I found Children of Blood and Bone when it published in 2018 and Tomi was on Jimmy Fallon. I’m a huge fan of Jimmy’s because he’s from my town, so when he selected CoBaB as his bookclub pick, I had to have it! I'm so glad this got a new special edition paperback!
Immediately this book presents the broken land of Orïsha, torn apart by the prejudiced laws of the monarchy against the magical maji—despite the maji having lost their power.
Zélie is rightfully hurt and angry at the monarchy for when magic disappeared, they enacted a slaughter against the defenseless former magic-wielders, killing her mother in front of her—and countless others.
Zélie’s brother, Tzain, and her father are magicless kosidán, so Zélie seems to find herself in a different position from Tzain, who also witnessed their mother’s murder, but does not face the day-to-day prejudice that Zélie does as a divîner with white hair that sets her apart from kosidán. Tzain seems like the perfect son and Zélie is often the hot-headed mess-up. But I think we will find the Zélie is also a hero.
Immediately this book presents the broken land of Orïsha, torn apart by the prejudiced laws of the monarchy against the magical maji—despite the maji having lost their power.
Zélie is rightfully hurt and angry at the monarchy for when magic disappeared, they enacted a slaughter against the defenseless former magic-wielders, killing her mother in front of her—and countless others.
Zélie’s brother, Tzain, and her father are magicless kosidán, so Zélie seems to find herself in a different position from Tzain, who also witnessed their mother’s murder, but does not face the day-to-day prejudice that Zélie does as a divîner with white hair that sets her apart from kosidán. Tzain seems like the perfect son and Zélie is often the hot-headed mess-up. But I think we will find the Zélie is also a hero.