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

Tomi has done it again! I chose the audio book to hear the accents and fully immerse myself in the world she builds and fully see the dynamic views of the lands. This book, in a memorable way and truly effortlessly, continued to build upon the world of book 1. The characters grew and continued to evolve in their thinking and actions while at times still found accepting changed behaviors or cognitions difficult (like any human and especially ones their age). Tomi did an amazing job of allowing the reader to feel the entire weight of the many decisions the characters faced in this book with so many reminders of their youth. Her use of language was creatively and uniquely a driving force in the greatness of this story. The plots were well written and filled. The pacing was just right with it changing throughout to match the building story line. The ending, ohhh the ending…. Not going to recover and starting the next book because my heart can’t sit with it, I must know what comes next.

Book two was just as amazing as book 1. I honestly wished it was at least 4 more books. I can’t wait to read book 3.

Very engaging read. It has good action that, occasionally, muddles the clarity of the text. The characters are once again great; they will make you hate them, love them, get sad over them, root for them, and everything in-between.

Another epic story. I believe this story was better than the first, more action. I just want Inan and Zelle to be together. The ending of course leaves you guessing what’s next? Can’t wait to see how it all ends.

Disclaimer: I bought this book! Support your authors! Book: Children of Virtue and Vengeance Author: Tomi Adeyemi Book Series: The Legacy of Orisha Book 2 Rating: 5/5 Diversity: ownvoice Black characters! Recommended For...: ya fantasy, high fantasy, magic, ownvoice Publication Date: December 3, 2019 Genre: YA Fantasy Recommended Age: 16+ (language, violence, gore, sexual content, depression TW, grief TW, racism in context of magic, religious persecution, and some eugenics imagery) Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Pages: 404 Synopsis: 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. Review: I really loved this book! It was a great action packed sequel to the first book. The book kept the same themes of using prejudice and racism in terms of magic, but in this book we got more of Amari’s story and we saw how a well meaning person can still make mistakes and hurt a culture rather than help it and it showed, in terms of magic again, systematic racism and how that can look through two different perspectives. There was also great writing around grief processing, depression, eugenics imagery, religious persecution, and slavery imagery. The characters were well developed and I loved seeing Zelie get closer to Roen. The pacing was also very even and the book kept me hooked from beginning to end. The only things that I didn’t like as much were that I thought the world building could have been better and that the beginning is confusing. When you don’t read the books back to back, it gets a little hard to remember all of the details. Thank goodness for wiki or else I would have been so lost. Verdict: A great read! Definitely recommend this series!

Delivery was great. I’ll update once I read the novel!

This book should speak to every child soul if they have one and give hope to see such character and magic all in one series

Love this book. I have less than 100 pages left before I’m done. Zelie is really starting to piss me off. I don’t think I like her at all. Her attitude is the worse. She’s so childish but I guess that’s given since she’s still basically is. Everyone around her seems to be way more mature. Even characters half her age. She’s to immature to be in this war. I already ordered the third book. I’m so invested.

I really enjoyed CVV as much as CBB. The writing is compelling and the story is un predictable. I love the POVs in the book but I wish there was a couple chapters with Roen POV as well. I would like to have heard from his side how he sees this saga. The story focuses on corruption of power, the complexity and emotional struggles of the main characters as they have grown. I find that this book has Amari more in the forefront. She’s my favorite character with the most character development. I loved how she grew in CBB and I really appreciate her in this book. As she deals with what they have gone through and in her struggle to correct what her family has done, she looses her way yet she tries to do the right thing. To me she was the most relatable character. Zelie the Chosen One is more vulnerable as she tries to deal with everything and even though she comes out stronger in the end her vulnerability is so heart wrenchingly realistic. Inan and Tzain also grow as they go through their own struggles. I still have hope that Inan and Zelie will have some sort of relationship in the end even if it’s not romantic. I really like that Roen is back in the sequel. As I mentioned earlier that I love the POVs in the book but I wish there was a couple chapters with his POV because I would have liked to hear from his side what he thinks of this Saga. Though I like how the relationship between him and Zelie blossoms, however I really don’t want them to end up together. It’s just soooo cliche. One of the new characters I fell in love with in this book was Mazeli. He always brought smiles to my face. In the end I really enjoyed this book as it was unpredictable. I love the cliffhanger ending- The epilogue is EPIC and I can’t wait to read the 3rd book.

Siempre quise tener este libro en mis manos. Me encanta que la pasta sea dura, me ayuda a proteger el libro mejor. Y que esté en inglés me encanta porque así puedo adquirir más vocabulario y seguir aprendiendo. En cuanto a la historia... 🤭 Léanlo, no se van a arrepentir.

One of the most wonderful and compelling fantasy book of the last century

The story is highly interesting but thought provoking. Despite being a fictional story it is relevant to the current situation of human nature.

É um livro fácil de ler, que realmente capta a tua atenção. Obrigada.