The title of this blog is not an attempt at attention seeking, this is really not a book review.

I just finished reading Toni Adeyemi’s book, it took me two weeks of not being able to put it down, days of throwing my kindle on my bed exasperated by the story and the very complex characters and moments of screaming and cheering hopeful that there are no more barriers to the trio fulfilling their mission. What I am saying is, I finished Children of Blood and Bone the book tore me apart.

It was hard for me to get behind a protagonist who was so impulsive, who acted with so much unapologetic rage (which I respected) and at the same time was so unsure of herself so much of the time when I needed certainty from her.

Amari and Tzain kept me in the book, they were the anchors and the voice of reason when Zelie was too much for me to handle. They reminded me of our mission (our because I really got involved) and I really connected to Tzain with his “first born” baggage – I was right there with him screaming “WOW LITTLE SIBLINGS, AM I RIGHT?”

Then there was the issue of Zelie’s love interest that angered me and left me so uninterested in the story because I’m just not a fan of romance being thrown into big world changing event. Like the world is ending, where are you finding time to kiss?

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I enjoyed (most times) stanning for Zelie, especially when her rage came through the pages. It made me think: “sometimes not so soft, sometimes not so sweet, sometimes not so small – sometimes rage, rage, fucken rage!”

This morning first thing I did was get the second book. Ready to dive in.