The Hero's Equinox by Antoine Bandele
- Gabby Womack
- Jul 26
- 1 min read
The Hero's Equinox by Antoine Bandele brings us back to Ifa Academy in the aftermath of the Orisha of the ocean's massive tidal wave attack that resulted in toppled skyscrapers, many injuries, and a death. TJ is beset with survivor's guilt despite the praise he keeps receiving from his community for saving them. To top it all off, Shango, the Orisha who helped TJ and his friends in their time of need has been imprisoned by The Court of All for abandoning his cosmic post to do so. TJ can't seem to catch a break!
There's a lot going on in book three of the TJ Young & The Orishas series and it's a thick one at 732 pages in e-book format which too me a long time to read. I picked up the audiobook to help me, in the end. Sometimes, I had a hard time following the side quests and kind of wish there were fewer of them, but I could see how it all came together in the end.
As with the first two books in the series, this novel was packed with action, sweet moments, friendship, and grief. I love that more of the trio's family was involved in the action this time around and seeing more of TJ's actual powers outside of boosting his friends. I'm curious to see where this journey takes our MC in book 4.
Content Warnings: grief, survivor's guilt, imprisonment, gaslighting, injury, parental separation.
