I enjoyed Godkiller (the first book) and loved the world Hannah had created. The interactions between the gods and humans were really interesting, and I was looking forward to reading more about them in the sequel.

I was not disappointed. If Sunbringer gets anything right, it's that it really further develops the worldbuilding, as second books often do, which I really enjoyed. The gods and the magic system are my favourite aspects of this series.

The book spends a lot of time on developing the characters, sometimes to it's detriment as I found the plot dragged a little in the first half of the book when we spend a lot of time with the characters but not a lot seemed to happen. I definitely preferred some PoVs to others and found I often just wanted to get back to my favourites, but I feel that's common in multiple PoV series.

However, as soon as the book passes the 50% mark, I found it really picked up, and I struggled to put it down. After this point the plot really starts coming together and some plot twists took me by surprise. It's perhaps not as action-packed as the first instalment, but a lot still happens throughout the book.

The big question: does Sunbringer have middle book syndrome? I'd say sort of yes, it does a lot of work to set up the third book, and sometimes this means not a lot is happening which has immediate impact. However, I enjoyed spending time with the characters, and some which I didn't care about in the first book definitely grew on me.

I'm looking forward to the finale of this trilogy, I hope we don't have long to wait!