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Children of Virtue and Vengeance
- Legacy of Orisha, Book 2
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
*The spectacular sequel to Audie Award Audiobook of the Year Children of Blood and Bone*
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"Bahni Turpin exquisitely narrates the second book in this fantasy series, Legacy of Orïsha. Her steady pace and West African accent draw us into the story of Zélie, a Maji warrior, and Princess Amari—both of whom fight against a monarchy that threatens to destroy the people of Orïsha...A riveting audiobook!"—AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could’ve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.
With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: She must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times best-selling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first audiobook in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 15-07-21
sad sequel to a very good original
the original was great and it makes the contrast with this sequel only more problematic. The story is riddled with plot holes and illogical writing choices.
Somehow it felt very frustrating struggling through this second story. The author created characters who ignore all reason, and keep - time after time - reacting out of blind hatred.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Christer Saimon Perez
- 09-04-20
A decent sequel
Sequels mean double the risk. As a reader, I know that sequels are either hit or miss. There are book twos that fail to live up to the hype of the first book while there are seqs that definitely delivered the goods as much as the book one, or sometimes, better. That's why I did not set high expectations for CVV.
Aside from the fact that the release date has been moved to late 2019, one thing that made this book continuously bumped off as my next read is the fact that I never heard anything about this from the book community. Which made me feel less excited to start this - until the quarantine happened.
I started the Legacy of Orisha by rereading CBB by listening to an audiobook from Audible which refreshed my memory on what happened on the memorable 2018 debut. The fictional world of Orisha weaved with Tomi Adeyemi's magical interpretation of West African mythology was unputdownable. Zelie Adebola definitely carved a mark as a badass heroine in this trilogy and the amalgam of action, adventure, magic, and curveball perfectly made CBB a bestselling and noteworthy book.
But what happened after Zelie and her gang restored magic in Orisha? My first clue was right - chaos. CVV started with an impending war between the magic-backed majis and the royal blood protecting the throne.
With the explosion on CBB's ending that is Amari having white streaks in her hair which was developed in CVV as maji counterparts that has royal blood called titans, the descendants of late King Saran is still a huge boulder to overcome for the majis to achieve the freedom and peace in Orisha they've been dreaming since the Raid.
The war is somehow foreseeable since CBB ended but Tomi made CVV exciting with curveballs like new magic forces such as titans and centers. The Iyikas also made the storyline more interesting because I can't afford to have a whole book with Zelie not having any back up aside from her loyal gang from CBB.
Also, Roen is lovable in CVV. I'm not fully sure of his intention overall but he became the third side that made Zelie-Inan-Roen triangle better. Mari and Bimpe and introduction of clan elders also made the story more human in CVV.
But what is lacking in CVV? Direction. The storyline feels clueless in the first 100 pages until Zelie made her way to the Iyikas which made the experience somehow tedious because I am expecting for vengeance but the dish was not served until the last 150 pages or so.
I also felt like the characters were toyed in CVV. I'm not sure how to feel about Zelie, Amari, and Inan. All of them felt uncertain all throughout and I'm annoyed because I really ship Amari and Zelie since their unprecedented meeting in the marketplace in CBB. Also, I'm pretty sure Inan is better to be dead after the events in CBB. I hate how CVV developed him as a two-faced leader that was King Saran.
Last thing I don't like about CVV is how Queen Nehanda was strongly developed as a powerful nemesis but no action-packed clash between the Queen and Zelie transpired.
But the ending still made the last book (hopefully) something to watch out again. I'm just praying that Tomi will make book three impactful.
RATING: 3.5stars
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