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A review by brynn_books
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
4.0
*4.5 Stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
So, I loved this book!! I was afraid to read it because of how much it was hyped up last year and I chose to wait until some of the hype had died down until I read it. That and I’m just lazy and took forever to actually pick up a copy.
This is an epic fantasy that is literally any fantasy lovers dream. As someone who loves fantasy, I loved the magic system in this book and the whole world, how it worked was definitely my favorite thing about the book.
I also loved the characters. Zélie and Amari are so powerful and fierce and seeing their friendship grow from the start of the book to the end of the book was so beautiful. I loved seeing Amari stand up against her father and actually choose to help Zélie who her father hates.
I’m bad at critiquing books, but I think if I did critique this book, the one critique I would have, which is pretty minor, would be the romance between Zélie and Inan. I don’t know if anyone else felt this, but it felt a bit rushed. Like, I love the whole enemies-to-lovers trope which is what I think this relationship was supposed to be but I wish it was dragged out a little bit more. It felt like, they were enemies one day and then the very next day, they were having their first kiss and it was just like really fast. I don’t know. I wish it was dragged out throughout the whole book rather than just a few chapters of them fighting to kill each other and then ending up kissing.
But besides that, I love this book and I’m really excited for the sequel!!
So, I loved this book!! I was afraid to read it because of how much it was hyped up last year and I chose to wait until some of the hype had died down until I read it. That and I’m just lazy and took forever to actually pick up a copy.
This is an epic fantasy that is literally any fantasy lovers dream. As someone who loves fantasy, I loved the magic system in this book and the whole world, how it worked was definitely my favorite thing about the book.
I also loved the characters. Zélie and Amari are so powerful and fierce and seeing their friendship grow from the start of the book to the end of the book was so beautiful. I loved seeing Amari stand up against her father and actually choose to help Zélie who her father hates.
I’m bad at critiquing books, but I think if I did critique this book, the one critique I would have, which is pretty minor, would be the romance between Zélie and Inan. I don’t know if anyone else felt this, but it felt a bit rushed. Like, I love the whole enemies-to-lovers trope which is what I think this relationship was supposed to be but I wish it was dragged out a little bit more. It felt like, they were enemies one day and then the very next day, they were having their first kiss and it was just like really fast. I don’t know. I wish it was dragged out throughout the whole book rather than just a few chapters of them fighting to kill each other and then ending up kissing.
But besides that, I love this book and I’m really excited for the sequel!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Animal death, Slavery, Blood, Violence, and Racism