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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

16 reviews

alexiconic'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? It's complicated

5.0

legendborn manages to be a great action-filled book that made me turn the pages as fast as i could and have a main character that struggles, has feelings she is processing, and side characters that were fun and (mostly) different. it has a serious message and bree is struggling with the real questions of coming of age, but she is also in love, and she does badass magical things. it was great fun all the way through. 

i don’t know if this is a perfect book.

i am on the fence about the sel/nick/bree relationships, for example, and was afraid for a long portion that it would be a typical “she falls for the blond good guy but now here is a dark mysterious hottie and she will go for him” situation. buuuut it feels like that is a misread of the situation - the three have complicated relationships with each other (and really each other person). sel is bound to nick, has loved nick, nick and bree are in love, but bree is also in a unique relationship with sel because of their ancestors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Medical content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Classism, and Gaslighting

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Body horror, Violence, Kidnapping, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Torture, Child abuse, Colonisation, Medical content, War, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Slavery, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual content, and Cancer

saltylane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

This is a great story that subverts a lot of tropes and defies expectations. It twists and turns with unpredictable but believable mysteries and resolutions.  Just when you think you know something, you’re surprised with where the plot and characters go. It has a lot of painful realism stuffed in with the magical fantasy, and I commend the author for not pulling punches. 
Highly recommend & I’m going to read the next book asap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Racism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Bullying, Slavery, Car accident, Classism, and Gore

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Transphobia

nirellis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Animal death, Grief, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault

caleb_makes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, War, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Torture, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Animal death

spooderman's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Bullying, Grief, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Classism, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Slavery, Death, Car accident, Confinement, Body horror, Violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Torture, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Deportation, Cursing, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Ableism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Rape, Animal death, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

bootsmom3's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, War, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, and Slavery

jadedillon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was amazing! I was wanting a really good fantasy read for ages but kept finding duds or ones that just didn't work. But this was incredible! 

There was so much history and background, and I ended up loving so many of the characters. The plot and type of fantasy was so original with diverse characters! 

Two things that I struggled with (which was what made 4.5 instead of 5). 

1. The age - I was hoping because it was at college we wouldn't end up with a 16 Year Old MC but nope, Bree  is so young. 

2. The world building - there was a lot of info dumping which made some of it hard to follow. The Scions and Squire etc. and all the characters got a bit jumbled for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racial slurs, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Sexism, Car accident, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, and Racism

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

The beginning of the book is very confusing, I don't think the world building is done extremely well (I had to look up a lot of terminology which imo if you have to do as a reader, it should be included in the back of the book as a glossary, or they need to do a better job explaining during the world building).

I do have an inherent problem with the "demons" that they're fighting really seemingly just being animals. As an animal lover, I just have a hard time seeing inherent evil in animals especially when these ones aren't really some other kind of unreal 'monster'.

I am looking forward to seeing where this series goes. I kinda ship Bree and Sel...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Death, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Car accident and Racial slurs

eldritch_archivist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Death, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Colonisation, Kidnapping, War, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Police brutality