I recieved a copy of Yeseni and the Daughter of Peace from Netgalley in exxhange for my honest review. My opinions are my own.

Tw: Infanticide, Suicide, Slavery

Ill be honest, this wasn't my favourite read. The descriptions felt a little flat and I struggled to fully imerse myself in the story. The story moved from one part to another very fast and some things almost seemed meaningless <spoiler> She begins hating the idea of marriage, but immediately after meeting him once decided that she had fallen in love with her. Next time she sees him, he threatens to kill her, and the next he kills himself. He takes up very little space in the story. </spoiler>

At the beginning of the story, Elewa seemed very young and naive, not the 16 years old that she was supposed to be. This makes later depictions of the inside of a slave ship, and the treatment of slaves so much more shocking. I'm aware of it's historical accuracy, but I think the description of a woman suffocating her newborn baby and then failing to kill herself probably warranted some kind of trigger warning.

The time travel, which is introduced rather early in the story, only takes up a small space near the end of the story. The event that the entire story has been setting up is solved quick and easy. I think this was a very interesting premise, and I enjoyed the story at parts, but I ended feeling a little confused and not particularily satisfied by the ending.