Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
First Published: September 15, 2020 by Simon Pulse
Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Retelling, Romance
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book Synopsis:
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.
Book Review:
Idk why I didn't read this before but this book is one of the promising series I've read. it's not only focus on the cliche YA fantasy genre but it also speaks on some real issues of society such as racism, gender criticism, trauma, oppression, culture, ancestry and dealing with grief (as a Therapist in real life it is rare for YA fantasy to tackle such topics, and I love how the MC deals with the lost of a parent.). This book is wholesome!
Will surely wait for the next book!
If you're into YA Fantasy, this book is highly recommended!
Fave quotes from the book:
"Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
"The most important thing you can do in this world, the most necessary thing, is to survive it. You can't do anything for anyone else if you don't take care of yourself first."
Some truths only tragedy can teach. The first one I learned is that when people acknowledge your pain, they want your pain to acknowledge them back. They need to witness it in real time, or else you're not doing your part."
>> Bloodmarked will be out on November 8, 2022
#Fantasy #YoungAdult #Fiction #Romance #UrbanFantasy #Magic
Goodreads Link: Legendborn
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