Akata Witch

The tag lines that stated that Akata Witch is like Harry Potter in Africa was not far off the mark on this one. I really appreciated the use of the Nigerian setting and folk roots of the magic and supernatural elements - it leant the familiar story a lot of flavour. Sunny was a likeable character and her friends were interesting if a little less fleshed out.
I enjoyed the story and felt it was fast paced and had a lot of really fun aspects to the imaginary world created, which kept me turning the pages to see what the intrepid foursome would come across next. It's definitely imaginative and a refreshing take on the YA magical genre.
I felt it could have used a bit more fleshing out in some areas and I also didn't feel a huge emotional tie to the story, which I really look for in order to make it just that something a little bit more special. Well worth reading still though!