What the community thinks
summary of 654 ratings (see reviews)
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Death (25 reviewers), Racism (22 reviewers), Grief (22 reviewers), Violence (11 reviewers), Slavery (8 reviewers), Blood (7 reviewers), Racial slurs (5 reviewers), Sexism (5 reviewers), Bullying (4 reviewers), Misogyny (4 reviewers), Gore (2 reviewers), Child death (1 reviewer), Cursing (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Hate crime (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Panic attacks/disorders (1 reviewer), Physical abuse (1 reviewer), Torture (1 reviewer), Police brutality (1 reviewer), Medical content (1 reviewer), and Medical trauma (1 reviewer)Moderate
Racism (21 reviewers), Slavery (13 reviewers), Death (8 reviewers), Violence (7 reviewers), Mental illness (5 reviewers), Rape (5 reviewers), Grief (5 reviewers), Child abuse (4 reviewers), Racial slurs (4 reviewers), Emotional abuse (3 reviewers), Gore (3 reviewers), Physical abuse (2 reviewers), Sexual violence (2 reviewers), Xenophobia (2 reviewers), Blood (2 reviewers), Body horror (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Panic attacks/disorders (1 reviewer), Sexism (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Torture (1 reviewer), Forced institutionalization (1 reviewer), Medical content (1 reviewer), and Medical trauma (1 reviewer)Minor
Rape (15 reviewers), Slavery (7 reviewers), Sexism (4 reviewers), Sexual assault (4 reviewers), Child abuse (3 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Transphobia (2 reviewers), Vomit (2 reviewers), Alcoholism (1 reviewer), Child death (1 reviewer), Confinement (1 reviewer), Gore (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Racism (1 reviewer), Sexual content (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), Violence (1 reviewer), Police brutality (1 reviewer), and Kidnapping (1 reviewer)Moods
emotional 74%
mysterious 60%
tense 42%
dark 33%
inspiring 27%
challenging 22%
hopeful 20%
funny 17%
reflective 17%
sad 16%
informative 4%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 0%
Pace
fast 39%
slow 4%
Strong character development?
Yes: 94% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 0% | No: 0%Loveable characters?
Yes: 89% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 7% | N/A: 1%Average rating
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Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic.
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.
Buy Legendborn
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Other countries
Bookshop UK
Blackwell's
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Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic.
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.
What the community thinks
summary of 654 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
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Death (25 reviewers), Racism (22 reviewers), Grief (22 reviewers), Violence (11 reviewers), Slavery (8 reviewers), Blood (7 reviewers), Racial slurs (5 reviewers), Sexism (5 reviewers), Bullying (4 reviewers), Misogyny (4 reviewers), Gore (2 reviewers), Child death (1 reviewer), Cursing (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Hate crime (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Panic attacks/disorders (1 reviewer), Physical abuse (1 reviewer), Torture (1 reviewer), Police brutality (1 reviewer), Medical content (1 reviewer), and Medical trauma (1 reviewer)Moderate
Racism (21 reviewers), Slavery (13 reviewers), Death (8 reviewers), Violence (7 reviewers), Mental illness (5 reviewers), Rape (5 reviewers), Grief (5 reviewers), Child abuse (4 reviewers), Racial slurs (4 reviewers), Emotional abuse (3 reviewers), Gore (3 reviewers), Physical abuse (2 reviewers), Sexual violence (2 reviewers), Xenophobia (2 reviewers), Blood (2 reviewers), Body horror (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Panic attacks/disorders (1 reviewer), Sexism (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Torture (1 reviewer), Forced institutionalization (1 reviewer), Medical content (1 reviewer), and Medical trauma (1 reviewer)Minor
Rape (15 reviewers), Slavery (7 reviewers), Sexism (4 reviewers), Sexual assault (4 reviewers), Child abuse (3 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Transphobia (2 reviewers), Vomit (2 reviewers), Alcoholism (1 reviewer), Child death (1 reviewer), Confinement (1 reviewer), Gore (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Racism (1 reviewer), Sexual content (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), Violence (1 reviewer), Police brutality (1 reviewer), and Kidnapping (1 reviewer)Moods
emotional 74%
mysterious 60%
tense 42%
dark 33%
inspiring 27%
challenging 22%
hopeful 20%
funny 17%
reflective 17%
sad 16%
informative 4%
lighthearted 1%
relaxing 0%
Pace
fast 39%
slow 4%
Strong character development?
Yes: 94% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 0% | No: 0%Loveable characters?
Yes: 89% | It's complicated: 7% | No: 2%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Flaws of characters centre-stage?
Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 16% | No: 7% | N/A: 1%Average rating