Godkiller

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Hannah Kaner: Godkiller (2023, HarperCollins Publishers)

English language

Published March 25, 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-00-852147-9
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Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enjoys it. That is until she finds a god she cannot kill: Skedi, a god of white lies, has somehow bound himself to a young noble, and they are both on the run from unknown assassins.

Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, they must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favour.

Pursued by demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning – something is rotting at the heart of their world, and only they can be the ones to stop it.

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Erinnert entfernt an Witcher

Mir hats gefallen.Ich hatte mir nur den Klappentext grob angeschaut. Das setting erinnerte mich ein klein wenig an Witcher. Aber es ist doch weit genug entfernt, dass es nicht wie eine Kopie wirkt.

Die Geschichte liest sich schön, keine Strecken die sich ziehen. Und das Ende macht zumindest bei mir Lust auf mehr.

Somewhat Held Back

A world where gods were once rampant now sees religion as outlawed. The fates of a young noble girl who is bound to a small god, a godkiller, and a former royal knight become intertwined.

I was very much into this book at first. The world building is good, and the first few chapters have pretty fantastic prose and character introductions. It definitely will suck you in. However, towards the later half of the book I found myself feeling a bit disappointed with how some of the characters, and their relationships to each other, developed. Particularly Elo, who I grew to increasingly dislike despite my best wishes. It does end on a fairly good note--this book is definitely more of a 3.5 than a 3. If it weren't for those flagging and awkward moments, it could have easily been a 4. I just didn't feel compelled to hurry and …