Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orisha, 3)

Loved this entire series. WRECKED me in the best way possible. 100% reccomend!

Tomi Adeyemi has a strong writing style when it comes to creating a compelling fight scene or describing a new location with gorgeous and lush visuals and because so much of this book is spend outside of Orisha, battling a new enemy, you get a lot of that. Unfortunately, this was was a miss for me. I wanted more interpersonal stories between the characters we already had and to deal with the outcome of the civil war from book two. So much of that is brushed aside in this book to make room for a new epic tale spanning three different empires. Trigger warning, there is a not-subtle slave-trade-esque plot for the first quarter of the book. A lot of information is dumped there too so it's hard to skip. I truly believe if that piece of the plot was cut down and we got to see Zélie and Amari discuss what happened in book two, I'd have a completely different opinion right now. Despite Children of Anguish and Anarchy disappointing me, I would still recommend the entire trilogy. The world-building is phenomenal and its a great addition to any Young Adult collection.