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I thoroughly enjoyed this. I had watched an author interview awhile back where she said she had gotten a lot of inspiration from Avatar: The Last Airbender, and you can definitely see the correlations. The characters do stand on their own though, and the land of Orisha is much, much darker than Avatar's. I really enjoyed the world building and the non-Western African based setting was a breath of fresh air especially compared to the generic sword and sorcery fantasy novels I'm used to. Unfortuna
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Apr 17, 2020
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At times I wasn’t sure how much I would like this book... there was a lot of details and at times if felt overwhelming and sad. Then I listened to the the author’s note and realized why. Beautiful piece of literature and the parallels that are drawn upon make this something that should be read as part of High School canon!
This book was so much fun. I loved the language and thought the writing was beautiful. I’ll admit it did take me a while to figure out which character was who but once I did I loved each one. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.
3+ stars.... be sure to read the author’s note at the end to understand how powerfully she feels about the story.
I wish the editor had done some cropping to reduce the distractions. It will be interesting to see where the author takes this next.
I wish the editor had done some cropping to reduce the distractions. It will be interesting to see where the author takes this next.
4.5/5 stars. Full review to come.
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