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A review by charvi_not_just_fiction
Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
5.0
4.5/5 stars
“You say you want liberty, but you can never be free alone. None of us are free until all of us are.”
Wow, this book was an absolute delight from the beginning to the end! Such rich world0building and fascinating characters... I honestly fell in love with this whole world whether it was the city of Bassa and its markets, the Breathing Forest or the protectorate of Whudasha. Okungbowa is able to breathe life into his world because it quickly envelops you and draws you in. It’s very rare that in a fantasy book instead of being slightly confused about the worldbuilding I was filled with a thirst to know more details.
I am absolutely living for all the characters in this book! A friend of mine told me that the beginning was slightly slow as the author set up the world first but I didn’t mind that at all because I was so vested in learning more about the characters from the very beginning. Yes, I’m one of those people for whom characters make or break the book.
Okungbowa seamlessly weaves in so many incredibly important and poignant themes reflective of our world today. At its core though, this book talks about power and class at so many levels and in so many different ways.
“Power in hands that couldn’t be fully controlled was always unsettling.”
Also, I can a 100% tell you that if we didn’t have multiple characters narrating Son of the Storm this book wouldn’t be half as good. Its characters come from different world and mindsets and follow such divergent paths that a single narrator would not have been able to show us the depth of their lives or even cover the plot as a whole. Okungbowa chose every character carefully and all their narratives and stories added so much to the story and furthered the plot.
You can find my complete review on my blog Not Just Fiction!
Thank you to Caffeine Book Tours, the publisher and the author for providing me with an arc. All my thoughts and opinions are my own
“You say you want liberty, but you can never be free alone. None of us are free until all of us are.”
Wow, this book was an absolute delight from the beginning to the end! Such rich world0building and fascinating characters... I honestly fell in love with this whole world whether it was the city of Bassa and its markets, the Breathing Forest or the protectorate of Whudasha. Okungbowa is able to breathe life into his world because it quickly envelops you and draws you in. It’s very rare that in a fantasy book instead of being slightly confused about the worldbuilding I was filled with a thirst to know more details.
I am absolutely living for all the characters in this book! A friend of mine told me that the beginning was slightly slow as the author set up the world first but I didn’t mind that at all because I was so vested in learning more about the characters from the very beginning. Yes, I’m one of those people for whom characters make or break the book.
Okungbowa seamlessly weaves in so many incredibly important and poignant themes reflective of our world today. At its core though, this book talks about power and class at so many levels and in so many different ways.
“Power in hands that couldn’t be fully controlled was always unsettling.”
Also, I can a 100% tell you that if we didn’t have multiple characters narrating Son of the Storm this book wouldn’t be half as good. Its characters come from different world and mindsets and follow such divergent paths that a single narrator would not have been able to show us the depth of their lives or even cover the plot as a whole. Okungbowa chose every character carefully and all their narratives and stories added so much to the story and furthered the plot.
You can find my complete review on my blog Not Just Fiction!
Thank you to Caffeine Book Tours, the publisher and the author for providing me with an arc. All my thoughts and opinions are my own