A Song of Wraiths and Ruin is her debut novel. Her work has been featured by Voice of America, among other outlets. Brown is an immigrant from the West African nation of Ghana and a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she completed the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House program. High fantasy, epic worlds, spirits, magic, love, and murder-you couldn’t ask for a more entertaining novel. Maass, Tomi Adeyemi, Maggie Stiefvater, and Rena Barron. I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
And each protagonists’ touch of humor brings light to otherwise dark and heavy themes. Malik’s struggles to own his magic and background are well-crafted and thoughtful. Fans will immediately love her, despite her mistakes and because of her heroism.
Karina is well-developed, feisty, flawed, and full of pitch-perfect voice. Throw in some otherworldly spirits and demons set to take over an empire, and you’ve got global stakes to make this feel like a sweeping saga. Our two protagonists have such polar needs – to kill one another – that there is no question of stakes. It’s intricately detailed for loyal fantasy fans, yet plot-driven enough to keep the pages turning quickly. What a ride! Debut author Roseanne Brown brings us an endlessly entertaining fantasy that readers will devour. But can she fix everything and save her Kingdom from the dark spirits that threaten it, with a terrible sacrifice? And will she find that sacrifice is Malik? Will their growing attraction mean their safety or their ruin? The Solstasia games, which come only once every fifty years, are upon her Kingdom-she must make sure everything goes right. His mission from the spirit: to find and kill the crown princess.Ĭrown Princess Karina is grieving a terrible loss while struggling to keep it hidden from the rest of the world.
So when his youngest sister, Nadia, is stolen by a devilishly tricky spirit, Malik is forced to enter the city and partake in the Solstasia games. They have nowhere to go, no money, and are quickly out of options. Malik and his sisters are immigrants, desperately trying to gain entry into the walled city.
Welcome to Ziran, a thriving metropolis amid a desert. What to expect: Fantasy, West African Folklore, AdventureĪn intricately detailed and enormously entertaining read, A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN will endlessly entertain teens and adults alike. The Children’s Book Review A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
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