Children of Anguish and Anarchy

, #3

Hardcover, 368 pages

English language

Published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.

ISBN:
978-1-4328-7257-1
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4 stars (3 reviews)

Brace for the storm of the earth-shaking finale to Tomi Adeyemi’s #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series. New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart. When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy finally fell. The maji rose again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffick her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland. But everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. The ruler of the Skulls, Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in foreign lands. But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It …

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reviewed Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)

A Rollercoaster of Events

5 stars

This book is a rollercoaster of emotions, a symphony of storytelling that left my heart pounding and a little exhausted.

Zélie is a force to be reckoned with. The story begins where the previous one left off: Zélie is imprisoned with other Orïshans on a ship sailing for a foreign land, and she’s been crowned with Magicite embedded into her skull. We learn, “the skulls” are looking for a diviner who can serve in a ritual for King Baldyr.

The world-building is simply breathtaking. Adeyemi paints a vivid picture of Orïsha and Gaia, a country introduced in this novel. Like the diviners, the powers of the Gaian’s is connected to their land.

The plot twists and turns like a river, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Just when you think you know what's going to happen, Adeyemi throws a curveball that leaves you reeling. And the ending? Well, …

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