So I’ve wanted to read this for a long time, especially when it became an award nominee in my state where I am a school librarian. So I jumped on the chance to read this as part of the paperback blog tour.

I really loved all the mythology and different aspects of this reimagining of a world where the gods could be killed 7 days every 7 years, and whoever killed them would become the new god. There were a lot of great characters, both good ones, as well as the ones that were the bad guys, or who could actually be trusted even a little to ally for the good. I liked the twists. Because you know someone always is going to have to betray or turn on the main character. I was imagining a different person by the time it happened. But I like how the author even had some things not end up the way we thought they would once that betrayal happened. And there was more than one, even when one betrayal turned out to maybe not be the betrayal it seemed to be.

It was a bit long, and I almost feel like it could have been a duology in a way. I even thought that maybe it was a series or going to be one before I read it and realized it would all be wrapped up as I read the ending.

This was my first book by this author, although I’ve wanted to read her before now. And I think I will keep her past books as well as future titles on my TBR.

Review first posted on Lisa Loves Literature.