I would equate some aspects of the novel to The Hunger Games in that regard, so set forth with that recognition. As a military-fantasy novel that is inspired, in part, by the horrific reality of child soldiers, this story is ripe with the ruthless murder of children and likewise child murderers. When I say this novel is dark, I mean this novel is dark. However, when Sloan is drafted to fight in the war against her own people, she must do anything to survive and find safety. And, like all descendants of the Yoruba people, Sloan is hunted by the tyrannical monarch, Olympia, and her legion of soldiers, the Lucis should anyone discover Sloan’s rare gift of magic not only would she be killed, but so too would all her loved ones. As a Scion, Sloan is a gifted with magic from the Orisha gods and has the power to call forth fire and flame. Sloan is 15 years old with magic running through her veins.
This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.īlood Scion is a dark-as-they-come YA fantasy novel filled with detailed and developed world building and a similarly complex heroine, Sloan. I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.įollowing one girl’s journey of magic, injustice, power, and revenge, this deeply felt and emotionally charged debut from Deborah Falaye, inspired by Yoruba-Nigerian mythology, is a magnetic combination of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and Daughter of Smoke and Bone that will utterly thrill and capture readers. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within. Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will-she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
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