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A review by medusakai
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
2.0
2.5 ⭐️
I’m so sad. I so badly wanted to love this book after adoring the others. But it just fell short for me. It felt as those this book was completely different from the series. The conflicts that arose in the first two books were set aside for a completely new enemy that was never mentioned in the first of the series. I think this book would have been absolutely incredible as an additional book but it missed the mark as the final book in the trilogy.
Zelie
I think she had absolutely spectacular character growth in this book. She fought with the might of the gods to defeat all that came for her and those she loved. Her renewed powers as well as her new powers brought her the strength she’d always dreamed of wielding. And yet she still fought with her soul and her love before she fought with the magic swirling in her veins. Her willingness to forgive those her hurt her in the face of war was admirable.
Inan & Amari
The siblings also had such wonderful growth in this final book. They fought with the force of every cruel monarch that came before them but with the heart of the maji. They realized where they went wrong and even knowing they couldn’t fix it, fought alongside the maji. They both faced incredible hardships in this book as well. But Amari found the warmth of a new love and Inan met the cool brush of death.
The characters single handedly kept me fighting through this book. The heart break and agony to the laughter and hugs. It was so warming to see all the relationships from the previous books come together. Now, while I absolutely adore Amari & Mae’e I so wish that Roen hadn’t been completely written out of this book. We ended Children of Virtue & Vengeance with a blossoming relationship between Zelie and Roen but in this book Roen is barely mentioned.
While the character growth was a welcome read, this book was too much information packed into a very small finale. A new enemy, new war, new power, an entirely new land and people, and so much more was introduced into this book and while it was all written beautifully it was too much to contain the final book in a series. I would have loved to see this book get the justice it deserves but it truly was too many new things in one jam packed finale.
I’m so sad. I so badly wanted to love this book after adoring the others. But it just fell short for me. It felt as those this book was completely different from the series. The conflicts that arose in the first two books were set aside for a completely new enemy that was never mentioned in the first of the series. I think this book would have been absolutely incredible as an additional book but it missed the mark as the final book in the trilogy.
Zelie
I think she had absolutely spectacular character growth in this book. She fought with the might of the gods to defeat all that came for her and those she loved. Her renewed powers as well as her new powers brought her the strength she’d always dreamed of wielding. And yet she still fought with her soul and her love before she fought with the magic swirling in her veins. Her willingness to forgive those her hurt her in the face of war was admirable.
Inan & Amari
The siblings also had such wonderful growth in this final book. They fought with the force of every cruel monarch that came before them but with the heart of the maji. They realized where they went wrong and even knowing they couldn’t fix it, fought alongside the maji. They both faced incredible hardships in this book as well. But Amari found the warmth of a new love and Inan met the cool brush of death.
The characters single handedly kept me fighting through this book. The heart break and agony to the laughter and hugs. It was so warming to see all the relationships from the previous books come together. Now, while I absolutely adore Amari & Mae’e I so wish that Roen hadn’t been completely written out of this book. We ended Children of Virtue & Vengeance with a blossoming relationship between Zelie and Roen but in this book Roen is barely mentioned.
While the character growth was a welcome read, this book was too much information packed into a very small finale. A new enemy, new war, new power, an entirely new land and people, and so much more was introduced into this book and while it was all written beautifully it was too much to contain the final book in a series. I would have loved to see this book get the justice it deserves but it truly was too many new things in one jam packed finale.