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curlyhairedbibliophile · 10 months

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Cover Art | The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one?

Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt. In order to kill the gods, whose ravenous competition for power is bleeding Otera dry, she must uncover the source of her divinity. But with her mortal body on the verge of ruin, Deka is running out of time—to save herself and an empire that’s tearing itself apart at its seams.

When Deka’s search leads her and her friends to the edge of the world as they know it, they discover an astonishing new realm, one which holds the key to Deka’s past. Yet it also illuminates a devastating decision she must soon make…

Choose to be reborn as a god, losing everyone she loves in the process. Or bring about the end of the world.

Artwork by Johnny Tarajosu

Release date | Feb 13, 2024 Storygraph

#the eternal ones #the gilded ones #namina forna #book cover art #book cover reveal #black authors #bipoc authors #booklr #bookblr

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the-final-sentence · 21 days

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Together, walking alongside our mortal friends while we can, we head into eternity.

Namina Forna, from The Eternal Ones

#namina forna #the eternal ones

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fantasybooktournament · 1 year

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#his dark materials #the golden compass #phillip pullman #namina forna #the gilded ones #round 2 #polls #fantasy book tournament

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morriemollu · 7 months

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Okay, so having read both of Namina Forna's Otera books thus far.

CAN WE PLEASE, discuss how the first and second books compliment each other so well and guide us through the typical feminism process.

Misogny > Femininine Power > Misandry > Gender Awareness > Equality for All.

Like you gotta do that awful hard swing into Misandry to realise how bad it gets before you come to a balance.

Also the magic system in this and the religious components of this just make is INCREDIBLE.

The found family and feminine rage and fallible gods just MWAH.

Loved them both, devoured it in days, just wish I paid better attention to death shriek descriptions early on

Also the first person POV added a whole new level of wow!!

#the gilded ones #namina forna #otera #akali #jatu #world of otera

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noemiealaska-blog · 7 months

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I need Fanarts !!

Has somebody read ''the gilded ones'' by Namina Frona ? I have so much trouble to vision what a deathskrieks looks like because I have a visual memory and each time forget how it's described. Could someone pleeeeease draw it ?

#the gilded ones #namina forna #nofanbase #fanart #deathshrieks

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maisietheweltoncow · 2 years

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where is the hype for the gilded ones and the merciless ones. They’re amazing books where is the fandom. All the romantic pairings are cute, there's plenty of lgbt representation and warrior women! what more could you want from a book!

#there's no fan art or anything #the gilded ones #the merciless ones #namina forna

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bookcoversonly · 15 days

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Title: The Eternal Ones | Author: Namina Forna | Publisher: Delacorte Press (2024)

#books #The Eternal Ones #Namina Forna

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hot-take-media · 2 years

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Namina Forna really said no TERFs allowed in my feminist fantasy series and I love her for it.

This was a really refreshing take on gendered magic systems. (A trope I previously believed to be impossible to do right.)

It was so amazing to see a character preciously from a sheltered conservative village fight tooth and nail for her trans and non-binary companions and put transphobic characters in their place, as well as be instantly supportive when they come out to her.

This book made my NB heart so happy. I can’t recommend it enough.

#book reccs #book recommendations #feminist fantasy #feminist fiction #antiterf #anti terf #diverse books #black authors #namina forna #the merciless ones #trans inclusion #the gilded ones #deka #feminist books #ya books #minor spoilers

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caribeandthebooks · 2 months

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February 2024 Reading Wrap Up

I read 3 books and got 2 kindle challenge achievements this month!

Now let's look at the breakdown :)

Reading Challenge Progress: I committed to reading 30 books in 2024 so currently I'm ahead by 2 books!

Top Genre read in February 2024: Historical

My first read for February and 5th read for the year was Dance Jamaica: Renewal and Continuity, The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. Rating: 3/5

This book was gifted to me by the current Artistic Director of the NDTC. Personally non-fiction books are easier to digest when they're topics that interest you/impact your life AND when you can recognise the people mentioned in the book. Was a good read, a bit wordy but that's to be expected given the author.

Book #6 was Weyward by Emilia Hart. Rating: 2.5/5

I'm not surprised at the rating since I generally don't like books that have women suffering for no other reason that it's a thing that happens. This book won Best Historical Fiction for 2023 so that placed it on my radar. Definitely take the content warnings into account for this one.

Thanks to Weyward being a kindle read, I earned the New Year Kindle Challenge Achievements: Happily Ever After & Groundhog Day while reading this book. A win is a win!

Book #7 was The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna. Rating: 2.5/5

The Eternal Ones is the last book in the Deathless Trilogy. The book wrapped up the series as expected. As annoying as the characters were sometimes it wasn't out of context. I am looking forward to more from this author in the future!

And that's it!

See you next month but in the meantime, what have you been reading?

#2024 reading challenge #monthly wrap up #book tumblr #booklr #bookblr #books #book blog #reading #kindle challenge #Dance Jamaica: Renewal and Continuity #Rex Nettleford #Weyward #Emilia Hart #the eternal ones #namina forna

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kpopandbookschild · 2 months

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Book poll round 2 #3

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shxpeshifterr · 2 months

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#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #namina forna #the eternal ones

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wttnblog · 3 months

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10 February 2024 Book Releases

It’s nearly the shortest month of the year, but that isn’t stopping authors from publishing their exciting new work! Below is a list of the 10 books I’m most excited for that are debuting in February 2024, the month of love. Many of these are memoirs, nonfiction pieces, and short stories, which is a bit off brand from my usual recommendations, but I’m sure you’ll find these delightful…

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fantasybooktournament · 1 year

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#kelly armstrong #namina forna #tahereh mafi #this woven kingdom #the gilded ones #darkest powers #round 1 #polls #fantasy book tournament

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jsalim-art · 11 months

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Just finished reading the guilded ones sequelnthe merciless ones. I didn't expect the twist in this book like holy shit. Can't wait for what I assumed will be the final book

#tbrbusterchallenge2023 #bookbanditchallenge #the merciless ones #namina forna #jehan reads a bunch of books

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the-final-sentence · 2 years

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And I am coming for the gods.

Namina Forna, from The Merciless Ones

#The Merciless Ones #Namina Forna

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black-is-beautiful18 · 2 years

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One of my moots on Twitter said it and I’ve expressed some of my feelings about it but…I’m worried about LegendBorn becoming a show. I’m worried about a lot of books by Black authors becoming shows/movies, especially if they’re being done by Netflix. I will enjoy these shows regardless because you will never stop me from consuming media meant for me, but the weird takes that we’re about to see is gonna set me off and a lot of ppl are going to get blocked. As I said, I’ve already talked about ppl making Bree a secondary character in her own story. I am nervous about more of those ppl popping up. Chances are they will be white. There will be ppl who hear about the show from tik tok and seeing edits. That is ok. However, it is not ok to see this story about a Black girl finding herself in a world of magic as well as processing her grief, and instead of centering her you center her love interests. That’s weird and only enforces what I’ve been saying about nonblack, especially white, readers.

#legendborn by tracy deonn #legendborn #the gilded ones #namina forna #raybearer #jordan ifueko #children of blood and bone #tomi adeyemi #white readers #black authors #unique writes

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