Here’s another great review by my friend, Cammi…
By Cammi Woodall
Admit it. If you are of a certain age like me, you sung the Wonder Woman theme song and twirled Linda Carter’s signature spin. We have been fascinated by this character for eighty years. Author Leigh Bardugo has added her own entry to the mystique and lore of this beloved superhero with Wonder Woman: Warbringer. This book focuses on Diana as a teenager. She is not Wonder Woman yet, but we get to along with her as she starts her journey.
Set in modern times, Bardugo’s story introduces the mortal character of Alia, a teenager facing the same tribulations most do – your first crush, frizzy hair, peer acceptance, and realizing you are Warbringer, a descendant of Helen of Troy who is destined to bring war and destruction to the world. This book focuses on the friendship between two female characters who each come to understand their strengths as individuals and as part of a team. Along the way, they face life-threatening danger and betrayal in a race to save the world.
Wonder Woman: Warbringer hits several marks. It can appeal to fans of young adult fiction, superhero fans, adventure enthusiasts, and followers of Leigh Bardugo. It is not typically a book that I would read, but I am so glad I did! I have now bought two more of Bardugo’s books and I am waiting for a rainy afternoon to see what other tales this author can spin!
She will become one of the world’s greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . .
Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law—risking exile—to save a mere mortal. Even worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world.
Alia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringer—a direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.
Together, Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies—mortal and divine—determined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. If they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.
I almost remember Wonder Woman.
Sounds like fun to see a story of her as a kid.
I like prequels myself…