A review by jimmothy
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
5.0
I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of female characters and inter-female relationships. While the two main girls don‘t have a good relationship in the beginning they do bond over the time and become friends. It‘s nice to see a friendship grow and not be the instant „ugh i hate her“ or „i‘ve known her for one second and i decided she is my new best friend“.
While the story did it‘s fair share of tropes, I didn‘t feel like the entire plot was predictable. The „magic ceremony that only happens once every hundred years and we only have a month left“ bit was very trope but it did it‘s job in raising the stakes and making the journey desperate so I don‘t see a big reason to complain. The magic system was pretty cool as well.
While the main villain of the story - king of the country- seemed like a Evil McEvil kind of character at first, he did have an actual motive which was nice. Like ofc, he‘s a piece of shit but I can see that if someone took the wrong turns in certain key events in their life would end up there. Didn‘t excuse his actions but made him believable as a villain.
The tragic sad boy of the book is the forever tortured Inan who is a bit of a mash up of What‘s-his-face from We hunt the Flame and That-other-dude from Six of Crows. Man, I wish I remembered those fools names. He likes a girl he‘s supposed to hate and he needs his dad‘s approval and will do everything to keep his favor. At one point I felt a bit of whiplash of how often Inan changed sides but he had more of a spine than other tragic-sad-boys so I give him that. Despite me being lowkey annoyed at Inan half the time, I had a heck of a time reading.
While the story did it‘s fair share of tropes, I didn‘t feel like the entire plot was predictable. The „magic ceremony that only happens once every hundred years and we only have a month left“ bit was very trope but it did it‘s job in raising the stakes and making the journey desperate so I don‘t see a big reason to complain. The magic system was pretty cool as well.
While the main villain of the story - king of the country- seemed like a Evil McEvil kind of character at first, he did have an actual motive which was nice. Like ofc, he‘s a piece of shit but I can see that if someone took the wrong turns in certain key events in their life would end up there. Didn‘t excuse his actions but made him believable as a villain.
The tragic sad boy of the book is the forever tortured Inan who is a bit of a mash up of What‘s-his-face from We hunt the Flame and That-other-dude from Six of Crows. Man, I wish I remembered those fools names. He likes a girl he‘s supposed to hate and he needs his dad‘s approval and will do everything to keep his favor. At one point I felt a bit of whiplash of how often Inan changed sides but he had more of a spine than other tragic-sad-boys so I give him that. Despite me being lowkey annoyed at Inan half the time, I had a heck of a time reading.