Roseanne A. Brown
Autore di A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 20th Century
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Ghana
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Kumasi, Ghana
- Luogo di residenza
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Istruzione
- University of Maryland
- Agente
- Quressa Robinson of Nelson Literary Agency
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 1,246
- Popolarità
- #20,595
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 36
- ISBN
- 41
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
This is the debut novel of Ghanaian author Roseanne A. Brown, and is the first of a YA fantasy duology based on West African folklore.
This is an enemies-to-lovers type romance with the main characters, Malik and Karina, pitted against each other. Malik has been given the quest of killing Karina, crown princess of Ziran, and daughter of the reigning Sultana, by the evil spirit who has kidnapped his little sister. Karina has her own slightly more loopy reasons to need to kill Malik, as she wants to bring her mother back to life after her recent assassination, and the magic requires the beating heart of a king. She decides to marry the winner of the Solstasia competition, thus creating a king she can kill. Can the two of them see their quests through, despite the attraction between them?
Malik is portrayed as a gentle person, who suffers anxiety and panic attacks. Karina has always fought against her destiny and bonds, and tries to gain some independence. I enjoyed this book, particularly Malik’s character. I did not fully understand the magic system. I did not completely enjoy the audio-narration either, it seems odd to me in a fantasy with black characters, based on African mythology, that the characters would need American accents rather than African ones.… (altro)