hey everyone! Today I will be reviewing Wonder Woman Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo, the first book in the DC Icons ‘series’, and one of my most anticipated books of last year. So, yes, I actually planned to read it in August 2017 which is the date it was released but other books got in my way and here we are. For all of the seasonal readers out there: This is the perfect summer read because it is full of adventure, road trips and danger. 🏛💉💪🏼
The Sypnosis:
Princess Diana wants to prove herself as a true Amazon and when the opportunity finally comes, she takes the risk and saves a mortal girl. But Alia Keralis turns out to be no ordinary girl. She is a descendant of Helen of Troy and is destined to bring an age of war. She is a warbringer who has to be stopped before chaos begins to start. Together, Diana and Alia have to face a set of different enemies and if they fail both of their worlds won’t stay as they have been.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
First of all, you have to know that I had high expectations for this one because a) this was my first Leigh Bardugo book!! (believe it or not) b) Wonder Woman is one of my favourite of all superheroes and c) the hype was real.
So, I needed almost three months to finish this book. How is this even possible?! To be honest, I did push this book back and forth, not knowing if I should continue reading or try again later because the beginning of this was so slow to me! The first 200 pages were a real struggle because I somehow couldn’t click to the plot. But that was entirely forgotten when I got to the last third of the book because that part was WILD.
The cast of characters was probably the most diverse one I have ever seen. There are Alia and Jason, the African American siblings, Nim, an Indian girl and Alia’s best friend and also the smartphone obsessed Theo (from, was it, Brazil?). And, next to all those there’s also Diana, the princess Amazon. I LOVED the interactions between these characters, especially the friendship between Diana, Nim and Alia. I enjoyed reading about the bond between Diana and Alia because although they were totally different characters I felt like they had to struggle with the same problems.
So, yes this is a superhero story but this book has so many elements from Greek myths, as it takes an important role in the story. There is everything from mythical creatures to the appearance of goddesses.
And don’t forget the road trips and action packed fights!
Despite all that, I was a bit disappointed. I expected this book to be so much different. In my opinion, the focus of this book is clearly set on Alia, the warbringer and not on Diana, who is btw never mentioned to be Wonder Woman which is understandable since it’s her first journey in the mortal world.
Nonetheless, I can highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to take a break from long series or just wants to read a good superhero story. I can imagine this to be a good summer read as it is full of adventure, road trips fun scenes and fast paced! 🌞
“Sister in battle,” murmured Diana, “I am shield and blade to you.” “And friend.” “And always your friend.”
The second book in this series Batman: Knightwalker 🦇 by Marie Lu is already out and on my tbr list. I can’t tell now if I would enjoy that book more only looking at the superhero (cause Batman is cool too) but what I like about this series is that it is written by different authors. I am especially excited what Sarah J Maas is going to do with Catwoman…
Do you like superhero stories? If so, who is your favourite superhero/superheroine and why?
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