A review by kteliza28
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book has fantastic plot points: A secret magic world hidden in plain sight with historical fiction ties. A POC lead on a mission to solve a great mystery, learning about herself and her ancestors struggles in a racially divided state while also dealing with present day racism as a young black woman.
There’s so much going on in this book that sometimes you can get a bit lost. There’s so much battle that sometimes the descriptions of the action in this ginormous world get a little scattered. Even still, the book was fantastic and I felt it fairly easy to follow the system of the magic world and the hierarchy.
The romance was light- very YA. Which left more focus on the issues at hand in the book, making it way more action packed and story driven than romance. Tons of twists and turns. A little chaotic and hard to follow/overdone at the end but overall a great read.

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