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Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan (Review #185)

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS FAR IN THE SOMETHING DARK AND HOLY TRILOGY, STOP NOW. DO NOT READ. THIS IS BOOK 2. CHECK OUT WICKED SAINTS FOR THE REVIEW OF BOOK 1!


"Darkness never works alone...

Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become.

As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet—those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer."

Review:
Okay so we begin book 2 absolutely wrecked from the last book when Malachiasz betrayed everyone, facilitated the death of Serefin (only for him to be brought back from the dead), and has irrevocably torn his soul apart to become a god himself. I was devastated, to put it mildly. Oh and Nadya bound a piece of his power to herself and she killed the king. Just a casual afternoon for them.


We are left with Serefin, ruling a kingdom he doesn’t want and a long forgotten god now making his home inside Serefin’s head… oh and taken his eyes too. Nadya on the other hand has made more mistakes than she knows to reconcile with. And even when the gods inside her own head have gone quiet, a new power takes root. She’ll fight all the more for her kingdom’s triumph, but what is she willing to sacrifice to get it?

I cannot rave enough about this one. We are on a tightrope throughout this entire installment, walking so precariously from place to place, waiting for the inevitable fall. Nothing can prepare you for this. Nadya, Serefin, and Malachiasz started us down a path so dark and twisted that I really don’t think anyone can see where it leads! I cannot wait for the final installment and though everything has proven to be hopeless, I still hope. Nadychiasz forever.

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