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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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
4.0
"๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ." ๐๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด. "๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ."
After her mother passes away, Bree Matthews wants to escape. The Early College program at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect opportunity to get away, and then she witnesses a magical attack her first night on campus...
I love this book. I love Bree. I love Sel. And Nick is alright I guess, but he's not Sel so ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ I honestly can't believe this is a debut, it is incredible. I could not put it down. I absolutely love the Arthurian magic system. It was so well executed, I could picture every single fight scene so vividly.
Whilst reading this, I became totally enamoured with Bree, how she handles her grief, and overcomes all obstacles in her life. The way her grief is portrayed is really hard to read at times, but only because it is so accurate. I love how Deonn weaved the magical elements of the novel, to address very real issues like racism and oppression. I can't really say much without spoiling the book, but how she showed us Bree's heritage was so cleverly done, but so very heartbreaking, it is a scene that will stay with me for a long time.
Something you may not know about me is that I don't get book crushes. 99% of the time romance in books makes me cringe. But I'm a obsessed with Sel. I was just picturing Timothee Charlemet the whole time, but with a gothic twist. The love triangle had me going crazy, and everytime Bree and Sel were alone together I nearly lost my mind. I need the next book now, so I can get more of that please๐คฃ
And that ending!!!! I was just screaming 'Yasssss queen'. If you love fantasy books, and you haven't read this already, what are you doing?!?! Go get it๐
After her mother passes away, Bree Matthews wants to escape. The Early College program at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect opportunity to get away, and then she witnesses a magical attack her first night on campus...
I love this book. I love Bree. I love Sel. And Nick is alright I guess, but he's not Sel so ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ I honestly can't believe this is a debut, it is incredible. I could not put it down. I absolutely love the Arthurian magic system. It was so well executed, I could picture every single fight scene so vividly.
Whilst reading this, I became totally enamoured with Bree, how she handles her grief, and overcomes all obstacles in her life. The way her grief is portrayed is really hard to read at times, but only because it is so accurate. I love how Deonn weaved the magical elements of the novel, to address very real issues like racism and oppression. I can't really say much without spoiling the book, but how she showed us Bree's heritage was so cleverly done, but so very heartbreaking, it is a scene that will stay with me for a long time.
Something you may not know about me is that I don't get book crushes. 99% of the time romance in books makes me cringe. But I'm a obsessed with Sel. I was just picturing Timothee Charlemet the whole time, but with a gothic twist. The love triangle had me going crazy, and everytime Bree and Sel were alone together I nearly lost my mind. I need the next book now, so I can get more of that please๐คฃ
And that ending!!!! I was just screaming 'Yasssss queen'. If you love fantasy books, and you haven't read this already, what are you doing?!?! Go get it๐
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Violence, Grief, Death of parent