Now let me tell you why.
The world-building in this book is some of the best ideas, layout, and character background I have ever read. You do not get one world, you get a mish-mash of multiple types of worlds and hints of even more to come in Book 2 all working together. From very early on, you learn it is all about the gods, who they love, and what themselves as individuals value. And from there the ideas and stories expand. One of the things I really loved was how every god's lands had its own unique features, and characteristics, and people. The description of all of this just sucks you in! You want to explore, go on a tour to see all the different areas.
Grown from this lush and entrancing landscape, we have the main characters and their stories. Not a single one is boring or feels out of place. In fact the more you read, the more it feels as though a gigantic puzzle is coming together, the pieces making sense, fitting just right, up until the very end, where you lay down and let it all wash over you, as you start the countdown for the release of Book 2.
Overall, the author does a tremendous job with this book. It is a new story, from a new angle, but still filled with all the yummy goodies we love to read about to make you easily fall into the pages. Like found family, strong women who are not always good, and an enemy you want to see destroyed. She also has an intriguing way of story-telling, taking readers back to the past and giving the back story that created the present day situations the characters find themselves in. And unlike other books where it can feel disorienting, this author makes this back and forth feel seamless.
I loved this book and I know if you love fantasy and adventure, you will as well!
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Great narration, but not quite what I was looking for
Aure Nash did a fantastic job that I really enjoyed. In particular, the voices she did for the gods had these larger than life almost ethereal edits on them.This one features great representation as well. Black fantasy with lush character designs and cultures. Dreads and braids as well as great descriptors on the variety of skin tones really sells the world as diverse and rich.I did listen through this one while going through some personal changes, so I am afraid I was a bit distracted. So let me just point that out. However, I found myself slipping in and out of the story throughout. In the beginning I was locked in, but the kind of meandering pace and continued scenes of intervention from the gods kind of made this one lack stakes. For me, the characters read pretty much the same as when they started, they may have come to some realizations, but I didn’t feel as if they actually grew. And the intervention of the gods kind of made what little action there was fall a little flat. I didn’t feel like I had to worry about the characters not surviving, and the action was cool when it happened, so I wish there was more.Personally a 3/5* for me.
