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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

22 reviews

rayreyes's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

Best book ever written. EVER.
Ever ever ever.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Blood, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Classism, Infidelity, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, and Alcohol

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Stalking, Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Death, Blood, Bullying, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Gore, War, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture, War, Slavery, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Stalking, Rape, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Moderate: Police brutality, Car accident, Slavery, Murder, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Transphobia

ashleycmms's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Slavery, Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Medical content, Racism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

I love Bri & the way she talked about her grief & her internal world. I also think her ancestor work was portrayed really well. I really really enjoyed her mental wall & her fear of After Bri. I thought it was a great representation of compartmentalizing grief/trauma. I found I could relate to her a lot from teen-me perspective. I thought this book was fun & exciting with an excellent plot.

The pacing was a little off and the characters were 8/10. Some of the side characters were a little stiff or spare and felt like part of the scenery, even some of the “bigger” side characters. Why was I supposed to care when that one dude (?) died? Sad I guess but, like, your after school club is “war but with mythology intertwined” lol so idk it just didn’t hit like I thought it should. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, can’t wait to read more, and will definitely be picking up book #2.

I thought her romance with Nick felt really rushed & not super believable but then we find out that SHE is the scion of Arthur & HE is the scion of Lancelot so that makes a lot more sense to me. She doubles down on “loving” him at the end but her connection with Sel is much greater & the chemistry there is electric. I’m not big on love triangles in YA books but I’m willing to give this one a shot and keep reading because I do like the MC and I also enjoy a good enemies to friends to dating (feels weird to say lovers about minors)—which is where I hope things are going with Sel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Racism, Sexism, Grief, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Classism, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Slavery, Racism, Stalking, War, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Blood, Bullying, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Misogyny

irisheyz77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Slavery, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

a bit too much (very confusing and complex) lore for me. 

almost DNF’d multiple times, but I am happy that I finished the book. 

P.s. William is *chef’s kiss* 😌

P.p.s the cover is so pretty 🥺🥵

Also can I just say SEL🦋🦋🦋💀

 

I didn’t like how the deaths of Evan, Whitty and Russ were written because they happened so fast and so close to each other that I feel like they lost their impact, which is really such a shame (especially bc they were TEENAGERS!! :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Rape, and Stalking

instalovewithbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-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? N/A

5.0

If I could give this book more stars, I would! It might have taken me over a month to read but due to finals and big projects plus just trying to survive, April was not a great reading month for me.
I'm so glad I read this Arthurian retelling - I think it's my favourite next to Once & Future! So very good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Death of parent, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Car accident

boredomandwordsofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Racism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Animal death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse