A review by kjunemac
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really like the lore and world-building centered around magic in this book series. But I find a lot of the main characters frustrating. I came into this book expecting to get some closure from how things were left off in the first book, but rather than some things being tied up, I feel like the open-ended strings have only multiplied. While I can understand using cliffhangers to generate interest in consecutive books in the series, I would have liked a crumb of resolution in the ending.

I am mainly referring to the "final" battle at the palace which cuts off during Zelie's encounter with Inan only to have them end up on a ship in the ocean. I would have at least liked to see a scrap of the "new Orisha" before this new development.