Loved it

I loved the first book and feared the second wouldn't be as good. Boy was I wrong.

Not only did I love the development of each character. The twists and turns of the story had me gripped from the moment I started. Throughout I found myself experiencing a whole cocktail of emotions.

If you lived the first one and you're a little conflicted as I was; don't be. You'll love it.

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Fantastic

Brilliant story you really feel all the characters struggle and excellent narration too a brilliant listen

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Amazing story but better read

This sequel was very well crafted and hardly a boring moment. The pleasure of lisening was however very painful again and I wonder why the narrator thought she had the ability to carry it off. It did her no favours as she failed to say anything not English correctly. The story was imaginative and took your minds to scenes and people struggling to live their lives under a tyranny that robs them of their heritage, worship and culture. Then to compound the tale of deprivation it is badly deliberately read,where the language spoken is laughable at best or simply insulting to the listeners. Please let me have a Russian with no understanding of English read Chaucer next then will I believe you respect the listener of African fiction.

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GOOD Character acting, BAD Yoruba pronounciation

The story plot lines as usual is well written by Tomi Adeyemi. Another brilliant hit I’m sure.
I give credit to the Narrator for her ability to change the timbre and pitch of her voice for so many characters. And her delivery of sound effects is very well done and doesn’t sound fake or forced. It is obvious that this lady is an experienced voice narrator of a high caliber.

However, as a Yoruba speaking Nigerian I could NOT make head or tail of any of her Yoruba . Apart from the accent which sounds South African instead of West African, her Yoruba is atrocious. My ears bled every time she pronounced Mama Agba as ‘aGGGG-BBA’. All the meaning for the incantations and even some of the conversations was completely lost as she desperately tried to string a series of incomprehensible sounds together. Please! please! please get someone else to at least say the Yoruba parts. It completely ruins the whole mood when you just hear random noises during a serious moment.

It is disheartening that what can potentially be the introduction of Yoruba culture to the world on a massive scale, is soiled by the utter misrepresentation of our voices and language.

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Even better than book 1

I thoroughly enjoyed children of blood and bone, but this was even better.
Plenty of twists and turns in the story as I read a lot and can sometimes guess what’s going to happen.
We get to know the characters a bit better and they are very real.

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love it , love it love IT!

Wicked, another amazing book, didn't want to put it down, tried to take my time so I wouldn't finish it. waiting for book 3. please tell me there's book 3.

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WOW

The plot, the writing, the characters, the narration. I was truly invested in every character and their story, how they came to be connected to one another. It was A LOT. This book literally took me on a rollercoaster of emotions. I struggle with my attention and get distracted very easily so had to leave Kindle and move to Audible but the author of this book had me clearly visualising what was going on in every moment. I had this audio book in my ears on the plane, bus, walking, hiking, staring into the distance just feeling grateful for life, through the car, pottering around my apartment. This book accompanied me through so many things, I'm so glad it was this long, I actually got into a routine of listening to this which has not happened for me before. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece of art and I will eagerly await all work from this author, it was spectacular.

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Slow but gripping

Though about magic, the deeper themes and emotions which run through this book grasp your attention but also your heart! I MUST know what happens next...the twists and turns never get boring and are definitely unpredictable!

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Great book

Captivating story, although there was a lot of back and forth with the characters. Puzzling ending, not what I expected.

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A (good) punch in the gut of a second book.

could of been a bit shorter, but still a reverting story with an explosive ending. narrated by a captivating narrator with a clear understanding of Nigerian culture. I will be getting the last book, I must know what happens next.

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