A review by zanderthenerd
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

ok I've got a lot of thoughts on this book. generally, I liked it. you don't see much done with welsh/British folklore so I enjoyed seeing my heritage represented. there was a lot of representation and it wasn't forced and I really liked Brie as a character. she could be a bit a whiny but I feel like she had a good excuse to be. while she suffered from "main character syndrome" in some areas and scenes i genuinely found myself routing for her which doesn't happen in many books for me lol. 

now. the less good things. I don't have many but the things I found issues with were pretty large. her whole... relationship with nick was extremely insta-love-y nd I just didn't like that. on top of that
when Sel finally believes Brie isn't shadowborn they're just besties???despite how he essentially bullied, straight up harassed her AND threating her lite purely on a gut feeling. ON TOP OF THAT the final scene fucking killed me but not in a good way. when Sel calls Brie Cariad? that means love in Welsh. what the fuck. they had 0 chemistry or even really liked each other. at least nick was sweet nd a nice person, sel was just another morally grey dude who was last minute shoved in as a love interest. 


I also had a lot of problems with all the twists? they mostly came out of nowhere and just seemed to be thrown in for shock factor. the "big twist" made zero sense. this book could have (and should have) finished around the 350 pages mark, because after that it was just all down hill and I really did not enjoy it at all.
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