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Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

2020 · 502 pages · Young adult

adventurous moodfast pacedbalanced tonecliffhanger ending

How it reads

Legendborn is young adult (ya contemporary fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, coming of age and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 502 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something adventurous
  • you want a book that pulls you through
  • you're drawn to stories about identity

Maybe not if…

  • you need something cosy or melancholy
  • you want dense, lingering prose
  • you hate waiting for a sequel

All 15 dimensions

Author gender
female
Author experience
debut
Setting: place
big city
Setting: time
contemporary
Mood / feeling
adventurous
Tone / weight
balanced
Length
long
Narrative style
first person, one narrator
Publication era
recent
Popularity
mega-bestseller
Series vs standalone
first in a series
Ending style
cliffhanger

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