Book description:
Ododo's hometown of Timbuktu has been taken over and is now part of Yorubaland. Ododo and the other blacksmiths are already shined by society but gets worse under Yorubaland rule. Then she is abducted and is taken to the capital of Sangote. She finds out her kidnapper is the man who visited her blacksmith guild. She realizes that the man she had met is the king of Yorubaland and wants to make her his wife. She must find where she belongs before she loses everything.
Book review:
This was marketed to me as a fantasy retelling of Persephone set in Africa. Come to find out it is historical fiction retelling of Persephone set in Africa. It was well written and I enjoyed it some after finding out it was actually historical fiction. One of the few things I didn't really enjoy is that she is described as this great strategist that is catching things the king and the generals aren't noticing or considering but can't tell when the people around her are trying to manipulate her or giving her lies or half truths.
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