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Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

4.42 AVERAGE

addie_bookbanter's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

kimniz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I absolutely loved this book! There are so many complex themes mixed in with awesome King Arthur lore. The FMC is definitely one of my favorites. This was YA, but it felt more like new adult (without spice) and the writing was amazing! Can’t wait to pick up book two!!

cecilie_flohr's review against another edition

5.0

This was a great book.
It was fast-paced with an interesting plot which kept me hooked throughout the entire book.
Bree is a lovely, though complex, character, and you can't help but come to adore her.
I can't wait to read the next one!

stormeno's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Couldn’t put this book down! It’s an action-packed adventure, but it doesn’t shy away from heavier topics like grief and racism. The way that the author weaves these themes throughout makes them just as important as the story itself. For that reason, I would recommend this book even to those who don’t typically read fantasy or YA. Also, it’s just a good time with an interesting magical world and loveable but messy characters. Now on to book 2….

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undersea's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

shanrcarter315's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was recommended this book by a co-worker because I was looking for an introduction into speculative fiction for my 12-year-old niece. I had Dune, I gave her The Hobbit. Now I'm mad I didn't know about this series!

Bree could've easily been me, so there's a bias. Black girl from North Carolina (go Heels!) thrust into an environment where she has to work through trauma to figure out who she is while dealing with hella racism and classicism. She's angry, feels alone, pushes people away, feels like she has to go it alone, can't trust, wants to lose someone not like her. Wants to fight, but ain't exactly good at it. Doesn't always know the right move.

She's also a fifteen-year-old girl who just lost her mother, has been lied to about who she is and what she can do. Hasn't figured out where she belongs. And oh, yeah, she's pulled into a world of Arthurian legend, magic, Welsh, ancestral history, slavery, and secrets. That's a tall order for anyone.

This is about trauma and loss. Being tied to it and trying to figure out how to be with it, survive it, and be strengthened by it as you accept it. While going through puberty and moving through this world--any world--as a young Black woman.

I've never been a big fan of relationship triangles, and that twist cliffhanger ending had me going, "Girl, what?" And I personally believe that the Order feels more like a Duke thing than a Carolina thing, but I'm being silly. The triangle's organic to the characters, they're not acting older than they are, and, well, Bree is gonna need a book or two to work through what she discovered about herself. I will be on the journey with her.

My niece is getting this series for her next birthday.

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