#namina forna

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Eternal Ones | Author: Namina Forna | Publisher: Delacorte Press (2024)

#books #The Eternal Ones #Namina Forna

[the-final-sentence]

Together, walking alongside our mortal friends while we can, we head into eternity.

Namina Forna, from The Eternal Ones

#namina forna #the eternal ones

[caribeandthebooks]

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Genres: High Fantasy, Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

Setting: N/A

Description: Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

Content Warning information can be found via the above Storygraph link.

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[curlyhairedbibliophile]

Cover Art | The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?

Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with her mortal body on the verge of ruin, Deka is running out of time—to save herself and an empire that’s tearing itself apart at its seams.

When Deka’s search leads her and her friends to the edge of the world as they know it, they discover an astonishing new realm, one which holds the key to Deka’s past. Yet it also illuminates a devastating decision she must soon make…

Choose to be reborn as a god, losing everyone she loves in the process. Or bring about the end of the world.

Artwork by Johnny Tarajosu

Release date | Feb 13, 2024 Storygraph

#the eternal ones #the gilded ones #namina forna #book cover art #book cover reveal #black authors #bipoc authors #booklr #bookblr

[morriemollu]

Okay, so having read both of Namina Forna's Otera books thus far.

CAN WE PLEASE, discuss how the first and second books compliment each other so well and guide us through the typical feminism process.

Misogny > Femininine Power > Misandry > Gender Awareness > Equality for All.

Like you gotta do that awful hard swing into Misandry to realise how bad it gets before you come to a balance.

Also the magic system in this and the religious components of this just make is INCREDIBLE.

The found family and feminine rage and fallible gods just MWAH.

Loved them both, devoured it in days, just wish I paid better attention to death shriek descriptions early on

Also the first person POV added a whole new level of wow!!

#the gilded ones #namina forna #otera #akali #jatu #world of otera

[noemiealaska-blog]

I need Fanarts !!

Has somebody read ''the gilded ones'' by Namina Frona ? I have so much trouble to vision what a deathskrieks looks like because I have a visual memory and each time forget how it's described. Could someone pleeeeease draw it ?

#the gilded ones #namina forna #nofanbase #fanart #deathshrieks

[thatbookishbtch]

The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

6/15/2023-8/10/2023

5 Stars

The only reason this took me so long to read is because my dang ADHD brain wouldn’t allow me to give this book the attention it deserves. I loved The Gilded Ones, and this was such an amazing followup. Namina Forna has created such a fascinating world with this series. Things did not go where I was expecting them to, and it was so much better than I could have anticipated. I was laughing and crying and on the edge of my seat the whole time. I’m very impatiently waiting for the third and final book in this series.

#the merciless ones #namina forna #book review #reading #fantasy

[jsalim-art]

Just finished reading the guilded ones sequelnthe merciless ones. I didn't expect the twist in this book like holy shit. Can't wait for what I assumed will be the final book

#tbrbusterchallenge2023 #bookbanditchallenge #the merciless ones #namina forna #jehan reads a bunch of books

[berrysweetbooks]

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The book was okay, not my favorite read, but definitely not my worse. This book can be described as if the Dora Miljae from Black Panther had golden blood and immortal rare gifts. The concept was good and I found the book surprising. I loved the gritty and dark details. This book takes place in a dark world and I like how the author didn’t try to soften the world. Terrible things happened and the writing was descriptive with it. My main critiques are that the ending felt too rushed and the main romance didn’t feel well developed. At times, Keita didn’t feel real to me because he seemed too polished. Deka felt more real and I enjoyed reading her relationships with the other characters (Britta especially), but the romance felt half baked. There are so many great points that I love individually, but together I wish the ending at a more lasting punch. The main battle seemed to finish too quickly and the grand explanation wrapped up too quickly for my taste. I think part of my reservation with the book is my own growth. It didn’t read juvenile, but a little too formulated and rushed towards the end. This isn’t the author’s fault and I don’t blame her. I don’t wish to deter others from reading this book because I did like it. I don’t think I’m the intended audience though. If you loved Black Panther and wanted to know more about the Dora Miljae, wanted the grittiness of the Hunger Games, but wanted more hope in the dark world, I recommend this book for you.

#bookblr #berry sweet reading log #the gilded ones #namina forna #currently reading

[fantasybooktournament]

#his dark materials #the golden compass #phillip pullman #namina forna #the gilded ones #round 2 #polls #fantasy book tournament

[reading-writing-rebellion]

Folklore and The Gilded Ones

I am a bad blogger. I realized yesterday that I have missed an opportunity to talk about the folklore in the books I am reading for my African folklore project for university. It’s a project that I am enjoying working on and won’t shut up about, but I’ve not actually done any blog posts on it. Time to change that and I am going to start with The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna. Before I get into…

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#african folklore #bundu #FGM #namina forna #sierra leone #the gilded ones

[escondidolibrary]

We'll be discussing "The Gilded Ones" by Namina Forna on Tuesday, February 14, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m..!

All are welcome to join us upstairs in the Library Board Room or on Zoom.

Email [email protected] for more info.

#the gilded ones #book club #namina forna #library #reading #fiction #escondido ca

[booksnotbombs]

Wrap Up September 2022

The Secret Wisdom of Nature - Peter Wohlleben - A nonfiction book I grabbed impulsively at my local library... full of amazing anecdotes about the way everything is connected between plants and animals!

The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna - this one gets cookies for the worldbuilding but I just couldn’t finish it due to a reading slump...

Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat - Benny Lindelauf & Ludwig Volbeda - this dutch book won huge awards for both storytelling and the drawings... I really liked the concept and the drawings but the stories couldn’t really pull me into it... another victim of the reading slump :(

Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender - FINALLY I could read this thanks to the ebook service of my library :D Really wonderful book and so important!

Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon - One of my favorite YA writers and she did not dissapoint... such an amazing book *heart eyes*

#books #booklr #review #peter wohlleben #namina forna #benny lindelauf #ludwig volbeda #kacen callender #nicola yoon

[fandomthrowawa]

ok so on like being on top of things-I forgot how to read (anything’s that’s not fan fiction :0) so it been a struggle- BUT I finally started The Merciless Ones and I’m liking it so far

#the merciless ones #the gilded ones #namina forna #the gilded series

[lokoja]

"...but grief is like the ocean. It ebbs an' flows, an' it takes ye by surprise. Ye can't control the ocean, my love, no matter how much ye try. Ye just have to follow it where it leads."

-The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

#spoken #The Merciless Ones #Namina Forna

[the-final-sentence]

And I am coming for the gods.

Namina Forna, from The Merciless Ones

#The Merciless Ones #Namina Forna