Les atouts du coopératisme africain

This was a fun read! The main characters are Mexican disaster bisexuals, and their interactions are well-written. I enjoyed the portrayal of grief and its interplay with magic.

5* 

• ends in cliffhanger 

• spice 4/5 (very good spice!!) 

I immediately jumped into this from Book 1, and I was not disappointed. The cliffhanger in Book 1 is less easy to predict than the one here, and I went in already mad about Book 3 not being out because I knew what was coming. Beware this book if you don’t like unfinished series, this will leave you hurting. 

Spoiler for cliffhanger <spoiler> I thought it was pretty obvious that the price for resurrecting Samkiel would be something to do with their finally-admitted love. I’m expecting him to have lost feeling for her maybe in the next one, since she still seems to have feelings for him? Unsure, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m excited to see how that gets resolved, though, since I fully expect everyone to live and love again.</spoiler> 

The world-building continues in this book, and at this length it gets pretty detailed. I’d argue it is close to being a bit too much in terms of characters to remember, side stories to follow, who feels or felt what and why. So many gods, so many celestials! Getting more info about Logan and Neverra made sense, but while I really really want Cameron and Xavier to also get a happy ending, I think their unadmitted love doesnt hit enough (yet?) to make the actions towards the end of the book make sense. <spoiler>In general, this whole “suddenly everyone’s the enemy” reminded me of the Hydra-takes-over storyline in the MCU which also felt like it came out of nowhere...</spoiler> 

I did also like the banter a LOT and had some laugh out loud or big grin moments while reading it. It might be one I pick up again, though that also depends on Book 3… no release date yet afaict, so that’s super sad. But I heard that the author got a series deal, so hope springs eternal!

Recommend this book if you like big epic stories (some parts had a whiff of LOTR for me), deliciously spicy spice, lovely banter, hot flirting… and a journey out of depression and grief. It’s such a good book. 

this was pitched to me as a song of ice and fire with lesbians. it absolutely wasn't. the worldbuilding is decent, and some characters do have personalities. having read - and loved - asoiaf, i expected to be absolutely immersed in a diverse and fascinating fantasy world, with all the politics and intrigue one would expect. not to mention a huge and diverse cast of characters whose stories occasionally intersect. i was really disappointed. this book tries hard, and the world would be very interesting if fleshed out more, but by the end i was not just increasingly disappointed with the lack of development but in some regards the active *devolution* of the concepts so beautifully presented in the first third or so of the book. it had a lot of potential and lived up to none of them for me. but, i gotta give it 2 stars for a really good start. i was really hooked while it lasted.