As a queer POC, it’s difficult to relate to characters in most fantasy novels because I don’t see myself represented. Overall, Legendborn is easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. By the King’s Table, for the Order’s might, by the eternal Oaths, the Line is Law.” “When the shadows rise, so will the light. Bree has to choose -fight with the order, or against it. The Legendborn are actually descendants of King Arthur’s knights and war is coming. There’s more to her mother’s death that Bree previously thought, and she’ll do anything to find out what really happened, even if it means infiltrating the secret society of “ Legendborn” students that hunt the demonic creatures as one of their initiates.īree teams up with Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own problems with the Order of the Legendborn, and together they delve deeper into the Order’s secrets. Unbeknownst to him, the Merlin accidentally frees Bree’s own magic and a hidden memory: the night her mother died, another mage was at the hospital. A mysterious teenage boy who calls himself a “Merlin” -a mage - attempts to wipe Bree’s memory of the event and fails. At a party, Bree sees a flying demon feeding on human energies. It seems like the perfect escape from her childhood home and family memories -until Bree witnesses a magical attack her first night on campus. After the death of her mother in a car accident, Bree decides to attend a residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC Chapel Hill. Our story follows sixteen-year-old Briana Matthews, a.k.a. Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn: Grief, Magic and Historyĭuring the summer of 2021, I was scrolling through a book list trying to find some books to pass the time and the cover of Legendborn caught my attention.

Legendborn cover