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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone Book Review  Rating:  ★  ★  ★  ★   ☆ (4 out of 5) This book was on my TBR list for the longest time. At first, I found it difficult to keep up with the book because of the length and the lore behind the story. However, once I was truly able to sit down and began to read the book, I was hooked! The book, inspired by West African mythology, takes place in the fictional land of Orisha. It features the perspectives of three characters, Inan, Zelie, and Amari. Although each character’s narratives are pretty distinctive, I thought that Amari’s chapters were often repetitive and unnecessary to the plot because she never really helped fight and mainly stuck by Zelie’s side.  I think this book would appeal to many young adult readers because there is a lot of action and many intense scenes, with the pacing of the book being relatively fast. There is also the enemies to lovers trope for people who enjoy reading that kind of romance. Ho...