Somadina (Akwaeke Emezi, 2025)

We had done and survived unimaginable things. Our world was so much bigger than our town, the river full of crocodiles, and these forests we’d grown up in. There was an entire sea out there to prove it.Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other’s sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaike’s powers enchant, Somadina’s cause fear to ripple through her town.Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant – and dangerous – hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother, the one person she trusted, vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest. Even if it means gruelling, otherworldly travel she may not survive. Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world don’t dare to go.Does Somadina have the strength – within both her body and her soul – for the trying journey ahead?