Title: Last Days of Queen Amina
Author: Davi’O R. Seki
Category: Fiction
Description: A powerful queen marches to Idah to reclaim her authority over the Igala people. There she falls in love and unfortunately meets her doom in the hands of a young mermaid.
What I Think About The Book: My first thought about the book: ‘Hmm. Last Days of Queen Amina. It’s definitely the story of a dying queen’. The title pretty much tells it all, doesn’t it?
No, it doesn’t.
The title captivated me in its unique way, by telling me there’s a queen who’s close to her end. It left me wondering how she met her end, and piqued my interest about the moments leading up to her imminent end.
Amina, the Queen of Zazzau, is one of the strongest protagonists you’ll ever come across. Perhaps this is because of her age, or because of her many achievements which include strangling a leopard with her bare hands when she was only a child. Either way, she is the personification of valor.
Last Days of Queen Amina is an intriguing short story that tells the tale of a warrior queen; one who has faced many things men would not dare face. She never shies away from danger, but walks right into it.
She has a weird habit of marrying men from the lands she conquers, and killing them after consummating their marriage. But when she marries an Idah man named Ojono, she’s even willing to give up her throne for him.
Two things amazed me (I mean, pleasantly surprised me) while reading this book. The first is the author’s ability to create a strong impression as early as the first paragraph, and the second is the originality of this story.
Rating: Five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dear Author, I look forward to more books from you.
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