A Godkiller, a baker knight, a young noble and the god that's bonded to her journey to a ruined city in the aftermath of a war against the gods. Already an interesting enough premise to arouse my curiosity, but then I read the prologue at work which was incredibly dramatic and definitely did its job and got me hooked enough to continue reading.

This ended up being a lot more character-driven than I expected and I think it was stronger for it. As mentioned the prologue really kicks off with a bang, and though the pace lulls a bit as we embark on the central quest, the emotions on show, the development of central characters and their relationships to others, and an explosion of action balance everything out. Several mysteries are presented throughout the story and some answers are given, but there is just enough left come the end that it's well set up to be continued as a trilogy without giving me the feeling that it's been deliberately drawn out to be a series. I'm a sucker for anything with found family vibes and there are several within the storyline, and I also liked how normalised LGBTQ and disabled people were. With Kissen in particular, there is no internal struggle or big deal made about her bisexuality, it's just a facet of her, and so too is her disability.

Godkiller has clearly had a huge marketing budget thrown behind it and is already very hyped so I was sceptical going in but I came out surprised and will be looking out with keen eyes for the announcement of the sequel's release date