Am I saying I’ve found ANOTHER favourite book of the year? Yes. Am I also saying this may well be the BEST fantasy I’ve ever read? Also yes.

The Pomegranate Gate is the perfect type of fantasy book. A complex and interesting magic system and world with characters full of sass and depth and complex relationships between them all.

Throughout the book, we follow three main arcs that cross-cross with each other in the most tension-filled way possible. It’s a relatively slow-build, setting the scene for the drama in book two, but you’ll end up loving the characters so much that it doesn’t matter. I’d happily read an entire series of these characters just living their life.

As if this book couldn’t get any better, it has some amazing queer rep (with one of the most wonderful gay romances in a queer book I’ve ever read) and Jewish rep. I really loved how aspects of Jewish culture were woven into this - it made for such an interesting and original fantasy as so many of the popular books are inspired by Christianity.

It’s political, hilarious, heartbreaking. This is such an amazing book I could genuinely write an essay on it. (And if you’ve read this and also loved it please do message me because I can and will talk about this for days.)

If you’re looking for an original, addictive high-fantasy that you want to step into - The Pomegranate Gate is the one for you.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC