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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was so excited to read another book by Emezi and they totally delivered.
After having read PET and BITTER I had high hopes for another YA book by Emezi but made sure to go in totally blind.
It quite surprised me to see the jump from magical realism to fantasy but this book did it so well. The world is so rich of history and stories there was always something interesting to uncover. This uncovering of the lore of the world was something always a theme of this book up until the last moment when everything unravels. And gosh did this often blow me away with how awesome it was and pull me right in wanting to read more.
The main characters as a brother and sister was really fun. I loved how they were twins and had an incredibly close bond. When that bond starts to fray however I was so worried about them and hopeful that things would end up better at some point. This longing for them both to be together again was really strong throughout the whole book and kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to know if they might be fine on the next page.
I also really loved how the good and bad parts of family dynamics were shown in this book. There were feelings of still loving a family member even though they've harmed you, and the way others sometimes can totally fill that gap. But sometimes things get so bad there is no forgiving anymore and the characters were only left with grief. This hit me really hard and was written beautifully.
Concluding I'd recommend this book for everyone who likes fantasy with big world building and family relations.
I received an eARC and this was my honest opinion.
After having read PET and BITTER I had high hopes for another YA book by Emezi but made sure to go in totally blind.
It quite surprised me to see the jump from magical realism to fantasy but this book did it so well. The world is so rich of history and stories there was always something interesting to uncover. This uncovering of the lore of the world was something always a theme of this book up until the last moment when everything unravels. And gosh did this often blow me away with how awesome it was and pull me right in wanting to read more.
The main characters as a brother and sister was really fun. I loved how they were twins and had an incredibly close bond. When that bond starts to fray however I was so worried about them and hopeful that things would end up better at some point. This longing for them both to be together again was really strong throughout the whole book and kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to know if they might be fine on the next page.
I also really loved how the good and bad parts of family dynamics were shown in this book. There were feelings of still loving a family member even though they've harmed you, and the way others sometimes can totally fill that gap. But sometimes things get so bad there is no forgiving anymore and the characters were only left with grief. This hit me really hard and was written beautifully.
Concluding I'd recommend this book for everyone who likes fantasy with big world building and family relations.
I received an eARC and this was my honest opinion.