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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

28 reviews

matilde66's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Death, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

virgoreadss's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

4.75

i read this physically and with the audiobook and it was amazing. i really don’t know what to rate this one. it’s either a 4.5 or a 5. i loved the magic system a lot and i love the characters especially zélie and amari. don’t even get me started on inan. i don’t know what’s keeping me from rating is 5 stars. on one hand if i think of fantasies i have rated 5 stars, i don’t think it is a 5 then. but also should i compare different books together? also i have a bit of a problem with inan’s character and how he was handled. and on the other hand if you think about it for what it is, a debut YA fantasy novel then it deserves 5 stars. i don’t know i hate having to rate books, trying to fit whole worlds onto a 1-5 rating scale (i’m so close to not rating books at all). the ending and the author’s note made me sob. i’m picking the second book now !!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and War

Minor: Sexual harassment

sydapel's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad

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

4.25

My friends have such good taste in books! Listened to almost completely during a drive to and from Reno, this snatched my attention right from the beginning and didn't let go. Two things really work well in this for me. Firstly, while YA characters can often feel really one dimensional and unrealistic, all the characters in this feel like actual teenagers - flawed in their decision making, easily swayed by emotions and prone to snap judgements that have consequences later on. Secondly, the action in this never fails to underline both the collateral damage of life and how all of the violence the characters encounter is a direct byproduct of the oppressive regime they live under. Very excited to continue with this series, especially given the exciting conclusion! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Death of parent, Genocide, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Physical abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Sexual harassment

scarletthequeen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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 enjoyed the vast majority of this book, the last 1/5 was.. okay? It wasn’t bad I think I just didn’t like some character and plot choices in the last part of the story. However, the epilogue definitely made me want to read the sequel. Overall would recommend if you like fantasy, adventure, and characters that can never catch a break.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment

geckoedit's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is fantastic and I can't wait to read the next one. The worldbuilding is exquisite, the magic is tangible, and the heartache is doused in centuries of real-world blood and oppression, and it makes this, a work of fantasy, undeniably real.

The only thing that held me back from a full five stars was some (minimal) clichés like letting out a breath one doesn't know one is holding.

Really, I struggled more with the changeability of one character's motivations, and some lucky solutions that could have been foreshadowed a little better to show they were part of the master plan all along. But really, I'm just nitpicking here. I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Gore, Slavery, War, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

ymile_mahllew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Despite it sometimes being trope-y and predictable and having a romance that felt forced/unnecessary, I really enjoyed the heart of this book and the worldbuilding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual content

intoxicatedflower's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence

bookishperseus's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Child abuse, Colonisation, Hate crime, Slavery, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Self harm, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

frog_appreciator's review

3.5

Gripping story and world. The romance with Inan absolutely ruined it for me. I thought I liked enemies to lovers but there was no ground for their connection and I was taken out of the story when he interacted with Zelie. Aside from that the authors messages shone through well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment