A review by aaopre
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Did not finish book. Stopped at 71%.
This book had a really enjoyable beginning.

The world building was pretty in-depth, as well as the magic system. The exposition wasn't too much or too little. Nor was the magic system difficult to understand. The main character, Zelie, is also well crafted. Her past does not leave her but considering what happened, how could it?

Now, when Amari is introduced I'm not a fan of her character, even when I stopped I wasn't. Did her character grow? Yes! Was it at the expense of many lives... also yes.
I just didn't like how it took Binta, her divîner servant and best friend, to be killed for using magic to get her to act. I wondered, if Binta wasn't killed, would she still do all this? Or would she continue to roam the castle.
I understand that it isn't Amari's fault divîners/maji are punished but I didn't like how it took that incident to make her realize how wrong everything is.

And Inan.... I never liked Inan, even with his "growth" he annoyed me.
him being maji was surprising, but near the book when the crew enter the Gombe forest I was surprised how adamant he was to come along with them. Like he wasn't calling for the genocide of all maji but now he has a change of heart because he saw the main characters mom get brutally killed, wow good for you Inan! the hundred of other maji lives weren't enough to move him but now it does because he likes Zelie....
anyway...

This book wasn't for me but I'm sure other people will like it, especially if you love magic and good fantasy worldbuilding.
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