#51 Children of Blood and Bone

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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I LOVED THIS!! OMGGG!! GAHHHHH

I dont even really like fantasy much, ive never gelled with the stories, plot, writing styles, characters, world building... you name it and i will tear it apart. I havent liked a new release YA fantasy in yearssss but this blew me away!

I saw this on Amazon for the bargain price of £4 and i thought well why not give it a go plus the cover is completely stunning and the spine will look beautiful on my shelf. From the first page this had me sucked in, i love a good map!


Ok ill try to stop fangirling now and actually talk about the bloody book! So this is a high fantasy inspired by West African culture/legend. It is told from multiple perspectives chapter to chapter. Zelie is our main protagonist (and shes a badass) when the king kills her mother to destroy all magic in the kingdom Zelie embarks on a journey to restore magic to the land. The other main characters are Amari who is the Kings daughter, Inan who is the kings son and Tzain who is Zelie's brother.

So Amari was the stand out character to me, her character has so much growth and development. The first 50 pages or so shes sweet and innocent and if im honest a bit boring but she bacame a badass in her own right. She didnt rival Zelie but was badass in a different way. Tzain and Inan are slow burners as i wasnt bothered about either of them but as the story went on i grew to love them as much as the girls!

This book is 525 pages and ive heard a lot of people complain about the length but for me when im enjoying a story and im really immersed in it then i want it to be as long as physically possible so i was glad that it was a bit bigger as i got to enjoy the story for longer.

There were SO many twists and turns in this story and it keeps you on your toes every step of the way. Trigger warning for violence as it can be quite gory so if that isnt your thing then i would give this a miss.

Im really happy that the next book comes out soon(ish), im already on the countdown to March 2019!!