Goodreads Summary: Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is, until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins.
Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour.
Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning – something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.
Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour.
Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning – something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.
Goodreads Ratings: 3.86 stars with over 59,000 ratings
Genre Listing: Fantasy. Fiction, Mythology, Queer, LGBT, Adult
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Book Review:
Hello, Readers. I hope everyone is doing well. I finally finished Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. This one took me a while to get through. I've been fairly busy and just haven't had a lot of time to read, plus even though this was only 288 pages, it was just hard for me to get through.
I'll be honest. I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I got into it pretty quickly, but each chapter is a different character's perspective. If it were just every now and then, I think it would be okay, but there are four or five characters' perspectives. It made it really dense for such a short book. I'd just start getting into a character's story, and then the chapter would end, and it'd be someone else. It made me not want to pick it up most nights when I did have time to read.
I liked Kissen and her story. I liked the world that everything was set in. I liked Inara. I didn't really have any feelings towards Elogast. Overall, it was an interesting story, but I didn't love it. I was entertained by it, but found myself wanting to know more about the gods and the world.
The ending and romance felt lacklustre. It was fine, but the pacing just felt too quick. There was such a build-up to get where they were going that when it finally happened, it wasn't much to write home about.
Overall, I liked it, but didn't feel like it was anything special. I picked this up mainly because I liked the cover of Sunbringer and wanted to read it. I do have that book, so I'll probably read it eventually, but it probably won't be right away. My next book is going to be Dungeon Crawler Carl because I'm giving in to peer pressure.
Overall, I liked it, but didn't feel like it was anything special. I picked this up mainly because I liked the cover of Sunbringer and wanted to read it. I do have that book, so I'll probably read it eventually, but it probably won't be right away. My next book is going to be Dungeon Crawler Carl because I'm giving in to peer pressure.
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