A review by crystalbeth
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

challenging
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is 3.5 star. 
Hear me out, I just finished and I'm all over the place with this. 
 The story of this series itself, I love.
 This book, was wild and not in a great way but I did like it and will keep reading ! 
To add: Trigger warnings for war crime and at the very least, slave/selling slave insinuation. 
Pros: 
 I like how we got more lore about the Maji and information about the magic. 
 I liked finding out what happened after the end of book 1.
 Much to the argument of others, I still love Zélie as a character, shes flawed, emotional, irrational but so caring and gives her all to save people even when she could die. 
Cons:
 The plot between inbetween the start and end 15%.. where?
 This book was character driven, which isn't a bad thing except book 1 was plot driven and some character interactions were pointless.
 The pacing was worse than the first book which made some parts boring.
 Also I hate HATE like every other character. Amira and Inan made me mad enough to want to throw the book. Not a fan of Roën either and he's been giving me sus vibes for ages. 
I will however be reading the next book! 
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