#Children of Blood and Bone

[black-is-beautiful18]

And here we go again with the “I just can’t connect to Black characters 🥺” bs. Y’all don’t like Black ppl so that’s why you don’t like reading about us. No one cares if LegendBorn or Children of Blood and Bone are some of your favs, cuz what exactly is stopping you from finding books similar to them???? And then to say that Black authors should be more like Asian authors while also insinuating that we don’t have our own historical or cultural myths, especially when we exist on multiple continents and islands, is absolutely ludicrous. Not to mention that a statement like that feeds into racism and the fetishization of Asian ppl. Children of color are forced to see nothing but white ppl in every form of media all our lives and not once does not being able to connect to the characters stop us from enjoying that piece of media. You can empathize with dragons, elves, orcs, and witches easily. Anyone darker than dry glue however, needs to prove why you should read our stories and have sympathy for our characters. This is exactly why I don’t trust white readers regardless of if they read diversely or not cuz some of y’all don’t even read the books. You just get them for brownie points or judge them harshly cuz you still don’t see the characters as deserving of empathy.

#white people #white readers #why would you say that #black authors #asian authors #latino authors #indigenous authors #diverse books #legendborn #children of blood and bone #racism #fetishization #i said what i said #unique writes

[thundergrace]

BOY OH BOY DID I MISS A LOT OF NEWS!!!

First of all:

Second of all:

Book 3!!! June 25th!!

Third of all:

#children of blood and bone #children of vengeance and virtue #children of anguish and anarchy #tomi adeyemi #the orishi chronicles #the orishi trilogy #gina prince bythewood

[arcadialedger]

Hi so this is one of the most beautiful trilogies I have ever seen.

That’s right— the Children of Anguish and Anarchy cover is here and it is STUNNING.

#children of blood and bone #legacy of orisha #cobab #children of anguish and anarchy #tomi adeyemi #books #fantasy #young adult #the arcadia ledger

[sprnklersplashes]

Tomi Adeyemi really said "you cannot be a good leader of a system that is oppressive and exploitative by design. even those with the purest intentions will be corrupted by trying to change such an institution from within" and I personally think that's metal as fuck

#tomi adeyemi #children of blood and bone #children of virtue and vengeance #legacy of orisha #amari olubori #inan olubori #princess amari #prince inan

[incrediblydeluluandthatsokay]

babes. WHERE TF IS MY CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE FANDOM??!!? I LITERALLY CAME HERE TO RAVE AND THERE IS NOTHING

#Children of blood and bone #children of virtue and vengeance #why me #i just want to rant #Let me rave abt this amazing series #There’s literally no one here #Depresso espresso

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

Series info:

Book 1 of Legacy of Orïsha

Book 2: Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Book 3: Children of Anguish and Anarchy (to be published June 2024)

#books #ya #children of blood and bone #legacy of orisha #tomi adeyemi #fantasy #poll

[uppercase-disgrace]

enemies to lovers is so difficult to accomplish because we don't really have a modern gauge for how shitty someone is allowed to treat you and still get together with them so we have rivals to lovers where someone is slightly mean to someone once or they were competing academically or worse there was a misunderstanding which is BORING. vs the opposite extreme where its like oh hey I know that two months ago you were a genocidal dictator how's that going? oh you've changed? interesting. i'm incredibly dtf btw. and that always feels a little awkward because it's never that they killed like six people, it's always that they blew up a planet. y'all tryna fuck the guy who hunted your people? his best friend killed your mom and you're hopping on that? wild. but then again it IS more interesting than dating the guy who accidentally hit your car six years ago and forgot to apologize because he was running his mom to the hospital

#and i say this as someone who tried to write enemies to lovers. that shit is fucking rough #enemies to lovers #book tropes #bookblr #tropes #writing tropes #writing #books #i'll tag a few egregious examples #reylo #helnik #serpent and dove #i will say that i like helnik I just think it's CRAZY that hunted person x person hunting is an actual genre trope #children of blood and bone #star wars

[caribeandthebooks]

Caribe's New Works by Black Authors TBR - Part 1

Category: Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction & Science Fiction

#legendborn #tracy deonn #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #book recs #book recommendations #tbr jar #tbr list #the blood trials #n.e. davenport #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #delicious monters #liselle sambury #chain gang all stars #nana kwame adjei brenyah #we deserve monuments #jas hammonds

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || March 15 || Unique Cover: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

#Children of Blood and Bone #tomi adeyemi #jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #books #book photography #Not out of void but out of chaos #the cover is striking! #i haven't read this yet and its been years since i bought it and my interest has wayned #but this picture has been lingering on my phone from when i bought it and im like just use it already!

[hoperays-song]

Ok, I know we love enemies to lovers, but have we considered the much cuter alternative: enemies to found family?

Like, they start off hating each other, rivals, at each others’ throat, and then, when times get tough they hit each other with “there’s no one I trust more than you” and it’s just so perfect.

#the walking dead #batfam #dc #avatar the last airbender #avatar the legend of korra #the last of us #tlou #beastars #beyblade #beyblade metal saga #the raven cycle #scythe #six of crows #children of blood and bone #pokemon #the dragon prince #buddie #ok that one was a speed run of this #911verse #voltron #destiel #ok dean said enemy no one else really did #supernatural #found family #found family things #ao3 #ao3 writer #sing 2 #because porsha

[mikilavellan]

Why is there no fandom for children of blood and bone I’m dying I need to discuss it

#children of blood and bone #books #booklr

[black-is-beautiful18]

Just wanted to say that it is alright to be fans of books like LegendBorn, Children of Blood and Bone, and Raybearer but if you are not Black you are not the targeted audience. They deserve your support but the author is not writing with a nonblack audience in mind. The same goes for other nonwhite authors no matter where they come from. Usually these authors are writing for themselves and ppl who look like them. Seeing ourselves is much more important than whether or not white readers like it.

#black authors #latine authors #asian authors #pacific island authors #indigenous authors #brown authors #authors of color #legendborn #children of blood and bone #raybearer #please enjoy these books but remember who they are for #be mindful #that’s all I’m saying #unique writes

[chardwic]

Every Book/Series I’ve Ever Read: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

"We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue."

#children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #yalitedit #legacy of orïsha #zelie adebola #ya lit meme #young adult lit #booksociety #*mine

[audhdnight]

I’ve been hesitant to read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi because of all the hype it’s been getting (I usually get burned by really popular books) but I gave it a shot and oh my god. Please read this book. It is INCREDIBLE.

It’s also very applicable. We talk about the parallels between the current genocides and The Hunger Games, and Children of Blood and Bone has them too. One in particular that I keep fixating on is the oppressor’s way of framing violence.

The violence of the oppressor is just self defense, or else a “right idea, maybe not the best execution” deal. Whereas the violence of the oppressed is just too far, it’s inexcusable, it’s the reason they need to be oppressed.

King Saran thinks magic is simply too dangerous, no one deserves that amount of power, they could hurt so many people with it. Which is why it’s okay for him to slaughter entire villages, burning everything to the ground. That’s why it’s okay for him to enslave children; he has to keep their spirits broken so they never turn magic against him. And when the people whose lives he’s ruined fight back? Well that’s a perfect example of why he’s doing all this. Just look what one magician did to all his soldiers! People like that are exactly what he’s protecting the kingdom from. They’re just too dangerous.

Almost like the way “terrorists” are talked about by my own government and the IOF. It’s okay for soldiers to completely decimate Gaza and make conditions unlivable for its entire population in the name of eradicating Hamas, because they would probably destroy everything if they were left alive. It’s okay to murder thousands upon thousands of innocents, as long as there are no terrorists left. Because who knows how many innocent Israelis those terrorists might kill or rape if they were allowed to live. It’s just too much of a risk.

#current events #free palestine #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #no one is free until we are all free #rape mention

[thelastofthebookworms]

When the other polls will be out, they'll be in my 'fantasy polls' tag.

Ah also don't scream. I know this is hard.

Ah and here's a science fiction poll if you're interested. The others are in the 'sf polls' tag you can access through it.

I still have ideas but I'm taking a (probably rather short) break from 'fantasy polls' poll making. Make suggestions for future polls if you want (obscure faves work, I tend to include mine so why not yours ? I think my ask box is open if you want to stay anonymous)

#polls #fantasy polls #mg lit #ya lit #six of crows #leigh bardugo #winnie the pooh #a.a. milne #the graveyard book #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #the bfg #roald dahl #artemis fowl #eoin colfer #the looking glass wars #frank beddor #the wizard of oz #frank baum

[we-do-bones-bracket]

Round 1 Match 29

Propaganda:

Zélie Adebola

My home girl has necromancy powers that she thought had been lost forever. It's her connection to her mom and her culture

SkekMal the Hunter

Weirdo goth who wears the skull of one of his own kind of a mask and hunts people for sport

#poll #round 1 #zélie adebola #children of blood and bone #skekmal #the dark crystal #age of resistance