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greeniezona's review
4.0
Published by another tiny micro press that I like -- I requested my local library purchase a copy (they bought three!) and waited for it to come in. I don't read a lot of historical fantasy, but the idea that it was about a historical queen, Amina, and that most of the fantasy was about the gods of Zazzau intrigued me.
There were some writing choices that baffled me, but usually I would get a few more chapters in and suddenly realize why she had been writing like that. As interesting as Amina was as a character (and she was), it was possibly more intriguing to witness the slow transition from a time with Islam and polytheistic nature/tribal gods co-existed more or less peacefully to the rising dominance of monotheism and patriarchy.
An interesting tale that kept me turning pages.
There were some writing choices that baffled me, but usually I would get a few more chapters in and suddenly realize why she had been writing like that. As interesting as Amina was as a character (and she was), it was possibly more intriguing to witness the slow transition from a time with Islam and polytheistic nature/tribal gods co-existed more or less peacefully to the rising dominance of monotheism and patriarchy.
An interesting tale that kept me turning pages.
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