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Last week, I read The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi, and now I'm reading the sequel, The Truth of the Aleke. These are both African-inspired fable-like fantasy novellas about teenagers saving oppressed desert cities. Obviously, I enjoyed the first well enough to read the second, but I think they would have been better listed as YA, as both volumes feature not-so-subtle lessons about the bad guys and predictable plot twists that might have seemed fresher/more relevant to that audience.
(Sidenote: if you're doing book bingo and need a quick disability rep. hard mode, The Truth of the Aleke is only ~100 pages, and seems to work as a standalone so far.)
Oooh, I do need that bingo square, but even without that, books, specially fantasy about other culture are always interesting.
Thanks for the recommendation.