Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, 2)

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And instead of reflecting on the horror of her actions, all she thinks about is how Zélie could be a casualty as well (because she never returned from the village). But after a brief moment, she convinces herself that Zélie's death isn't her fault. I’m absolutely heartbroken about this book. After a year of anxiously waiting for this, I’m left feeling disappointed and empty after reading it. I am so disappointed by this book—so much so that it breaks my heart. I am emotionally spent so I want to keep this as short as possible without ranting. I adored Children of Blood and Bone so much that I gave it five stars. The only reason why this isn’t getting one-star from me is because it’s not a bad book and I don’t want it to come across like it is because I have respect for Tomi Adeyemi. Títí di òdí kejì.” Tzain bows his head, whispering the sacrament. I clench my teeth and do the same.

Wait!” Amari calls from behind. She sprints down the iron ramp of the warship that’s been our home since the sacred ritual. Her soaked, white tunic is a far cry from the ornate geles and gowns she wore when she was Orïsha’s princess. It clings to her oak brown skin as she meets us at the thrashing tides. Nope! I’ve never seen it. I want that very clear. I assume you got to the big decision she makes. Whenever I write these things, I try to write the real world thing to compare it to. So with book one, the argument of 'Do we need magic, or not magic?' I was like, Let’s pretend this is a nation without guns. And magic is a gun. Guns can’t do the ‘nice’ kind of magic, but what is the monarchy afraid of? This book was significantly shorter than its predecessor, but it took me longer to get through. It felt like simultaneously nothing was happening and we weren't given enough time to fully flesh things out. While I enjoyed some things, in retrospect I liked the concepts more than the execution. I love the idea of a magic school type of thing, but while reading it I was bored. Most of things I liked about this were remnants from what I enjoyed from the first one. I continued to love the world building and magic system, but mostly because of how it was developed and explained in COBAB. It kind of kept going with that — just that what I wanted became more magical.But subconsciously, what I wanted also became: Oh, in this, my fantasy, I can be white. Like, oh, I can have magic and I can be white; or I can, you know, shoot lightning out of my hands and I can be biracial. And it was like: It took a lot for me to become the type of person who could even write a story like Children of Blood and Bone.I didn’t like the way Zelie treated Amari, as if she wasn’t included. In the beginning Zelie was a damn bitch. But by the end Amari did kind of deserve some of that heat. Welcome to the land of doom aka Orïsha, where we all want to kill each other because happy endings are overrated! Who needs peace when you can have war? Oh yeah, and because we’re nice like that we’ll hand you lots of spoilers to deal with! Be prepared to be drowned in them. ;-P You keep pretending all you want is to kill my brother, but I saw the way you two looked at each other at Chândomblé. I know there’s more in your heart than rage!” I point at her chest. “If you want to lie to yourself about how you really feel, fine. But if you damn us to this warpath, you’re putting innocent lives on the line!” It’s been really cool because it’s with Disney/Fox and Lucas Films. It’s been three years and even though the team has shifted and grown, just to have so many people at the top of their game so passionate and excited and enthusiastic about bringing my world [to the screen], it’s ridiculous. I made that world up in my head, in my room, super sweaty, my hair looked like crazy, I was in my pajamas. I’m like, this is going to be that? It’s really wild.

Despite these flaws for me, the rest of the book was great. There is magic and battles, enemies and lovers, twists and turns and villains to hate. When we finally saw it, my small hand slipped out of Baba’s. My mouth fell open with awe. There was magic in that water. Children of Virtue and Vengeance , the highly anticipated second book in her Legacy of Orïsha YA fantasy trilogy, was published on December 3. I only asked for one thing when I joined this fight,” she cuts me off. “All I wanted was to end Inan.” You read that right. All throughout Children of Blood and Bone and even at the beginning of this sequel, Amari is built up to be this really admirable heroine with a heart of gold. Despite her upbringing as a noble, she is able to sympathize with the maji (thanks to the maji handmaiden whom she befriends) and defies her father by stealing the scroll that can restore magic. As we eat up the chapters of Children of Blood and Bone, we witness her grow an actual spine and a remarkable fierceness. By the end of the first book, we do want this girl as the next ruler of Orïsha.This was the most unnecessary love triangle I ever came across and I read so many books with unnecessary love triangles you have no idea. I mean seriously, what was the point of this?! We all know there’s no way Zélie and Inan will ever get together because they hate each other with a fierce passion. And that’s all the passion that will ever be between them. And after reading this book I can honestly say that Roën is way too good for Zélie. Just to think that he believes he isn’t good enough for her. Like excuse me: WHAT?! But you know: Having read so many love triangles I can already guess how this one might end: Zélie will get together with Inan despite all logic and Roën will most certainly die somehow. Because that is how you solve a love triangle like that. One person has to die. If anyone of you reads the third book please let me know with whom Zélie ends up with. I’d really love to hear about that one. *lol* Am I bitter about this love triangle, yes, yes I am. Zélie realizes that her newfound power is unstable, and this can be resolved by sacrificing someone she loves. So, she decides to take Amari's life. Marked by white streaks, the tîtáns appeared in the nobility and military after the ritual, displaying magic similar to one of the ten maji clans. But unlike us, their powers require no incantation to come forth. Like Inan, their raw abilities are quite strong.” Because I had nothing!” he yells at me. “I had no one. You’re going to win and you still have so many of the people you love! I don’t feel sorry for you. Stop feeling sorry for yourself!”