Daughters Of Nri (The Return Of The Earth Mother): 1

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The way she handled that entire situation left me speechless because I know for a fact, I would have been so mad. They don't know about their heritage, but they live in vastly different places when the story starts and they have to gradually unlock their powers and find their way back to one another.

The Eze has "black skin" that blends with the darkness of a cave, Sinai has "dark brown legs", Eni has "pecan skin", one of the goddesses is "carob-coloured". Some fantasy novels struggle to set the scene but I was so impressed with the way Amayo managed to drop the reader right into the middle of the action. My favourite genre is paranormal and as someone of Nigerian heritage, I've heard of and seen a lot of inexplicable events. I have a feeling, though, once they learn about their magic (which I’m dying to see more of) this will fix itself. Considering the ending of this book, I am now curious to see how the story will continue in “Descendants of the First” and I’m hoping to gain a little more in-depth knowledge of the magic and the power the girls can wield, now that … well… you’ll have to read for yourself why I am curious.I did have some qualms about minor writing things, but this prose has a lot of beauty in it, especially when describing the women of this novel and the magic/world. The story has spark, but for me it failed to ignite and ended up losing the initial curiosity I had going on.

If it was said once in a way that lets us know skin tone, okay, I could deal with it, but it's brought up again and again and again.Descendants of the First is the thundering sequel to Reni Amayo’s epic YA fantasy, Daughters of Nri. The setting is incredibly engrossing, and since I'm not very familiar with the part of history the world was based on (medieval Nigeria I believe), it was fascinating to learn about. I didn’t even need to check the glossary sometimes because I could almost guess the what they were talking about through the context. However, Sinai’s reaction to that whole situation with Ina taught me that you shouldn’t let revenge rule your heart or let a situation anger you to the point where you become blind to anything else.

Imagining myself walking through the forest along with Naala and her friends was an adventure in and of itself. About half of this book was world building, I didn’t feel overwhelmed by that at all but sometimes I did want the pace of the plot to pick up slightly. I don’t have a single bad thing to say about this book, like I genuinely can’t think of a criticism or a fault.Sure, there are some points that could use a little polish but the story is absolutely worth reading and I am counting down the months until the sequel is published. She would be forced to become someone she’s not, despite her surrounding environment of her home village, representing a sense of freedom Sinai would never have. I genuinely had to just keep telling the editing side of my brain to shut up and let me enjoy the story, but it just felt rough around the edges.