Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
My eldest daughter has recently taken up reading as a hobby, and she asked me to read this. She really enjoyed it, even though it isn't the genre she likes. Did I like it? Yes! I felt it was well written and I didn't have it all figured out, unlike many books I have read over the years.
This is the story of a southern black girl who recently lost her mother in a tragic accident. She has started college at a mostly white southern college. She's trying to reinvent herself and just try to survive, all the while grieving the loss of her mother. From the first day she is at college, though, very weird things happen, things she can't dismiss or forget, and somehow she feels looking into these events might give her a key to understanding what happened the night her mother died.
This is the first book in a series, and she finds out things about herself she had no idea about, shocking things in her past and in her family's past that are brought to light and end up empowering her far beyond anything she could have imagined.
Oh and did I forget to mention that Arthurian Legend is mixed into this thrilling and fun read?
Yes, there is magic, a fight against evil, and some witchcraft thrown in.
There is also a look at racism, from a black girl's point of view, and this is written by a young black woman.
I can't wait to read the second book in the series!!
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