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A review by frenchtoast_n_books
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
5.0
Wowzah!
What's it about? After the events of Children of Blood and Bone, Zelie and Amari work to unite the maji and put Amari on the throne of Orisha. However, the monarchy is vengeful and a civil war is drawing near. Zelie is pushed passed the breaking point while trying to bring the kingdom together and she might watch it tear apart instead.
What I liked? I want to say everything, but in truth some new characters rubbed me the wrong way at first. It didn't help that the narration in the audiobook is slightly different than the words printed in the published final hard cover edition. That being said, I loved everything else. Also, the characters that rubbed me the wrong way at first impression I warmed up to, and the audiobook is still amazing.
This book definitely doesn't fall into the slumpy sequel trope. The plot continued to flow at a quick pace. The characters were well developed. Nothing happened just to sink the reader into an end-game for the next book (though there is a painful cliffhanger that makes me immediately need book three). I'm genuinely shocked by events in this book and this will swifty be added to the pile of favorite sequels.
I have many spoilery things about the plot I want to hash out because Tomi did us dirty, but no one wins in war and this book shows you the devastation from both sides of war both brutally and honestly.
In short: I loved it.
What's it about? After the events of Children of Blood and Bone, Zelie and Amari work to unite the maji and put Amari on the throne of Orisha. However, the monarchy is vengeful and a civil war is drawing near. Zelie is pushed passed the breaking point while trying to bring the kingdom together and she might watch it tear apart instead.
What I liked? I want to say everything, but in truth some new characters rubbed me the wrong way at first. It didn't help that the narration in the audiobook is slightly different than the words printed in the published final hard cover edition. That being said, I loved everything else. Also, the characters that rubbed me the wrong way at first impression I warmed up to, and the audiobook is still amazing.
This book definitely doesn't fall into the slumpy sequel trope. The plot continued to flow at a quick pace. The characters were well developed. Nothing happened just to sink the reader into an end-game for the next book (though there is a painful cliffhanger that makes me immediately need book three). I'm genuinely shocked by events in this book and this will swifty be added to the pile of favorite sequels.
I have many spoilery things about the plot I want to hash out because Tomi did us dirty, but no one wins in war and this book shows you the devastation from both sides of war both brutally and honestly.
In short: I loved it.