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Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

TITLE: Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2 Of Legacy of Orisha trilogy) AUTHOR: Tomi Adeyemi PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019 GENRE: Young Adult Fantasy PAGE COUNT: 404 FORMAT: Paperback AVAILABLE  AT : amazon I was eagerly waiting for the release of this book ever since I read its first installment Children of Blood and Bones back in 2018. I remember giving it a full 5/5 rating ( see review here ) and even mentioning it in my favorite reads of that year. I bought this book and kept it in my shelf for a while before finally picking it up last week. The reason for this hesitation was goodreads . I saw a couple of my friends on goodreads going on a rant about how bad this book turned out to be. Most of them gave it a pretty average rating. So finally when I decided to pick this book up , I lowered my expectations to bare minimum. I am pleasantly surprised at how much I ended up enjoying it. Synopsis- This series is an African inspired fantasy story that is

Life Update- Current reads & TBR

It has been a while since I last posted on this blog. If you have read my last couple of blog or Bookstagram posts, then you may know that I was expecting and was having a tough time dealing with Morning Sickness. It is exactly 5 months since we were blessed with our adorable baby boy Zayaan . For those of you who are interested- Zayaan means “ beautifier ” - one who makes everything beautiful. But these days all he does is make a mess of everything.😆 Life as a new mama is lovely but hectic. I rarely find the time or energy   to do the things that I used to love. However, lately I have managed to find a little bit of time to read. It feels good to be back. Last year despite  P regnancy, Postpartum recovery and   taking care of a Newborn , I still managed to read 30 books.   I won’t necessarily call this new beautiful phase of my life hard , it is just a bit taxing. My husband and I are raising him alone without any help. By the end of a day, I get physically and mentally e