Godkiller

A world where gods were once rampant now sees religion as outlawed. The fates of a young noble girl who is bound to a small god, a godkiller, and a former royal knight become intertwined.

I was very much into this book at first. The world building is good, and the first few chapters have pretty fantastic prose and character introductions. It definitely will suck you in. However, towards the later half of the book I found myself feeling a bit disappointed with how some of the characters, and their relationships to each other, developed. Particularly Elo, who I grew to increasingly dislike despite my best wishes. It does end on a fairly good note--this book is definitely more of a 3.5 than a 3. If it weren't for those flagging and awkward moments, it could have easily been a 4. I just didn't feel compelled to hurry and read …

These cunning gods and their cunning games.

It always sucks to be disappointed in a book that has so many things going for it that I absolutely love. The setting is full of mysteries and wonders; I was fascinated by the way all the gods-related worldbuilding was handled. The characters are pretty cool, too; I especially loved Elo and his backstory with King Arren, but I also really felt for Kissen, Inara, and Skedi in equel measure. I loved how diverse this book is, especially all the disability rep. And at the same time, I really didn't like the story.

It's not that it's bad. On the contrary, the premise and the sequel hook at the end and multiple isolated parts of the journey between are all pretty cool! But it's like all the separate character arcs never blended into a single whole for me. The narrative often got bogged …