Book Review: Oathbound By Tracy Deonn

Oathbound by Tracy Deonn is going down as one of my favorite books of the Legendborn Cycle!

The Legendborn Cycle is a #1 New York Times bestselling series!!! I could not wait to continue the journey with Bree and Sel and Nick! Keep reading to hear about my spoiler free review!

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Synopsis of Oathbound By Tracey Deonn

Severed from the Legendborn. Oathbound to a monster.

Bree Matthews is alone. She exiled herself from the Legendborn Order, cut her ancestral connections, and turned away from the friends who can’t understand the impossible cost of her powers. This is the only way to keep herself—and those she loves—safe.

But Bree’s decision has come with a terrible price: an unbreakable bargain with the Shadow King himself, a shapeshifter who can move between humanity, the demon underworld, and the Legendborn secret society. In exchange for training to wield her unprecedented abilities, Bree has put her future in the Shadow King’s hands—and unwittingly bound herself to do his bidding as his new protégé.

Meanwhile, the other Scions must face war while their Round Table is fractured, leaderless, and missing its Kingsmage, as Selwyn has also disappeared. When Nick invokes an ancient law that requires the High Council of Regents to grant him an audience, the Order’s Merlins imprison him. No one knows what he will demand of the Regents…or what secrets he has kept hidden from the Table.

As a string of mysterious kidnappings escalates and Merlins are found dead, it becomes clear that no matter how hard Bree runs from who she is, the past will always find her.

Content Warnings

Racism, Violence, Grief,Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture

My rating

5/5 Stars ( see my rating here)

What I really thought

You know for about 50% of this book it was a clear 3.5 for me. Then we hit 51% and I was like oh this is a solid 4…
But baby! That last chapter made this a 5 star book because it all of the pieces that I couldn’t figure out why they were there or why they were included came together so brilliantly that I sat there starting out a window blinking for a good 10 minutes like OH MY GAWD.

It is the mark of an excellent writer that strings me along so beautifully the entire book, making me question the entire stroy ling only to end up with one of the most well writtten conclusions I’ve read in a long time.

I am so mad we have to wait for the next book!