is a big part of the story). But the pace picked up around the end and that's when I actually enjoyed this book. Interesting things started happening and I was fascinated by what was going on. It also ends on a dangerous cliffhanger and I'm hooked again. Now, most of the characters were annoying and going downhill but then I'm sure they'll get better in the next book. Zelie was getting on my nerves many times but I'm digging the romance with Roën? but ...more

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Mar 15, 2020 Ruthie rated it liked it

I don’t know what I was expecting for the second book but it wasn’t that. When authors make bold choices at the end of a first book and then basically undo it at the beginning of the second book it automatically annoys me and that’s what happened in this book. Also the dialogue and small battles felt repetitive. Ultimately I didn’t connect with this book like I did the first one. 😞

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Aug 18, 2021 KatiEllen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars

“We suffer so everyone else can smile.”

We follow Zelie and Amari after the fallout of trying to bring magic back to the oppressed Maji of Orisha. Not to say it back fired, but there is a whole new breed of magic and once again the the playing field isn't equal. War was inevitable, once the Maji got their power back they would go after those who broke them after it disappeared.

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Jan 30, 2020 Thecritic rated it it was amazing

I loved this installation of the series even better than the first one. But I found Amari's change and Zelie's quest for power a little out of character. ...more

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Jan 04, 2021 akacya ❦ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audience-young-adult, ownvoices, format-audiobook, genre-fantasy, black-authors, want-to-own, popsugar-2021

the cliffhanger????? oh my gosh???? when is book three coming out? i need it now.

as always, the writing was beautiful and the story was so captivating. again, cannot wait for book three!

completed for the 2021 popsugar reading challenge; prompt #2—an afrofuturist book

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