A review by 16nnovs
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

2.0

oh wow, okay so i absolutely adored children of blood and bone and i damn near recommended it to every person i know, but i'm sad to say that i was really disappointed by this book :( i loved zelie and amari in book 1, but this book just made me despise them. there were so many contradictions in their characters, and to be honest, they just pissed me off. these character conflicts added nothing to the already repetitive and stagnant storyline. amari, the princess who fights for peace, committing a literal crime against humanity. zelie was just annoying; idk, her mood swings towards amari and roen were hard to read, and her chapters were quite redundant. inan, who i sympathized with so much in book 1, took till the end of the book to make some noise? like NOW you wanna stand up against your mom when you find out she killed innocents in the past?? LIKE SHE ISN'T DOING THAT NOW???? zelie’s brother, i don't even remember his name, was a non-factor. he made no noise for me; he was just a background character, and i feel like tomi did nothing for him in this book. i had such high hopes for this book, and i was just disappointed. the book starts to come around in the end, and that ending just PISSED ME OFF!!!!!!!! zelie waking up at the bottom of a ship in the middle of the ocean in extremely dirty conditions, and it's packed with other people. what are you trying to reference here????i'm not against those types of themes in books, but it just came out of nowhere and threw me for a loop. edit: i loved mama agba