Daughters Of Nri (The Return Of The Earth Mother): 1

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I have to admit though that I still do not have a complete handle on what their personalities are like as for me, personally, some insight was missing at times and I would have liked to explore their thoughts a little deeper. Sinai’s environment seemed more controlled under the watchful eyes of the wealthiest, who seemed to be waiting for her to mess up. Once I familiarized myself with all the characters I found that I actually enjoyed the book and the couple of plot twists.

This was a fantasy book heavily set in a version of Eastern Nigeria (mostly in 944 AD, and some years before then). The story has spark, but for me it failed to ignite and ended up losing the initial curiosity I had going on. When I first heard about "Daughters of Nri", I was super excited at the prospect of two strong female protagonists!We only find out how important the crystal is in the middle of the book, which isn't a great technique. The way she handled that entire situation left me speechless because I know for a fact, I would have been so mad. This Books Took Me To A Place Where I Didn’t Have To Think About The Real World For A Couple Hours Of The Day.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I've always thought that repeatedly mentioning the skin colour of characters implies how unusual the very idea of their existence in that particular context is.The writing was immaculate, the world building was really gradual and well paced, the magic system was also really gentle and easy to understand. I definitely think the sequel will work a lot better because now the stage is set, and the last few scenes were really ramping up to some good action. As for characters, I particularly really loved Sinai and her plotline; I wished Naala had a little bit more development as I felt I didn’t know her as deeply as I knew Sinai. It took a long time to get to the point of why the twins are special, and by the time their actual twin action happened, it was a rushed conclusion that's only a little satisfying. The setting is incredibly engrossing, and since I'm not very familiar with the part of history the world was based on (medieval Nigeria I believe), it was fascinating to learn about.