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

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I think I made myself clear. I waited too long, Readers, fans, lovers of fantasy, first book’s admirers, likers, reviewers, everyone waited TOO LONG. We got invested, we felt for this characters, their growing up, their challenges, their purpose, their fight, the feminist manifesto, unconventional, rebellious acts hid behind their actions! Amari is frustrated because (1) she holds no power over the Iyika, (2) she feels that no one properly appreciates her "sacrifice" aka her killing the father whom she hated, and (3) everyone likes Zélie more. She never seems to understand why everyone is distrustful and hostile to the daughter of the man who dedicated his life to killing them.

Sadly, Amari is no longer a favourite character of mine. I felt like her character was forced out of of character to drive a certain theme and storyline which was unrealistic for her. While I did appreciate the message her storyline conveyed and find it to be such a valuable and important discussion, it felt so off for Amari as a character my heart broke a little bit. It was rough. I was writing like crazy. There were a lot more voices than I’m used to. With this, I’m trying to bake the cake and it just went in the oven, and the publisher’s like, “Let’s put on the frosting.” And I’m like, “I guarantee this will give you salmonella. Please don't try my cake!” I put an unsustainable amount of pressure on myself, but the benefit of that is that I don't feel pressure from the outside world. What other people think is good is never good enough for me. Zélie was destroyed by all that had happened to her in the previous book. She felt like she had done enough and she wanted to run as far away as she could from everything. Gradually though she found her light in the other magi and it was nice seeing her open up again. My main concern was the degradation of her trust in Amari. Their friendship was one of my favourite parts of Children of Blood and Bone and suddenly in this book they seemed to turn on each other at every hurdle which was extremely out of character in my opinion. Why couldn't they just have a healthy, strong friendship?

If that original, unnamed manuscript was, as she calls it, her “MFA in publishing,” consider Blood and Boneher dissertation: “For that first book, I was working from a place of desperation. I wanted any agent and any deal,” she says. With Blood and Bone, desperation turned into intention. “Once I gave myself permission, I realized I didn’t want a bunch of people to say ‘yes.’ I wanted the right yes.” Adeyemi, Tomi, Children of virtue and vengeance, ISBN 978-1-250-30990-7, OCLC 1088662976 , retrieved 2021-08-21

You carry all of us in your heart. We shall live in every breath you take. Every incantation you speak.” Overall, I did like Children of Virtue and Vengeance. Some parts were stronger than the first book, some parts weren't and it might not have fully lived up to my expectations but it was still an enjoyable and diverse fantasy adventure with rich world building and I do want to read the final book in the trilogy to see how it all will end. Roën was legit THE ONLY voice of reason in this book! Honestly, even Mama Agba was such a disappointment. She saw everything that went wrong and didn’t do anything against it?! WTF?! Oh gosh, I loved Roën so much for giving Zélie a piece of his mind! And he was totally right: At first she goaded everyone into war and then she suddenly didn’t want to be a part of it anymore?! I think Roën was the only reason I read this book until the end, because he was the only sane and reasonable character among a flood of stupid and stubborn warmongers. I really wish we would have gotten so much more of him because he seemed to be the only character that was worth my reading time. The grief and grieving in this book was intense. I like that this book didn’t shy away from the deaths that happen in a time of war like this. And it didn’t shy away from how much this impacts the mental health of everyone involved. It did such a good job with that portrayal.I brace myself as the line of fire races down the rope’s oil-soaked cords, shooting toward Baba’s casket. My hand grips my chest the moment he goes up in flames. Reds and oranges blaze bright against the gray horizon. Children of Virtue and Vengeance begins with an unexpected twist. Though Zélie has restored magic to the oppressed people of Orïsha, the monarchy and military now have magical powers, too. Why was it important to you to show people who abuse their power gaining even more? Guilt cages me like a casket, trapping me in a tomb of my own mistakes. Maybe it’s a sign I don’t deserve to bury Baba. 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.

Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first audiobook in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. In 'Children Of Virtue And Vengeance,' Magic Has Returned. Now What?". NPR.org . Retrieved 2021-08-21. It’s been three years since I read “Children of Blood and Bone” and for some reason it doesn’t feel like it? XD I mean here I am starting with book two and I still remember the first book more than just vividly. Seriously, if I’d remember everything in my life as well as I remember books! *lol* a b " 'Children of Blood and Bone' Author Tomi Adeyemi on Her Epic Sequel". Time . Retrieved 2021-08-21. Upon seeing her brother stabbed, Amari kills her own father, and as he dies, she vows to become a better ruler.Amari is suddenly the worst character of this series (and no, I won't take any arguments about this). She goes from the headstrong princess who's determined to right her family's wrongs to a culturally insensitive brat who believes she's entitled to the throne!!! Though her work is “dark as hell,” it is often sanitized in comparison to the inhumanities she’s learned about in the real world. The concepts she broaches, however, are never dumbed down, one of the grievances she has of other books within the Y.A. category. She knows her readers are smart. They crave literature that they can see themselves reflected in. It’s one of the reasons they can’t put Adeyemi’s work down.