Even though it is against Amazonian law to bring mortals back to Themyscira, Diana decides she can’t just watch this girl die so she swims out to save her, deciding that she’ll figure out what to do with the girl afterwards (and hopefully before she is caught).ĭiana gets more trouble than she bargains for though because no sooner does she bring the girl, whose name is Alia Keralis, back to the island, than the Amazons start to fall ill one after the other. She sees a ship on fire and can tell that there is at least one survivor, a girl.
In the middle of this contest which is so important to Diana, she happens to see an explosion off the island’s coast and goes to investigate. Because of her origins and because they live in peace on Themyscira, Diana has never been battle tested and is often perceived as weak. Whereas all of the other Amazons came to Themyscira as warriors, Diana was born from the earth on Themyscira when Hippolyta created her out of clay and begged Zeus to bring her to life. Even though she is a princess and destined to be their queen someday, many of the Amazons look down on Diana (thus making her look down on herself) because of her origins. We follow Princess Diana as she is competing in a contest, hoping to prove herself once and for all to her Amazonian sisters. Wonder Woman: Warbringer begins on the island of Themyscira, more commonly known as Paradise Island.
In addition to all of those elements you would expect to find in a superhero novel, there is also a focus on friendship and on finding oneself that made the characters so easily to relate to. I found the strong women, the sisterhood of the Amazons, and the fierce action scenes that I expected to find, but then I also found so much more that really took this book to the next level for me. And I’m just going to say that the fact that it has taken me two weeks to stop flailing about this book long enough to write down my thoughts should tell you how much I loved it! Wonder Woman: Warbringer was everything I wanted it to be and so much more. As a lifelong Wonder Woman fan and a huge fan of Bardugo’s, my expectations for this book were extremely high. I hardly even know where to begin with my review of Leigh Bardugo’s Wonder Woman: Warbringer. Published by Random House Children's Books on August 28th 2017 Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh BardugoĪlso by this author: Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1), Crooked Kingdom
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