#zelie adebola

[chardwic]

Every Book/Series I’ve Ever Read: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

"We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue."

#children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #yalitedit #legacy of orïsha #zelie adebola #ya lit meme #young adult lit #booksociety #*mine

[lottiesoka]

they’re in love your honor

#children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #amari x zelie #zelie adebola #amari #my art

[teanderthalrex]

Children of Anguish and Anarchy Update

***Spoilers***

Okay. I'm halfway through caa and first things first, yes, there is a vague slave trade angle to the first quarter of this book. I personally don't know how to feel about it. I know that one of the criticisms of african-based fantasy stories is consistently falling back on historical trauma and grief, but I'll leave that up to others to interpret since its not really something I can speak on in depth. All I will say is that I believe the purpose of the Magic-Vikings-Kidnap-Chain-Torture-and-Starve-Magi plotline is to create a common enemy under which the whole of Orisha can unite while expanding the world. And that I wish Tomi Adeyemi had gone a more creative and fresh route when introducing us to this enemy, and not taken so much inspiration from real-world events.

Secondly, YES. We DO get to see Orisha again. Pretty much right at the end of part two and into part three we are back in Orisha and we get to see all that has been happening since the end of book two. I was worried for a second that the majority of this book was going to be outside of Orisha, and we would have to wait until the last moment to see what has been happening there since the main cast was kidnapped.

Lastly, I'm not too keen on the way they are throwing aside all the things that Amari did in book two. Zelie and Amari haven't really talked about any of what happened and yet it feels like Zelie has completely forgiven her. I also don't know that Amari has earned any kind of redemption in the eyes of us readers. I know she certainly hasn't from me. But I'm only halfway through and there is still time for that. I would really like to see Amari grow as a character from where she left off in book two.

#caa #children of anguish and anarchy #coaoa #zélie adebola #zelie adebola

[queen-shiba]

Zelie Adebola

One big ass bag of mixed signals

Also where the hell did Nailah go?

#cobab #children of blood and bone #children of virtue and vengeance #zelie adebola

[vvisdomsdaughter]

⭒˚⭒✎⭒˚⭒ Welcome, ANNABETH CHASE. We are pleased to offer you acceptance as a [sophomore] at MARIPOSA BAY UNIVERSITY. Your classmates might recognize you as ANNABETH from PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS. We hear that you're a [20] year old cisfemale (she/her), who looks a lot like ⭒MADISON ISEMAN⭒ and hails from Virginia. We see that you're majoring in ARCHITECTURE and working as a barista at Bombilo's Coffee Shop. From your application, it's clear that you have that wise girl, Yankees cap, deadly pride, Drakon bone sword vibe, which are qualities we value here. While you settle into your dorm, you can meet your roommate, ZELIE ADEBOLA. Congratulations, and best of luck with your studies! ⭒˚⭒✎⭒˚⭒

#bio #college!verse

[yarnreader]

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (12/14/20)

Zelie Adebola has suffered so much pain for such a young woman. She witnessed the murder of her mother and the other maji in her village when the Raid happened. Her, her father, and her brother struggle to pay the high taxes to the crown while trying to stay alive. Ever since the Raid magic has disappeared and the Gods seem to be gone as well. But when Zelie is roped into helping a fugitive escape from the royal guard, she finds herself on a mission to bring back magic to her people. Genre: Young adult, fantasyYear published: 2018Format: Kindle bookMy star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was a re-read for me and I still loved this book just as much as the first read-through. I loved watching Zelie grow into the strong woman and maji that she was truly meant to be. I loved all of the characters so much. They were written so well, I was cheering everyone on. The writing had me hooked from the first chapter. 

#book review

[granny-weatherwax]

Does anyone know if Tzain was with Zelie at the end of CoV&V? We know Amari was and id be absolutely heartbroken if the ship was only magic-users and Tzain and Zelie were separated

#children of virtue and vengeance #cobab #cob&b #zelie adebola #tzain adebola #amari olubori #seriously i wonder if Roen wasnt part of a plot to kidnap the magi #like he obviously bailed bc he loves zelie #but that convo with the cigar?

[unreachedgalaxy]

I just finished reading Children of Blood and Bone and there’s not NEARLY enough fanart! So here’s my take on Zélie and Amari. I’m so excited to finish this series :)

#books #children of blood and bone #ownvoices #zelie adebola #amari olubori #tomi adeyemi #ya fiction #bookblr

[geekcavepodcast]

“Children of Blood and Bone” Rights Picked Up by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures has bought the film rights to Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone trilogy. Adeyemi is penning the script and will also serve as an executive producer on the film. Producers also include Temple Hill Entertainment’s Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen and Sunswept Entertainment’s Karen Rosenfelt.

Orïsha was a magical land before a ruthless king ordered all maji killed. Zélie Adebola’s Reaper mother was one of the murdered. But now Zélie has a chance to bring back the magic and strike against the monarchy. Zélie is aided on her quest by a rogue princess. She must stay one step ahead of the crown prince, however, who is obsessed with eradicating magic for good. The greatest danger, though, may be Zélie herself and her growing powers...and growing feelings for an enemy.

Deadline broke the news.

(Image -Cover of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone novel)

#children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #paramount pictures #temple hill entertainment #sunswept entertainment #zelie adebola #TGCLiz

[ssmoki]

#children of blood and bone #zelie adebola #my art #this is actually getting notes ?? PEOPLE READ THIS BOOK ?? 👁👁

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Amari really equates Inan betraying, personally, her AND Zélie, FOLLOWING a hate crime that he saw happen to Zélie, looking at all that evidence that his side was wrong and still deciding to hurt somebody he allegedly loved in the worse way he could think of and try to ruin her chances of freeing her people from a ruler that he admitted wasn't right, with "the boy who broke her heart."

That's how you read the oppressed when they don't trust oppressors who they ALREADY tried respectability with?

I'm glad that nobody don't like you, Girl. You being as Becky as can be. How you had more sense BEFORE his ass did the the stuff that he did to not only Zélie, but all the goddamn Maji, Amari??? Damn Bitch. Think!

#black female characters #amari olúborí #zelie adebola #legacy of orisha #children of virtue and vengeance #Nesha Reads #Nesha Reads Children of Virtue and Vengeance #spoilers

[jackalreads]

“courage does not always roar. valor does not always shine.” — tomi adeyemi (children of blood and bone)

#the only redeemable thing abt summer is how pretty its sunsets are #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #legacy of orisha #zelie adebola #amari olubori #tzain adebola #inan olubori #bookblr #aesthetic #book photography #summer

[elspethdorkie]

26 Days of Characters: Day 26/26 ~ Z - Zelie Adebola

After that over a year, I have finally finished this little series! I hope to do redraws for all of them to see how I’ve improved over time :D

#zelie adebola #children of blood and bone #legacy of orisha #legacy of orisha fanart #cobab #cobab fanart #my art #copic markers

[elliepassmore]

Children of Blood and Bone review

4.5/5 stars Recommended for people who like: magic, fantasy, non-Western fantasy, multiple POVs, A Song of Wraiths and Ruins I really liked the worldbuilding and thought the world was very vibrant. I liked that the story took us to multiple different places so we got to see a wide range of Orïsha's environments and people. Adeyemi did a good job of incorporating maji/diviners-kosidan relationships into each location so that they felt realistic. One town might have a mix of both where the maji/diviners get shaken down by the guards in a 'normal' way while the next might be brutal for the maji/diviners, and yet another might treat them as relative equals. The way the guards treated the maji/diviners was also realistic, unfortunately, and you can definitely see the influences of real-world laws and actions in the ones present in Orïsha. The magic system overall makes sense and I don't think it needs a ton of explaining: diviners as baby!maji who will get their powers from one of the gods/esses at age 13, the magic is usually passed through the maternal line so kids tend to have the same kind of magic as the mom's, and there are chants/prayers/incantations to the gods that allow the magic to flow. Simple enough. However, the incantations end up getting a bit tricky later on in the book. For one, we pretty much always see Zelie using incantations when she calls her magic, but some of the other magic-using characters are never mentioned as using incantations. While some of them, like Zélie, probably remember a few from before the Raid, that can't be true for all of them, especially ones who are too young or who get a power that doesn't correspond with one their parent had. So that bit felt a little rushed, but overall I liked the magic system in the book and Zélie's way of describing magic was interesting. As for Zélie herself: she's got a fire in her and she's determined to get things done, even if she sometimes doubts her abilities to lead. She balances herself quite well between being afraid of the guards and retaliation and rebellion, and generally seems to keep a good balance, though I do have to agree with Tzain that sometimes she does stuff without thinking. I particularly liked how much joy she took from her diviner/maji heritage and her awareness that simply living her heritage was rebellion within itself. There was a bit toward the end where she was getting doubtful about magic which was kind of confusing since she'd also used magic to fight and for more debatable reasons, but whatever. Overall I liked her character. With Amari I was kind of lost at first as to how people could call her a badass, but I definitely get it now. I'll will admit that I didn't and still don't see how she and Zelie are such great friends. Friends, definitely. But best friends? I don't think they're there yet. Something I definitely appreciate about Amari was how willing she was to learn. Some of the things she came into contact with once outside the palace scared her, but she was open to explanations and other perspectives, which was great considering her upbringing (and considering Inan's chapters). I feel like Amari really came into herself in the second half of the book. She finally gets a chance to fight for something she believes in and I think it helped transform her character from someone who shied away from the blade she knew how to use to someone who would wield a sword to defend herself and others. I could definitely see her becoming a commander of some kind in the future, though I'm not entirely sure if 'queen' suits her (I am not entirely certain the title 'ruler' suits anyone in this book). Inan is the last POV character and he was...he was a lot. Amari and Zelie are definitely my favorites, but Inan is someone I could probably do with having less page time. This boy has zero convictions of his own and is completely unable to look past his nose. Unlike Amari, he continues to believe his father's words even traveling around and doesn't really spare a second thought to how reality might actually be. The one thing I'll say in his defense is that Amari did have Binta growing up and was able to see that at least one diviner wasn't bad, which I do think helped for her to generalize this idea to other diviners/maji, whereas Inan didn't have a figure like that in his life. But enough of that. Inan is wishy-washy and swings one way then the other (though never completely all the way), and he is far too willing to return to his old ideals when things get challenging or scary. I mean, for fuck's sake he isn't even really the one suffering most of these times and is still all too ready to give up. Like, please grow a spine, buddy. I do think Adeyemi actually did a really good job of writing Inan in the sense that she manages to capture the effects abuse and gaslighting and show just how much of an effect those things can have on your psyche. So in that sense Inan was a 'good' character, but I don't think he's a good person nor do I like him. Tzain was someone whom I felt was in the background for a lot of the book. He supports Zelie and is willing to go off with her to do all these things and protects her and stands by her even when she fucks up. He is also able to be nice to Amari despite her being the princess and the daughter of the man who caused a lot of his problems. From what we do see of him Tzain seems to have a good sense of humor and is funny at times. He's also clearly holding in a lot of pain, trauma, and responsibility, though he rarely shows it. I definitely think he feels responsible for his father and Zelie and that whenever something bad happens to either of them he feels guilty, even if there was nothing he could've done. While he blames Zélie for a lot of things, which I don't like AT ALL but at the same time understand needing to direct your anger somewhere, I get the feeling he's mostly blaming himself. In terms of relationships. Someone please explain to me why there needed to be any in this book in the first place? Inan and Zélie are the main pairing, which is just dumb af since he wants to kill her for almost the entirety of the book then, after like two whole days of being together, they decide everything's fine and dandy and start kissing. I side with Tzain on this one, even if his phrasing wasn't great. I'll be honest, the Zélie and Inan's whole relationship just confuses me. I don't understand why they like each other other than 'insta-love' and I don't understand 1) why Zélie's willing to Risk It All after Inan being nice for two days, and 2) why she's willing to continue the relationship after what happens with Saran. Perhaps my biggest issue with them is Inan's so-called love wherein he thinks taking away magic will protect Zélie...completely ignoring the fact that part of Zélie is magic. *SPOILER, SKIP TO NEXT PARAGRAPH TO AVOID* That complete and utter dumbass doesn't seem to connect the fact that he stopped feeling Zélie's soul when Zélie stopped feeling magic. Like? Brains? No brains here. *SPOILER END* Okay, moving on. Tzain and Amari have better prospects for romance. Adeyemi set them up from the very beginning, even if Tzain might've initially seen her as a pretty face. They grow to like and respect for one another and I feel like their relationship could actually go somewhere. But why, why oh why does Adeyemi make Amari mention the L-word? Like, honey, you are not in love with this boy after only knowing him a week. Crush, sure. Love, no. But that matters not, since there is at least the potential. Actually, something re: relationships that I felt Adeyemi kind of brushed over (and it seems like other reviews also had this same thought) has to do with Amari. She is very much coded to be bi and it's written as if she and Binta had a romantic relationship, but Adeyemi never follows through with this. I honestly thought that Amari and Zelie were going to be the main pairing of the book at first, or failing that that Amari would have feelings for Zélie, Zélie wouldn't reciprocate, then Amari would move on to another female character. But nope. Nada. I mean, Tzain's good too, but it's just weird the way the whole thing with Amari's romantic interest(s) was/were written. Now onto something else: the throne. While becoming the next ruler isn't an outright object for either Inan or Amari (or anyone else), being heir definitely sits on Inan's shoulders and drives a lot of what he does. Likewise, Amari comes to the realization that if she were the next on the throne she could help the diviners/maji and overturn the laws and the system that her father created. The current king, Saran, sucks all around and definitely doesn't deserve his head being attached to his body. But we already knew that. The point is, Inan is clearly not good for Orïsha because he can't form his own convictions and leans solely on what he's been taught to think is right. He does, however, think he is the only person who can keep Orïsha safe and protected. Amari, on the other hand, knows she won't be queen and doesn't seem to really want to be queen until she realized what that could mean for what she believes in. However, and there's always a 'however,' she also kind of has Mad Queen Energy about her at times after she makes this decision. She is, in my opinion, also not a great contender for the throne. As mentioned, I think she'd make a great general, but there's something about her that makes me hesitate before supporting her bid for the throne. Do I think she'd be better than Saran or Inan? Absolutely. But probably so would Yemi, that doesn't mean she should get the throne. Perhaps I am merely feeling particularly democratic today, but I don't believe an absolute monarch will help Orïsha. If we are being realistic, I don't even know if a democratic one would either, but power in the hands of a diverse many would probably be better than power in the hands of one. Overall I enjoyed the story. I thought the plot was good and I enjoyed going with the characters as they (mostly) struggled to get magic back. Inan served to be a good character for demonstrating how our childhood can influence the kind of people we become and also serves as a nice foil to Amari, who has decided to be the opposite of her brother. Zélie is a good character to follow since she's so alive. She's got so much rage and love and fear and fire that pushes her every step of the way and helps her overcome so many things. I knocked off half a star for the frivolous reason that I don't like Inan and Zélie's romance and don't think it was necessary for the book. I'll be honest, the book was great, it was tough for me to put down even when I needed to, but for some reason I just don't have any desire to find out what happens in the next one. It's a bit like A Song of Wraiths and Ruin like that for me. I just...don't feel it. I don't think it has anything to do with either book since I couldn't make myself finish reading a new book by one of my favorite authors even though I was enjoying it so...just that kind of year, I suppose.

#book #book review #booklr #tomi adeyemi #children of blood and bone #zelie adebola #magic #fantasy #ya fantasy #characters of color #multiple pov #non-western fantasy

[seleyyn]

Not Roën calling Zélie "home" the whole time 💧👁👄👁💧

#children of blood and bone #children of virtue and vengeance #zelie adebola #inan olúborí #amari olúborí #roën

[neshatriumphs]

I resent the way that Tomi tryna suggest that Amari and Zélie ain't gay for each other. I'm not usually one to cry out "queerbait," as I generally don't consume in terms of shipping, but HOW? HOW THEY NOT?

#children of blood and bone #that gay shit #Look. I'm only in the first book #But I thought for surely this is a romance building but then they kinda... go towards... some boys... #I don't #I CAN'T ACCEPT #zelie adebola