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A review by dame_samara
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
5.0
This book ignited something in me that I haven't felt since reading the Harry Potter series as a young child. I had a hard time putting it down to eat a meal, let alone play a board game with my partner. For the first time in years, I was sitting up at 3 am with a bedside lamp on reading because I had to know what would happen next. I was so invested in this story; I couldn't put it down.
This is a reimagining of The Story of King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. It's honestly nothing like I would have expected, especially reading other "retellings" of King Arthur before.
Tracy Deonn is a master at writing to ensure that you are engaged the entire time; I never felt that I was lingering on anything too long. The way each piece was incorporated is impressive.
This book covers so much ground that I feel like I can't talk about it without spoiling it.
If you're looking for queer representation, it is here and fabulous.
There isn't a lot of representation for people of color, but that heavily influences the story.
While it does suffer from inst-love, it's honestly adorable.
This book also touches on things like generational trauma and grief,
It's got action; it's got romance, it's got mystery. Why haven't you picked this up already?
My thoughts on very spoiler-filled parts of the book:
So getting into the nitty-gritty spoiler portions. To say I felt like Tracy Deonn cracked my head open and pulled out a large handful of the strings of thought that were going through my mind while reading this book would be an understatement.
From the moment that Bree thinks about the lack of diversity in The Order, my brain began churning because, in my mind, that was more than just a little bit suspicious.
Especially since time and time again, we hear The Order described as a Good ol' Boys club. It's hard to believe that not a single of those men didn't own slaves and do unspeakable things to those women.
Especially when we continually hear about the things they've done to purge the world, witch burnings are just among the many atrocities they committed over the years.
I thought this was just a line of thought that would just go unanswered, but INSTEAD, we end up jumping head first into every single branch of this thought process, starting with Lord Davis's absolute disgust of Bree and trickling down from there.
I felt so heard that this wasn't something that was just left hanging in the wind and that it was as important as it was.
Worries for moving ahead:
1. In reality, Bree was never really in love with Nick, and it was just their bond between Lancelot and Arthur all along.
2. Sel is going to end up playing the role of Guinevere. (While I'm all for gender-swapping seems like the same old stereotype bluh)
3. OR WORSE, a love triangle.
This is a reimagining of The Story of King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. It's honestly nothing like I would have expected, especially reading other "retellings" of King Arthur before.
Tracy Deonn is a master at writing to ensure that you are engaged the entire time; I never felt that I was lingering on anything too long. The way each piece was incorporated is impressive.
This book covers so much ground that I feel like I can't talk about it without spoiling it.
If you're looking for queer representation, it is here and fabulous.
There isn't a lot of representation for people of color, but that heavily influences the story.
While it does suffer from inst-love, it's honestly adorable.
This book also touches on things like generational trauma and grief,
It's got action; it's got romance, it's got mystery. Why haven't you picked this up already?
My thoughts on very spoiler-filled parts of the book:
Spoiler
So getting into the nitty-gritty spoiler portions. To say I felt like Tracy Deonn cracked my head open and pulled out a large handful of the strings of thought that were going through my mind while reading this book would be an understatement.
From the moment that Bree thinks about the lack of diversity in The Order, my brain began churning because, in my mind, that was more than just a little bit suspicious.
Especially since time and time again, we hear The Order described as a Good ol' Boys club. It's hard to believe that not a single of those men didn't own slaves and do unspeakable things to those women.
Especially when we continually hear about the things they've done to purge the world, witch burnings are just among the many atrocities they committed over the years.
I thought this was just a line of thought that would just go unanswered, but INSTEAD, we end up jumping head first into every single branch of this thought process, starting with Lord Davis's absolute disgust of Bree and trickling down from there.
I felt so heard that this wasn't something that was just left hanging in the wind and that it was as important as it was.
Worries for moving ahead:
Spoiler
1. In reality, Bree was never really in love with Nick, and it was just their bond between Lancelot and Arthur all along.
2. Sel is going to end up playing the role of Guinevere. (While I'm all for gender-swapping seems like the same old stereotype bluh)
3. OR WORSE, a love triangle.