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Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

33 reviews

sundayfever's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring fast-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? Yes

4.0

Took a while for me to get into it, but then I got attached to the characters and enjoyed the story. An engaging but light read. Great fantasy world based on pan-African mythology. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

lena_loves_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

The concept of this book sounded great and I was very exited going into it! 

When it started to drag after the first few chapters I was so disappointed and it put me in a bit of a slump. Halfway through, I thought about dnfing it but I pushed through. And suddenly Beats of Prey got a lot more interesting! All the life threatening situations and plot twists had my eyes glued to the pages. I'm really looking forward to thessequel now!

I loved Ekon as a character and the Pan-African inspired world was refreshing und interesting. 

-1.5 star deduction for being boring in the beginning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Violence

trippalli's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious fast-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

5.0

Amazing adventure with magic and love and murder and mehem but beauty and family and loyalty. I highly recommend. I can't wait for the rest of the trilogy to be published!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ali_k0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, and Violence

_savannahreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

4.75

Beasts of Prey is a Pan-African fantasy novel that brings you to a world of magic, beasts, warriors, myth, and the heat of the jungle.
  
When the Night Zoo goes up in flames, Koffi and her mum run away from their indentation at the zoo, if it wasn't for the mythological beast, the Shetani, Ekon, an upcoming warrior would have caught them. Instead Ekon realises Koffi can communicate with the Shetani.
  
When Ekon comes back empty-handed, his life as a warrior is over. He's determined to save his name by capturing the Shetani, that kills anything in its path. Ekon realises that he'll need Koffi to do this. 
  
Together they must make their way through the terrifying Greater Jungle filled with the unknown.
  
BoP is a fast paced novel which will draw you into the story. The only thing that annoyed me about this book, was that just as the chapter builds suspense, the next chapter starts and changes characters. Ayana, we NEED the next book now!!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was… a challenging read for me. I really only liked the last 150 pages or so but by the end I didn’t want it to be over. The way the author wrapped things up left so much up in the air for a possible book two and I just… ugh. For something that was so tough for me to get through I do wanna know what happens. The cause of the murders genuinely surprised me, as did a few other things, which was nice but too much of it wasn’t amazing for it to be a higher star rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tine9625's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

This is a fantastic Pan-African debut fantasy! We start off a little slow, but once the plot gets going, it really gets going! I absolutely loved the world-building in this book, especially after reading all of the author's influences at the end of the book. It was really fascinating, and the world was so lush and fully developed. And the characters! Ekon and Koffi had strong chemistry right off the bat, and I thoroughly enjoyed the way their relationship changed throughout.

Most of the plot follows a typical YA fantasy story, but the world-building and the characters definietley make up for it. I loved this from start fo finish!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Physical abuse and Death of parent