Introducing: Resonance by Sitreyah Kotelo
Resonance is the African fantasy novel that's about to change your reading life. At 330 pages, it's the perfect length for a weekend binge—but trust us, you'll be thinking about it for months.
Set in a world where ancestral memory lives in your blood and sound itself holds power, Resonance follows a protagonist grappling with identity, belonging, and the weight of generational trauma. But this isn't trauma porn—it's a story about healing, about finding your voice, and about the resonance that connects us all.
Why BookTok Will Obsess Over This
The magic system: Based on vibration, sound, and ancestral connection. It's hard magic with soft edges—systematic enough for Sanderson fans, poetic enough for romantasy readers.
The characters: Morally grey doesn't begin to cover it. These are people shaped by colonial trauma, making impossible choices, loving fiercely despite everything.
The prose: Literary fantasy at its finest. Every sentence is intentional. You'll be highlighting on every page.
The representation: African cosmology, Ubuntu philosophy, and ancestral wisdom woven authentically throughout. This isn't African aesthetics slapped onto a Western framework—it's African storytelling at its core.
Perfect For Fans Of:
- Children of Blood and Bone (but more literary)
- The Priory of the Orange Tree (but tighter)
- Circe (that same mythic quality)
- The Rage of Dragons (that same intensity)