LOVED THIS !

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this is not a book I would typically pick up. I don’t usually gravitate towards sci-fi. But have you seen the cover 😍 there aren’t too many covers with POC on it but when I seen this cover I knew I had to read it. This was my first read of Onyebuchi and most definitely I would be reading his first 2 books.

This story follows 2 sisters Onyii & Ify and they used to be child soldiers. They are war girls. It’s set in 2172. The girls town ends up getting bombed and all the girls are kidnapped and/or killed.

What I liked most about this book is how there was so much action & how short the chapters were. I will admit that there was times (and idk if it was the wrong timing of when I would read) but I would get bored at times but again I’m blaming it on my mood.

I loved how the book is broken up into parts and it fast forwards in time. I loved all the action one disclaimer is that there was a word index for the various words that were mentioned.

Going into this book I didn’t know anything about the Nigerian War which shows us how school systems fail us. But I learned a lot while reading the authors note. I can’t wait for the second book 😭

Thank you to bookish.com & Razorbill for the arc in exchange for an honest review