![]() ![]() ![]() Since I do enjoy a good thriller and a touch of horror, I felt I would be able to handle the violence in the book. Deborah Falaye did give a trigger warning at the beginning of the book, which I appreciated because it prepared me for what I was about to read. ![]() Unfortunately, while it had a lot to love, the novel was just too violent for me. It seemed to have everything I would love – African mythology, magic, a fight against oppression, a strong Black lead, etc. Review: This is a hard review to write because I really wanted to like Deborah Falaye’s debut novel. Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she abhors. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within. Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. I will be the worst monster they ever created.įifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will-she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. ![]()
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