Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi · first published 2017
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Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
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…your political horizons a bit (if you're liberal), then this is a good read. Full disclosure, I haven't finished yet, but mostly done and it has at least helped me understand his thinking a bit more. Children of Blood and Bone: Really good and gripping. Listened to the audiobook of this one and it keeps you on your toes.
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗…here is Goodreads readers' choice winners: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2018 Overlapping books look to be: - Circe - The Kiss Quotient - Educated - Cravings: Hungry For More - Children Of Blood And Bone
on “NPR‘s Best Books of 2018” ↗> Children of Blood and Bone: Really good and gripping. Listened to the audiobook of this one and it keeps you on your toes. The most-liked review on the Goodreads page said to avoid this book like the plague. What makes this so…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗