Children of Virtue and Vengeance, by Tomi Adeyemi
MacMillan Audio - 2019
Fantasy
Legacy of Orisha Series
Audiobook
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
Fantasy
Legacy of Orisha Series
Audiobook
Narrated by Bahni Turpin
13 Hours, 27 Minutes
This book is a part of a YA series and will satisfy prompt #13 in my 20 For 2020 Reading Challenge. You can see the whole challenge HERE.
The battle for Orisha continues.
Unpopular opinion time. As much as was looking forward to this book, I ended up feeling somewhat disappointed by it. Don't get me wrong, the book was still enjoyable, but for me it just was not as well written as Children of Blood and Bone (you can read my review of that book HERE).
Magic has been restored to Orisha thanks to the efforts of Zelie and Amari. The magic that has been re-awakened in Orisha is not only in the diviners who had been oppressed by the Kosidan for so long, but also within the nobility whose ancestry included maji. Now both sides use magic against each other as they fight for control of the throne.
With magic on both sides of the battle now, the fight is somewhat more balanced - though the royal family does still have the military at their command. For me though, that may actually be part of the reason I did not enjoy it as much. Gone is that against-all-odds feel that was so very powerful in Children of Blood and Bone. Sure, with the military power factored in, Zelie and her crew are still underdogs, but the the difference of power between the two sides did narrow considerably.
Then there was the change in how I connected - or failed to connect with the characters in this book as compared to the first. I was fully invested in Zelie and Amari's stories and struggles in the first book, but found my interest in them waning during this one. Pride, stubbornness, and of course vengeance seem to take over each of these characters, overshadowing some of the better qualities that endeared them to me in the last book.
The final reason I felt a little disappointed with this book though, was that despite the fact that there was plenty of action, overall nothing has changed significantly in the story of Orisha due to the events in contained in this book and the plot does not seem to move forward significantly at all over the course of it. There is a surprising twist at the very end to segue into the third book in the series, but there is no apparent connection to anything that happened in the previous chapters to lend a cohesive feel to it.
As of this writing, there has been no official announcement of a release date or title for the next book in the Legacy of Orisha series.
Narration of this audiobook was performed by the ever brilliant Bahni Turpin who has an amazing range, providing for a variety of easily identifiable characters and full spectrum of emotions for each.
The battle for Orisha continues.
Unpopular opinion time. As much as was looking forward to this book, I ended up feeling somewhat disappointed by it. Don't get me wrong, the book was still enjoyable, but for me it just was not as well written as Children of Blood and Bone (you can read my review of that book HERE).
Magic has been restored to Orisha thanks to the efforts of Zelie and Amari. The magic that has been re-awakened in Orisha is not only in the diviners who had been oppressed by the Kosidan for so long, but also within the nobility whose ancestry included maji. Now both sides use magic against each other as they fight for control of the throne.
With magic on both sides of the battle now, the fight is somewhat more balanced - though the royal family does still have the military at their command. For me though, that may actually be part of the reason I did not enjoy it as much. Gone is that against-all-odds feel that was so very powerful in Children of Blood and Bone. Sure, with the military power factored in, Zelie and her crew are still underdogs, but the the difference of power between the two sides did narrow considerably.
Then there was the change in how I connected - or failed to connect with the characters in this book as compared to the first. I was fully invested in Zelie and Amari's stories and struggles in the first book, but found my interest in them waning during this one. Pride, stubbornness, and of course vengeance seem to take over each of these characters, overshadowing some of the better qualities that endeared them to me in the last book.
The final reason I felt a little disappointed with this book though, was that despite the fact that there was plenty of action, overall nothing has changed significantly in the story of Orisha due to the events in contained in this book and the plot does not seem to move forward significantly at all over the course of it. There is a surprising twist at the very end to segue into the third book in the series, but there is no apparent connection to anything that happened in the previous chapters to lend a cohesive feel to it.
As of this writing, there has been no official announcement of a release date or title for the next book in the Legacy of Orisha series.
Narration of this audiobook was performed by the ever brilliant Bahni Turpin who has an amazing range, providing for a variety of easily identifiable characters and full spectrum of emotions for each.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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