Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons #1) by Leigh Bardugo

Greek Mythology meets with world politics in this thriller-young-adult-classic featuring a beloved character and her becoming-a-hero status

Written by Akinwale

Published on October 21, 2021

I can now see why YA lovers can read 200+ books a year, haha. This was exactly what I needed after I hit a reading block of sorts with my preferred Epic.

With writing as quality as the one offered here by Leigh Bardugo, I cannot say I was too surprised that I was mind blown a few times. Six of Crows is one of my best ever, so Wonderwoman was only going to end one way for me, a five-star read.

But don’t desist from delving into this if you haven’t simply because of my obvious sentiment. I do not give full ratings to a book often, and certainly not a lot of late.

The style is typical Bardugo- ease, thrill, and explosive unpredictability. The story is YA, blended with Mythology. I’m not very familiar with the DC comics, but plot-wise, I can say that this book is much deeper, more intricate, and more engrossing than the movie Wonderwoman.

Other than being such a wonderful story, the book packs lovely characters, villains, and protagonists. Each one is unique, and given how short the entire book is, I must praise the author’s sense of literary economy here. I hope in the future to have this awesome ability to cram such brilliance inside a few pages. The best stories in the genre are lengthy series. For a supposed standalone to have such all-around depth is truly outstanding.

Greek Mythology meets with world politics in this thriller-young-adult-classic featuring a beloved character and her becoming-a-hero status. It’s classified broadly as YA, but it’s much more mythology than fantasy, seeing as the setting is based on both the real world and mystical places.