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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

116 reviews

marieprem08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

5.0

I just finished rereading it. I LOVE this book so much. It’s so hard to put this book down, once you start you’re hooked! The plot, the characters, the layers everything is so will written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, and Death of parent

maggie_atwood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping and Colonisation

irisheyz77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

zeebookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Slavery, Car accident, and Death of parent

thehaileybirdie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

I really struggled to get halfway through because of the pacing and the fact that Bree doesn’t know anything most of the time so everything needs to be infodumped on her all the time so that slowed things down a bit. There was also a couple of plot threads going on at once that converge later so that also required more setup than I’ve seen in most stories but the second half was well worth the wait! It took me over two weeks to read the first 200 pages but that last 200 pages took me a five hour sitting from 11pm to 4am…it was that kind of night. I literally could not put the book down even if I wanted to after about page 250. It was so mindblowingly good and I can’t wait for the second one! 

I also really loved the author’s note where the message of “I loved these legends (King Arthur) and now we get to to decide who is legendary”. I love Arthurian legends as well and have done a few things in my studies to unpack some of the messages of Arthuriana so it was actually really refreshing to see a retelling that focuses on the toxic masculinity, the racism, and the misogyny of it all. It’s not all romantic love and chivalry…especially not to women of color. 

Overall, I had minor issues with the pacing and the best friend Alice who just seemed to be…there. But otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed the plot, the characters, the romance, and the friendship with a certain healer, and the message of generational healing from trauma through mothers. It was really powerful and I wish I could read that ending over and over and over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Misogyny and Vomit

beller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racism, and Death of parent

deideo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Car accident

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

After reading the Witcher I lost my flow and I couldn’t find a book to read after. A couple of friends recommended Legendborn to me in the hope that I wouldn’t fall in a readingslump if I read something I enjoyed. Well did book did help me through it. I read it in 1,5 days and I loved it. 

This book has great worldbuilding, some good characters and an enjoyable plot. The worldbuilding is based on arthurion legends but it is done in a very unique way. I am not a fan of taking mythology and shipping it to America though. But I can lead it slide since it was done respectfully. 

The characters are typically ya, the story focuses on Bree, a girl and twee guys. And as you can imagine with a ya novel there is a possibility for a love triangle. The characters are well put together though. The grieve that Bree goes through is done well but can also be very triggering.

I would recommend this book to almost everyone but before you decide it check the triggerwarnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

mayareadsxo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

fantastic.

re-read: this was even better the second time around. one more day until bloodmarked ❤️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Racism, Grief, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

kimi72714's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. 

This book reminds me what great YA fiction should be like, and took me back a decade to when life is hectic, and confusing, but wonderful as a 16 year old. 

There are difficult themes in this book that everyone will grapple with differently, but the acknowledgement that a country was built on slavery is an important issue for everyone to work through. 

I laughed, I cried, I wanted to smack some characters, my chest tingled at the romance scenes. 

This book was such a great YA SFF book and I'm so glad teens gave books like this to read now. Thank you so much Tracy Deonn!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, and Alcohol

These themes are handled well within the text, and are appropriate for a YA novel. None are particular unexpected when thinking critically about the book and it's premise as a young black girl living in the American South, and a re-imagining of Arthurian legend.