Bree, an early college student, is forced to face not only present reality, but her own ancestry–all of it. This is the story that Legendborn tells, too. As a result, my life and lineage are inextricably tied to not only strength and survival but pain and cruel, thoughtless power. They were very probably brutal oppressors at worst, and apathetic cowards at best. My European ancestry? It’s a given that my recent Euro connections were not inspirations. My African and Indigenous ancestors are points of reverence, wisdom, and strength. My feelings about it are complicated, in a way that I also didn’t want or expect. Recently I did a DNA test and discovered, among other things, that I have significantly more European ancestry than I wanted or expected. The real story is…well, let me explain it from a personal angle. If this was just the Knights of the Round Table with a Black lead, I’d have hated it. It’s also done a bit wrong by its blurbs. There’s nothing I like more than being proven wrong by brilliance, and this book is brilliant. Me, now, after reading that book: crackhead scratch WHERE’S THE NEXT BOOK? GIVE IT TO MEEEEEE….! Me, last year when Bookstagram blew up with 5-star reviews on a YA book about a Black girl who is somehow involved in Arthurian legends: That is a really stupid idea.
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