Review – I Am Human Too by Ane M #fantasy #romance #ya

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Synopsis

 

 

Zakhi has known a tragedy in his life. A tragedy of the death of his mother. Her being killed in front his eyes for a reason he still does not understand.

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Balz has known tragedies of his own. But that never stopped him from being mean and insulting to Zakhi…that all changes though all of his hatred becomes something else. Something he’s afraid of exploring.

 

 

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This book was written by a South African author.

I’m not sure what category to put this book in. It is YA, there is romance, there is an exploration of new feelings (M/M), some adventure, and definitely some fantasy/sci-fi bits.

The story starts off with a young boy’s mother being killed and he goes to live with his aunt and uncle. He doesn’t understand that his mother is dead and runs out into the road and ends up being hit by a car and dying. Or does he?

The book fast forwards about 10 years and Zakhi is in his senior year and just wants to finish and leave. We are led to believe that he might be this young boy that possibly died all those years ago, but it is never really fully explained. Zakhi has a girlfriend, Zinzi, who happens to be the sister of Zakhi’s bully, Balz.

What follows is a journey between Zakhi and Balz and their feelings for each other. Balz is probably the most confused but Zakhi seems to take everything in stride.

Now the fantasy/sci-part has to do with two other characters that don’t seem to be of this world. Both are guys and one of them is pregnant, but they are there to make sure that Zakhi and Balz get together.

There is a twist near the end I didn’t expect but it made sense considering the above about characters possibly from another world.

This is definitely an interesting book, not one I would have picked up on my own. Because the author is from another country, I noticed some errors in grammar compared to what I would use in the US. The story can be confusing at times and I think if the author expanded the story it would help round out the characters and the storyline.

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