Title: Blood Scion

Series: Blood Scion #1

Author: Deborah Falaye

Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.

Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.

Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.

‘Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster.’

Firstly, let me gush over the edition I have, it’s a Fairyloot SE and probably one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen!

Sloane, a hidden Scion is unvoluntarily recruited in the army of the Lucis regime, but it means killing her people and she is all but a child herself. The decisions she faced were heartbreaking and I wanted to give her a cuddle.

But there is some light in the people she meets, like a found family and I lived for those moments because this story was dark, intense and brutal.

The writing was delectable. I listened to the audio as I read too and can totally recommend the narrator.

I loved Sloane, she was so strong and boy did she need to be. Her character growth was fabulous.

I’m not going to say anything about the plot as you need to discover this for yourself but I will say the secrets that are revealed at the end made my jaw drop! I was gobsmacked! Can’t wait to see where this story goes, book 2 please!