The idea of a magical society based on the Round Table is really interesting, and the concept of descendants inheriting the powers of their legendary ancestors in times of great need has exceptional potential, particularly when combined with the darker elements of that connection. It’s just one of those books that, for me, seems to have a better concept than execution. I didn’t connect with Legendborn, but I don’t want to give the impression that it’s a bad book.
Dogged by a suspicious Sel and helped by the charming Nick, Bree must compete in a competition to earn her place amongst the Legendborn in order to access the secret knowledge she seeks. Determined to discover the truth of her mother’s death, Bree infiltrates the society of the Legendborn, a group of demon hunters descended from the knights of King Arthur’s Round Table. The night her mother died, someone like Sel wiped Bree’s memory. The incident shakes loose an old, buried memory. More damning, she is able resist it when Selwyn, a strange boy with magic powers and inhuman abilities, attempts to wipe her memory of the attack. While attending a party at her new school, Bree witnesses something she shouldn’t have: a demon feeding off human energies. On paper, it should have been a home run, but I was never able to emotionally connect and by the end I found I had no interest in continuing with the series.
I truly don’t understand why I didn’t like this novel. Once I actually read Legendborn, though, I didn’t mind that I’d forgotten the sequel. I got Legendborn from the library and immediately regretted not grabbing Bloodmarked as well, because I was so certain that I would desperately want to go right from the first to the second. It gets near-universal raves, it’s a YA fantasy novel with an interesting and unique magic system, it focuses on a Black heroine and Black narratives, and it has endorsements from some of fantasy’s best writers. Based on everything that I’d heard about it, I was certain I would love Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.
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