⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Magic Stars

Wow......

This debut book is quite simply beautiful, from the gorgeous cover, to the amazing story, I can't wait to see what she writes next.

If you know me at all then you will know that fantasy books are in my "Hell No" pile, i just can't, i've tried and tried, but the second Magic, or Dragons, or Sorcery is mentioned, i'm calling a taxi 😂

So imagine how happy i was that my Bingo Call this week in my Goodreads group was "Read a book with a main page genre of Magic) 😱😱😱
To say i was horrified is an understatement!

So i'm looking and looking and finding NOTHING, but this book kept popping into my feed and everyone was raving about it, i pulled up my big girl panties and grabbed that sucker the second i saw it was narrated by the amazing Bahni Turpin (Who narrated The Help & Allegedly)

I'm so glad i took the jump as this story was OUTSTANDING!!!

Set in a Western African world, Zélie lives with her brother and father, her mother was slaughtered along with hundreds of others in the Genocide or "The Raid" as it is now called.

The reason for the Genocide? King Saran, a horrid ruthless man who wants to rid the world of magic.

You see Zélie's mother was a Maji (magic person) and she was executed on King Saran's orders.

Zélie is now a Diviner (a maji with no powers), she, and all of the maji left are waiting for the day that her magic will come to her.

Told in 3 different POV's this stunning debut story will have you cheering Zélie on as she makes her way with her brother to bring back magic.

🎧🎧Naration is completely magical, Ms Turpin manages to read all of those complicated African words and brings them to life, it was like a movie playing in my head.