_shannara_ 's review for:

A Song of Legends Lost by M.H. Ayinde

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Complicated

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This debut novel is a rich African inspired epic fantasy with some sci-fi twists.  It follows five POV characters as their paths twist and tangle in unimaginable ways. Both the world and the characters were so well developed that you couldn’t help but be sucked into the story. 

I really loved that this was a queer normative world and that there was a wider variety of representation than gay and lesbian. I also loved the diversity of the POV characters, they represent various genders, ages, regions, social classes, and motivations. The class conflict between the rulers, warriors, and commoners also adds an additional layer of complexity to the story

This book is perfect for those that like emotionally charged stories, epic cinematic battles, and mysterious not cats. I know I can’t wait for the sequel because there is clearly still so much more of this story to discover.