Children of Anguish and Anarchy

Legacy of Orisha, Book 3

By: Tomi Adeyemi

Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Erivo narrates Tomi Adeyemi’s long-awaited conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Legacy of Orïsha series.

New allies rise.

The Blood Moon nears.

Zélie faces her final enemy.

The king who hunts her heart.

When Zélie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.

Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.

But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.

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The Complete Legacy of Orïsha Series:

Children of Blood and Bone (Book 1)

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Book 2)

Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Book 3)

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

©2024 Tomi Adeyemi (P)2024 Macmillan Audio

Excellent

This book had me in my feelings the whole time. It was an epic way to end this trilogy. I still want more but closure was provided. This was a great read! Thank you so much!

Omggg

I’m touched by the allegory of the African diaspora‘s origin.. this was truly a beautiful read. I’m sad the story is over but I’m even more excited to see this on the big screen!

So good my only complaint is I want more. 😭

This book was amazing. So much so that I feel like it ended too quickly. I wanted more 😭😭😭😭

Now I need to know more about the world that they’ve discovered existed. I need to know how magic works in other nations. I need to know what kind of nations are out there.

I felt this book the story was a little shorted in terms of what happened. And there are lots of things that were left hanging. And I’m not complaining. She gave LOTSSSS to talk about to speculate about to ponder on.

I just think because it’s so good. I wanted more. 🤭🤭 I’m greedy.

I hope she writes more in this universe. This can’t be it. What happens next now that she has all this power, now that her brother had this power and our new friends. 😭😭😭 I need to know.

That's It?

4 years of waiting, and I felt a bit shortchanged and underwhelmed. I purchased the book and may read it to see what/if I missed something. And the performance was good (more like what I would've wanted to hear for the 1st 2 books) but it did throw me off a little at first because "my" characters had different voices (like switching Aunt Viv's). I'll try it again at a later time and update if I feel differently.

I love this book!!!!

I did not anticipate what was going to happen in this book!!! Wooooooooo Chile!!! I finished in 2 days!!!

Now we are triumphant…

This series has been a roller coaster of emotions for me; I’ve cried, yelled and even cheered for what the characters had to get through to get the end they wanted. Now the thing I enjoy most was the epic scenes where we’re introduced into a new world outside of orisha, and the villains of this story. I can’t recommend this book enough, it’s definitely a reread for sure!

Great finale!

Only dislike was the new narrator. I’d gotten used to distinctly different voices.
I like how it was broken into parts and the way the story handled introducing a new land without it feeling rushed. Even newer characters seemed to matter. I also appreciated that Baldir’s goal was clear cut and didn’t drag.

But what happened with Roen??

Action packed!

I love how this book is a recap of the first two all while giving so much action and new story! New lands, new magic, new threats! This book was amazing!

Resilience!!!

The new narrator did a great job! The story is excellent and I am truly going to miss ALL of the characters. I wish it was longer. This could easily be a great movie trilogy!!!!!

Not what I expected

It seemed as though she decided to just write a whole new story with some of the same main characters. It just seemed so disconnected from the first two books. The story itself was still good but I am not a fan of the ending in any way.