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A review by stephanieridiculous
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
5.0
This took me a while to settle into. I don't think it's the books fault; I think I've read too many MG/YA (and otherwise) about secret societies and magic schools, rendering most of the (initial) tropes and plot devices unimpressive and unoriginal. I was bored with another plot predicated on the unlikely scenario that hundreds of people (locally, thousands world wide) would manage to keep such an enormous secret, AND that our MC was spinning a never ending web of lies to keep things going. Combined with insta-love that I just didn't really get, adults being bad adults, and more than one miscommunication trope along the way, and I just wasn't feeling it. UNTIL.
There is a corner this book turns, and I can't tell you where exactly it happens, but suddenly this is not just another iteration of "young kid solving the problems adults made and are neglecting to address", but instead moves into a powerful commentary on history, identity, community, and grief. When Legendborn got where it was going I was so so glad that I took the journey, and I'm stoked to see where the trilogy goes next.
There is a corner this book turns, and I can't tell you where exactly it happens, but suddenly this is not just another iteration of "young kid solving the problems adults made and are neglecting to address", but instead moves into a powerful commentary on history, identity, community, and grief. When Legendborn got where it was going I was so so glad that I took the journey, and I'm stoked to see where the trilogy goes next.