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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

37 reviews

awatt12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Violence, Slavery, Misogyny, Racism, and Rape

idontlemonez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

It takes a little time to get into it but once you get into it it's just <33

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Racism, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Slavery

worthleyv's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Hate crime

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

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative 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? No

3.5

This was good.

The incorporation of King Arthur and his knights was so cool, albeit a bit confusing at first. There was definitely a lot of info-dumping in this book which hindered my enjoyment, but it was still interesting.

Also… I’m 100% team Sel. I have no doubts about it. The moment we were introduced to him I knew I’d love him, IDRK what that says about me.

Also, LOVED Bree. Such an awesome main character! I love her independence. I can’t believe she’s younger than me, because no way would I be doing all this at sixteen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

hiddeninfantasy's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Hate crime, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Grief, Racism, Violence, and War

marena02's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Violence

jenmcreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

As a local, I knew as soon as I heard about Legendborn it had to go on my TBR and it absolutely did not disappoint. The way Deonn has layered this book with the Camelot derived fantasy elements as well as with the Southern history and experience of black people from the days of slavery to the present is really remarkable. It does not feel forced or didactic, the elements of the story fit together neatly and lead up to the truly thrilling conclusion of this part 1. The last 100 pages or so were paced so fantastically, and with such suspense I was totally unable to put the book down. Not just Bree, but the cast of characters are all beautifully developed and fleshed out. Tracy Deonn is on my must-buy authors list after this start! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Violence, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Sexism, Rape, Torture, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death, Hate crime, Gore, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Transphobia

sammymilfort's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, War, Violence, Vomit, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Slavery, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Classism

Minor: Car accident, Child death, and Domestic abuse

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