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luzulaThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden (2019)
It's a great feeling to sit down with a book that I pretty much know that I will love, because I loved the previous books in the series. And I did indeed love this! It kind of did a similar thing as Uprooted in solving the central conflict, in that the main antagonist was reframed and there is now co-existence between the "good" and "evil" sides, and I liked it in both books. Also I am so happy that Solovey came back!!
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (2011, audiobook)
For my fannish book club. I think I enjoyed this more as an audiobook than I would have otherwise--the reader has what I assume to be a Nigerian accent, which adds a lot since the book is set in Nigeria. Also she's a great reader. As for the book itself, it's perfectly fine YA fantasy and I enjoyed it but was not super-enthusiastic? I liked that there was no romance front and center, I liked the group of protagonists, and I liked the setting. But it does that thing where experienced adults send children into life-threatening danger to defeat Evil (even though the adults also have magic). The book is aware that it's doing that and does somewhat question it, but not enough to explain it, I think.
It's a great feeling to sit down with a book that I pretty much know that I will love, because I loved the previous books in the series. And I did indeed love this! It kind of did a similar thing as Uprooted in solving the central conflict, in that the main antagonist was reframed and there is now co-existence between the "good" and "evil" sides, and I liked it in both books. Also I am so happy that Solovey came back!!
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (2011, audiobook)
For my fannish book club. I think I enjoyed this more as an audiobook than I would have otherwise--the reader has what I assume to be a Nigerian accent, which adds a lot since the book is set in Nigeria. Also she's a great reader. As for the book itself, it's perfectly fine YA fantasy and I enjoyed it but was not super-enthusiastic? I liked that there was no romance front and center, I liked the group of protagonists, and I liked the setting. But it does that thing where experienced adults send children into life-threatening danger to defeat Evil (even though the adults also have magic). The book is aware that it's doing that and does somewhat question it, but not enough to explain it, I think.
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