If you are of a certain age, then you really didn’t have an opportunity to read about Black girls as protagonists in fantasy novels. Black Woman Author and Young Adult Fantasy Thank you to the publisher, HarperTeen and NetGalley for the gifted copy. You can read a more traditional review of Blood Scion that I wrote earlier here, Review: Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. There is also some bonus content that includes 5 quotes that jumped out at me as I read. Today is my stop on the Colored Pages Book Tour and I have written 5 reasons to read Blood Scion. Have you picked up Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye yet? If you haven’t and you like young adult fantasy literature, you should consider adding it to your TBR. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.įollowing one girl’s journey of magic, injustice, power, and revenge, Deborah Falaye’s debut novel, inspired by Yoruba-Nigerian mythology, is a magnetic combination of Children of Blood and Bone and An Ember in the Ashes. Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. I will be the worst monster they ever created.įifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will-she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods. Brown, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin “Equal parts soaring fantasy, heart-pounding action, and bloody social commentary, Blood Scion is a triumph of a book.” -Roseanne A. Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Diversity & Multicultural, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Class Differences Published by HarperCollins on March 8, 2022 If you buy the book using that link, I will receive a small commission from the sale. This post contains affiliate links you can use to purchase the book. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from HarperTeen in exchange for an honest review.

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