Poppy Wars was one of the most fun world building that I have seen in YA fantasy. Poppy wars follows the story of a young woman, ren, who is hungry. By hungry, I mean she doesn’t have time for anything but being better than her circumstances. Which left her with some shortcoming and consequences that stemmed from her stubbornness.

I am hoping the following books in this series further discusses the wind god and the Phoenix more.

This first book in the series was a great start and the cliff hanger at the end had me wanting more. However, what happens to the searlies (I listen to the book and didn’t get the correct spelling) was too much for me to bear. The notes of sexual and physical violence was too much for me to think about as black woman in the world. Although “War” is in the title and no war hasn’t left destruction in its wake.

I hope to return to this series when I’m in a better place but for now it’s too triggering!