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Forged by Blood by Ehigbor Okosun

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manaledi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

A West African YA fantasy with heavy doses of not so subtle analysis of colorism and colonization and a FMC with a strong hero mentality. The setting was great and the characters were solid but I wanted more backstory. A lot of major historical events were plot twists which left us a little lost on the bigger picture who's who. The non-elemental magic also needed a little more explanation. I'll add book two to my list to see where this goes.

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vshah's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

3.0

djcarter's review

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.25

I think the book was good but it just wasn’t right for me personally. I liked the story overall and I think Demi’s character was well written and i liked her growth throughout the book.

heathersbookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

mythslleniouslibrary's review against another edition

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4.0

Time for another late night book review! I’ve been wanting an African inspired fantasy since finishing The Battle Drum, and this book fixed that need. Also, look how beautiful this cover is! ☺️

Inspired by Nigerian mythology, I thought it was an interesting premise of how magic users are hunted/killed for their abilities; it definitely presented similar feelings of European colonization of the Africa and its history with the slave trade.

honeycake69's review against another edition

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good world building hidden by dumb bad writing and a stupid love “triangle” that I didn’t like cuz the men were boring and dumb. michelle if you see this don’t read this book you’ll hate it