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The authoritarians and know-nothings don’t want us to imagine better futures, better worlds, and that’s precisely what fantasy does. In the words of Katherine Rundell, “The imagination is the primary and first site of resistance.”

I really loved the descriptions of food in this book. It was so nice to hear African cuisines being described. I rarely encounter that in fantasy

feeling kind of warm cozy feelings towards her kidnapper! I get that he's a king and she's supposedly terrified, but she seemed to get over it too quickly imo. They were exchanging smiles a lot WHILE she was finding out he kidnapped her to be his bride. Like????

So I kind of had to reread the first few chapters bc the night I read this book was such a blur. The first thing about this story that I thought was strange was how Ododo just kind of accepted being kidnapped. Her fear was mentioned a few times and her kind of playing along, but she was also

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