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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)

Tracy Deonn

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Sep 27, 2020 Arlene♡ rated it it was ok

Shelves: blacklit-collective, audio, tometopple, supernatural, fantastical, its-romance-love, review-copy, lgbt

It was okay.

I thought the idea was great, but it was something about the execution that I wasn't a fan of. I thought Bree was kind of annoying and I think that is why I didn't really connect with the story. Also the connection with Arthur and Bree reminds me of Atticus and Wainwright in Lovecraft Country It's VERY similar. I like Bree's connection to The Root, and would have loved to spend more time on that storyline. Maybe in the next book we'll get that. *shrug*

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Sep 12, 2020 Thistle & Verse rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-release, intrusion-fantasy

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Nov 16, 2021 Shannon (That's So Poe) rated it liked it

I can totally understand why everyone is loving this book! The world building and magic in it are absolutely fascinating, and the theming is just incredibly on point. I really love the way that Deonn has used this magic system based on bloodlines to talk about racism and the history of slavery in the U.S. The middle part of this book in particular had me completely enthralled. There was also a lot of action, violence, and angst, though, which are very much not my cup of tea since I like very qui ...more

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