A woman who kills gods for a living is hired to escort a hidden deity — and a noble and a knight — across a land that outlawed them.
- Score
- 78.2
- Spice
- 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Sweet
- POV
- multi
- Ending
- HEA / HFN
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What readers think
Readers consistently praise the trio's dynamic — an acerbic godkiller, a guilt-laden knight, and a sheltered noble girl — and the inventive gods-as-collective-belief worldbuilding. The disability representation (Kissen's prosthetic leg is plot-relevant, not decorative) and queer-normative society draw frequent acclaim. Critics most often flag slow first-act pacing and some coincidences that feel too neat in a short book (~300 pages); a contingent of readers wished it were longer and more expansive. The explosive, unpredictable ending consistently wins over doubters.
Read it if
- · Readers who want character-driven epic fantasy with genuine heart and identity rep
- · Fans of multi-POV quests where found-family dynamics outweigh romance
- · Those who enjoy dark, morally complex worlds without gratuitous grimdark wallowing
Skip it if
- · Readers seeking high spice or a central romance arc
- · Those who struggle with slow first halves before plot momentum builds
- · Readers who want a long, immersive doorstop — the slim page count leaves some wanting more
If you liked this
- · For fans of The Witcher — morally grey monster-hunter with reluctant charges and political decay
- · Like Six of Crows but built on mythology rather than heist mechanics
- · For fans of Uprooted — Eastern-European-influenced magic, fierce female protagonist, gods that feel genuinely alien
- · Touches of The Bear and the Nightingale in its treatment of old gods dying as belief fades
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