Series Review : Orisha Series by Tomi Adeyemi
Title : The Orisha Series
Author : Tomi Adeyemi
Genre : YA Fantasy
Quite a lot of new series have been coming up for past few years around the YA Fantasy genre and one series that has grabbed the attention of most readers is the Orisha series. With the third book in the trilogy yet to release, I finally picked up the first two books to understand the hype and excitement surrounding it. With December being the month when the second book finally releases, I gave it a shot by reading the first two back to back and here is my take on the same.
Review of Children of Blood and Bone:
The land of Orisha is divided into two clans - Maji and Kosidan. Eleven years prior to the incidents in the book, the maji clan lost all their powers and were ruthlessly murdered by the king. With only the diviners (maji who are yet to attain the power) who are now being hunted, the plot entirely revolves around Zelie who has suddenly come across a scroll that might bring magic back to land. The story follows the journey of Zelie, Amari and Tzain trying to bring back magic to the land chased by the ruler's son Inan who has been brought up with the notion that magic is set to destroy the land but apparently turns out to be a diviner who is yet to know his powers.
From what I have read about the book, it took the author almost 18 months to get the final draft and her work can be seen clearly with quite a lot of intricate details that has been put in the book. With immense world-building, one can easily relate to the characters as their character grows throughout the book. The concept of people afraid of magic or the hero/heroine trying to save the land isn't something that people haven't heard about, but what captured my interest within the book is that nowhere throughout the novel one would feel that the book is being dragged or has elements that has been put up in the novel unnecessarily. Would recommend picking this one up which would surely transport you to a whole new world you would surely root for.
My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨ (4.5 stars out of 5)
Review of Children of Virtue and Vengeance:
The story continues after the events of the first book where we apparently now find out that there is a third clan that has now come up. When Zelie used her book magic to bring magic back to magi, a lot of nobles had also acquired the same and were now termed as titans. Amari, who now moved back to Lagos is surprised when her claim to throne is opposed by none other than her own mother who is now a titan herself. The story progresses ahead with the majis trying to unite themselves to fight against the titan and we see quite a lot of twists and turns leading to another cliffhanger paving way for the next book.
As I mentioned earlier, I started this book on a pretty high spirits since I loved the first book but then there were more lows than highs as the book progressed. The first book gets you attached to a lot of characters primarily Zelie, Amari, Tzain and Inan but this one focuses mainly on the two female leads sidelining the other two characters. The book did have a lot of twists and turns but for someone who has been a fan of dramas and movies, most of these twists were so predictable that you could see it coming from 50 pages ahead which kinda killed the spirit of the book. What turned out to quite a high with the first book, this book turned out to be something that had a lot of expectations but fell flat. Maybe the author got carried away with the response she received with the first book but the amount of detailing that made me loved the first book, was so casually thrown around here that it was at times pretty disappointing.
Author : Tomi Adeyemi
Genre : YA Fantasy
Quite a lot of new series have been coming up for past few years around the YA Fantasy genre and one series that has grabbed the attention of most readers is the Orisha series. With the third book in the trilogy yet to release, I finally picked up the first two books to understand the hype and excitement surrounding it. With December being the month when the second book finally releases, I gave it a shot by reading the first two back to back and here is my take on the same.
Review of Children of Blood and Bone:
The land of Orisha is divided into two clans - Maji and Kosidan. Eleven years prior to the incidents in the book, the maji clan lost all their powers and were ruthlessly murdered by the king. With only the diviners (maji who are yet to attain the power) who are now being hunted, the plot entirely revolves around Zelie who has suddenly come across a scroll that might bring magic back to land. The story follows the journey of Zelie, Amari and Tzain trying to bring back magic to the land chased by the ruler's son Inan who has been brought up with the notion that magic is set to destroy the land but apparently turns out to be a diviner who is yet to know his powers.From what I have read about the book, it took the author almost 18 months to get the final draft and her work can be seen clearly with quite a lot of intricate details that has been put in the book. With immense world-building, one can easily relate to the characters as their character grows throughout the book. The concept of people afraid of magic or the hero/heroine trying to save the land isn't something that people haven't heard about, but what captured my interest within the book is that nowhere throughout the novel one would feel that the book is being dragged or has elements that has been put up in the novel unnecessarily. Would recommend picking this one up which would surely transport you to a whole new world you would surely root for.
My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨ (4.5 stars out of 5)
Review of Children of Virtue and Vengeance:The story continues after the events of the first book where we apparently now find out that there is a third clan that has now come up. When Zelie used her book magic to bring magic back to magi, a lot of nobles had also acquired the same and were now termed as titans. Amari, who now moved back to Lagos is surprised when her claim to throne is opposed by none other than her own mother who is now a titan herself. The story progresses ahead with the majis trying to unite themselves to fight against the titan and we see quite a lot of twists and turns leading to another cliffhanger paving way for the next book.
As I mentioned earlier, I started this book on a pretty high spirits since I loved the first book but then there were more lows than highs as the book progressed. The first book gets you attached to a lot of characters primarily Zelie, Amari, Tzain and Inan but this one focuses mainly on the two female leads sidelining the other two characters. The book did have a lot of twists and turns but for someone who has been a fan of dramas and movies, most of these twists were so predictable that you could see it coming from 50 pages ahead which kinda killed the spirit of the book. What turned out to quite a high with the first book, this book turned out to be something that had a lot of expectations but fell flat. Maybe the author got carried away with the response she received with the first book but the amount of detailing that made me loved the first book, was so casually thrown around here that it was at times pretty disappointing.
My Rating - 🌟🌟🌟 (3 out of 5 stars)
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