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Hannah Kaner. Harper Voyager. (400p) ISBN: 9780008521516

Sunbringer

Thank you Hannah and everyone at Harper Voyager for getting me an advance copy of my most anticipated read of 2024 to me early. Especially after the cliffhanger that Godkiller ended on.

First day had me shouting that good old D&D chestnut. “Don’t split the party!” First day reading also had me almost forget to eat my lunch on my break as I really wanted to see where everything was going.

We continue to follow the fates of Kissen, Elogast, Inara, and Skedi as they go their own ways and seek their own answers.

Each chapter follows the action from the viewpoint of one of the main characters as they follow their own routes to redemption and revenge.

Without giving too much away we find out more about Inara and her relationship with Skedi and other gods. Kissen also becomes too closely involved with gods for her own comfort, and Elo is after revenge for the heart that was used and broken.

We also find out more about the overarching ambitions of some of the bigger players in the world and come across another like Inara, but far more in control of themselves and their powers whilst Inara is still getting to grip with hers throughout this book.

We return to some of the other characters and places of Godkiller, whilst also exploring new places and characters some of which are bound to be highly important in book 3…

Talking about book 3 I really didn’t want to finish this as I know it will be a while before the conclusion to the series is released but the twist at the end was well worth it.

If you’ve not read Godkiller yet hurry up and do so as Sunbringer is out in February.

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Hannah Kaner. HarperCollins. (304p) ISBN: 9780008521462

Godkiller

I’d been put off fantasy for quite a while now as the stories seemed to use all the same old tropes without exploring them or challenging them, and a lot of them just felt the same story.

So it was with some nervousness that I started reading Godkiller, but I needn’t have been nervous as this is head and shoulders the best fantasy I’ve read for years and has refreshed my interest in the genre.

A compelling cast of characters with the three main ones fleshing out nicely as the story develops, but Hannah doesn’t stint on making all the smaller characters memorable with some great traits to make them stand out from the crowd.

Wonderful world building really helped to immerse me into the storyline and get invested in what was going on with the world and characters. All the little touches like pilgrim coins, the town over the waterfall, shadow demons, and so many more for once didn’t detract from the story but gave it spice.

I absolutely loved the premise of gods feeding off the desires and wishes of people, growing from small gods, from a genius loci to a wild and unmanageable powerful god with many followers and shrines, there was a fun look at this by Terry Pratchett in Small Gods, but this is far darker than that story.

The arc of the first in the series was so satisfying with secrets coming out at just the right moments to keep you utterly invested in the story. The little twists, little hooks for further investigation in the next instalments, and the emotional development of the three main characters was so well handled.

I am so looking forward to the next in the series.

I was given a review copy of this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.