Legendborn
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Legendborn (2020)

Tracy Deonn

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants to escape. A residential programme for bright high-schoolers seems like the perfect opportunity – until she witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus . . . A flying demon feeding on human energies.

ISBN:
9781534441620
Length:
507 pages

Genres: fantasy, romance, young adult

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Reviews9

Kevin Kelly
Mixed

Because i gave that book 3 out of 5 stars. I was very confused while reading that book, i found it very hard to get into and understand what was going on, i really think this book could have benefited with a glossary with all of the different terms so that i could look at it and remember what everything was because there was a lot of terminology and i really couldn't understand it. But i do want to read the sequel because i think it ended on such a cliffhanger, that i'm excited to read the next one.