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Legendborn
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
- Categories: Teen, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic.
After her mother dies in an accident, 16-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape - until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts - and fails - to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: The night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets - and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down - or join the fight.
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- Erin
- 09-16-20
Deonn's words were meant to be heard
The marriage of Tracy Deonn's beautiful but natural writing style and Joniece Abbott-Pratt's thoughtful reading was a match made in heaven. I've never listened to an audiobook that felt more like it was meant to be read allowed.
Bree Matthews is character that you immediately root for and with each turn in her story you become more invested in her success.
In some books, secondary characters don't seem to have motivations outside of how they revolve around the MC. Legendborn has a cast of three dimensional people that you want to know more about and stand on their own, which is a feat for a first-person narrative.
If you are looking for a modern fantasy epic, add this to your must read list now!
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- FFReader
- 10-01-20
Arthur at their finest.
This is my new favourite Arthur retelling. Read black stories by black authors. Read this book. #BLM
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- LexiLikesLiterature
- 01-27-21
A well done debut
When I first read that this book was about a black girl in a modern day King Aurther story, I was a little skeptical about how the author would pull it off.
Luckily for me, I was unable to NOT read a story with such a beautiful depiction of black girl magic on the cover. Things started slowly.... slowly and sadly. However, the author was able to create a story around the Camelot characters that was somewhat believable in modern day times. There are some hiccups and spots that needed more detail behind the "Why" and "How" of the magical world. Overall the story had good bones for a debut.
Now would a REAL teenage black girl go off into the woods with a group of white folks in the heart of Carolina? As a black women who lives in South Carolina, I can tell you that the answer is without a doubt: Hell No!!! And really you shouldnt be going off into the woods with anyone. That is the first rule in the HOW NOT TO GET SERIAL KILLED handbook. But this is fantasy... so lets just ignore that.
With a black main character living in the south, race had to be addressed in some way. In this book's fantasy history storyline, I think the story did well. In the modern day part of the story, I think enough was done. It would appear that the author was trying not to put so much focus on race relations and focused on the magical storyline. I'm completely fine with that. There will be others who feel like race should have been touched on more, but I think that the character was black in descriptions and actions. She acknowledged our history. She incorporated elements of black life and culture.
The magical hierarchy and classifications felt like something was missing. The author skims over the rules and reasoning... but if you think about it after you have finished the book you'll realize that the answers didnt really answer the question. What was the reason for these powers to only manifest between 16 -22... think of the answer in the book.. now ask yourself why is that the case?
The narration by Joniece Abbot-Pratt was excellent. Bree sounded her age, there was distinction between characters, and the flow was well done.
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- Hester Joseph
- 11-13-20
Love It
once I started I could not finish I listened every where. Work, car, home, very good. Hope she bless us with a part 2.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-22-20
Thrilling story and reading
I was absolutely glued to this story and couldn’t stop listening without ripping myself away! The story is an incredibly refreshing take on the genre and it is one of those books where you become one with the narrator and form very personal opinions about all the characters. I want to read all the Tracy Deonn now!! And Jonice Abbott-Pratt so easily became the voice inside my head, portraying emotion and thoughts in a truly believable and captivating manner. WHEN CAN I LISTEN TO BOOK 2?!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-08-20
Loved it!!!
This book was everything! I can't stop telling people about this book. Please read it!
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- Mari
- 02-05-21
So many places to cringe
Wow. I do not know what I was expecting, but it was not that. I’ll start by saying the narrator was lovely. She provided a rich environment that was not jarring and kept me in the story. However, the story itself? the plot? the characters? Awful. I found myself pausing and laughing far too often at how trite and cliche almost every aspect of this book was.
I won’t spoil the story, but if you want cringy characters and a predictable plot, then this is the perfect story for you. If not, do not bother. Wikipedia can sum it up perfectly without the rest of the drawn out, poorly written excess.
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- Rem
- 01-27-21
Really solid title
Great overall story. More romance then expected but it doesn't dwarf the story. Very good underlying themes and tones. The characters actually develop and aren't all just static. Some spots are info heavy but it connects.
The reading is great and both the author and reader convey some of those more nuanced moments of emotion really well. It got better as it went.
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- L.M.
- 12-04-20
PHENOMENAL!!!
Absolutely phenomenal book and voice acting!!!
Joniece Abbott-Pratt is so talented and just transported me into this fantastic world Tracy Deon has created.
Tracy Deon wrote this amazing story incorporating black lives and it’s something so important because we don’t get enough black or colored representation, when compared to white rep, so it’s nice to see that and in a way where people should be able to put themselves in Bre’s (the MC) place. We deal with racism, classism, young love, learning about your heritage, so many different things without it feeling so heavy that it takes away from enjoying the ride we go on with Bre. Her character grows so much throughout this too.
It’s such a fantastic story. I can’t wait for more and I highly, highly recommend picking this up.
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- Amanda
- 03-02-21
So beautifully written.
i would say this book is the first for me to show so much black excellence within a fantasy novel. i love it so much! i can't wait to read more from this author. the narration was also spot on!!! gave the story life!