A review by athenezadam
Daughter of the Gods: Children of Ginen by Rose Carmel Gaspard

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

In Daughter of the Gods: Children of Ginen, a woman who has abandoned her magic returns home to fight dark magic that is threatening to destroy her community. The heroin is confident and courageous. Exposition is appropriately provided as the story progresses, and the book's footnotes are helpful for translations and in explaining intriguing Haitian mythology. At times, the story's prose is too direct as opposed to the reader being able to making inferences, but this may be a style choice. Family dynamics are masterfully navigated, and the fight scenes are choreographed well. Colonial history and power imbalances are also explored.