A review by aquietglow
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
4.0
This is a beautiful book. The imagery, the connections made to current events and our own history, it's all so rich.
I liked it a lot and am eagerly awaiting the next one. I was surprised at how quickly things moved! I thought for such a series, things would take longer, be more drawn out. The world is so big and the challenges the characters face are so compelling and huge, it's exciting!
I think that my expectations were too high and I wasn't quite immersed in it the way I expected to be. The characters are wonderful and I love them and want to protect and help them, but some of the wavering that goes on is incredibly frustrating. (I own that as a personal thing; characters are allowed to have flaws and doubts, it's realistic, etc, it just really got to me.) I can see how these characteristics could be built upon in the coming books and I have high hopes!
I liked it a lot and am eagerly awaiting the next one. I was surprised at how quickly things moved! I thought for such a series, things would take longer, be more drawn out. The world is so big and the challenges the characters face are so compelling and huge, it's exciting!
I think that my expectations were too high and I wasn't quite immersed in it the way I expected to be. The characters are wonderful and I love them and want to protect and help them, but some of the wavering that goes on is incredibly frustrating. (I own that as a personal thing; characters are allowed to have flaws and doubts, it's realistic, etc, it just really got to me.) I can see how these characteristics could be built upon in the coming books and I have high hopes!