Mortal characters interfacing with gods and the divine is one of those topics that I like to sink my teeth into, especially when it involves mortals proving to gods that maybe being an immortal, all-powerful know-it-all isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Unfortunately, that corner of my brain gets to take a back seat today, because Wicked Saints is the first 1 star book I’ve ever reviewed on my blog (hardly the first I’ve read, just the first reviewed), and oh dear god, do I have opinions.įor starters, I’m upset that this could have been incredible. It feels like there’s a personal obligation there, a little corner of my brain that goes “GIFT! APPRECIATE GIFT!” I always hope that when a friend recommends a book to me that I’ll love it. 1 STARĬW: violence, loss of a loved one, torture, gore, alcoholism, self-harm, suicide, animal death Duncan’s devastatingly Gothic Something Dark and Holy trilogy. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. Wicked Saints is the thrilling start to Emily A. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. “A witch is just a girl who has realized her power is her own.”Ī girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.Ī prince in danger must decide who to trust.Ī boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.
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