Language: R (41 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Yenni Ajani (18yo) has a duty to her tribe as one of the chieftain’s daughters, including marrying to strengthen alliances. But Yenni’s father is sick, and nothing they do helps. Yenni appeals to the Sha and is granted Orire N’jem, a year-long journey, to dedicate herself to learn the magic of Cresh, hoping to discover a cure for her father – but the gods have other plans.
Taylor introduces a new world with clashing cultures and forms of magic; I enjoyed the worldbuilding as much as I enjoyed the story. There were a couple points that felt like they were unrealistically overlooked by the characters, though it’s possible they could be purposeful loose ends to be addressed in a potential sequel. Overall, the book is entertaining, with adventure, magical spells and battles, family struggles, romance, and more.
Yenni is depicted as Black on the cover, and her people are also described that way. When Yenni travels to Cresh, she observes people with skins of many hues, including sandy, golden brown, pale, blue, green, and more. Weysh is described as having dark skin, though not as dark as Yenni’s. The mature content rating is for alcohol use, illegal activity, innuendo, mentions of rape, partial nudity, and implied sex. The violence rating is for fantasy fighting and blood.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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