Son of the Storm

First off, I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Throughout this novel, we follow multiple POVs through this world that is devoid of magic. This changes when one day, a person no one thought was real shows up in their city weilding a magic that was supposed to be a myth. We follow multiple people as they battle with the ramifications of this magic being unleashed. The book is inspired by pre-colonial West African cultures, which creates such a rich, interesting backdrop for this story.

I really enjoyed the plot of this book. It was very interesting, fresh, and unique. However, I didn't care for the characters as much. Being a character driven reader, this can really pull me out of a story. There were multiple points where I felt a little bored because I didn't feel as much of the stakes as the characters. The action scenes really made up for this at points, though. There was so much fighting and violence without it becoming just gore. The fighting was interesting and dynamic.

Overall, I highly recommend this book. It is very different from other fantasy stories out there right now.

TW: violence, gore, torture, possession, death, animal death, blood, bones, colorism, racism, slavery