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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
solid 3.5 stars. like a near future version of American gods with less suspense and more tech and sex. slightly dystopian withinteresting world building and cultural ideas.
I enjoyed the premise of this book and found it to be an easy read. I'd happily read the rest of the series as the plot is interesting but I found it simplistic which is why I can't rate this book any higher. I found it extremely easy to see where the story would head, and I guess who Justin's God was quickly. Sometimes I found the characters to be a little too oblivious but I know that it's hard to walk the line between what the reader knows and what the characters know. I'm interested to see where the characters go from here and how their relationship will change.
*ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley. Thank you so much!*
Do you love Science Fiction mixed with fantasy, young adult, mythology and dystopian? Then you will love this book! Unfortunately... I did not. Don't get me wrong! Richelle Mead is a great writer and the story and everything was great, but it just wasn't for me. It failed to keep me interested, just because this is not a book for me. And that's the only reason. This is a great book and lovers of the genre will love it!
It's a shame, I really wanted to like this because... Well, it's Richelle Mead. She's awesome. But I did not and for that, I am sorry. I do recommend this book for people who love Science Fiction and all that.
Do you love Science Fiction mixed with fantasy, young adult, mythology and dystopian? Then you will love this book! Unfortunately... I did not. Don't get me wrong! Richelle Mead is a great writer and the story and everything was great, but it just wasn't for me. It failed to keep me interested, just because this is not a book for me. And that's the only reason. This is a great book and lovers of the genre will love it!
It's a shame, I really wanted to like this because... Well, it's Richelle Mead. She's awesome. But I did not and for that, I am sorry. I do recommend this book for people who love Science Fiction and all that.
Overall it was pretty good. I definitely didn't like it as much as other Mead books but the major killer for me is that the third book won't be published for a long time (the publishers decided to discontinue the series so we got to wait until Mead publishes it)
The good: very interesting in depth universe in apocalyptic future where religions are banned, genetic mixing is preferred and gods are trying to come back. While not the same style as Bloodlines or VA there's still some good meadisms that makes her books so good. The characters are good, the main ones easily dislikable except some strong redeeming qualities. The side characters are fun and I want more of them especially Tessa. The romance is good as Justin and mae are both strong individuals who have to work out a lot of differences (she being a hardened soldier and he a addictive and indulgent genius.
The bad: the world building eventually drew me in but the first 100 pages I kept having to use the index since Mead doesn't explain everything. We're just thrown into the story. The third book won't be published for awhile. Definitely more science fiction than urban fantasy which I personally don't like as much. The gods don't actually appear until later in the books.
Overall its a slow start but I did eventually get into it despite not reading like her other books which is good just unexpected. Ill come back to this series if and when the third book is published.
The good: very interesting in depth universe in apocalyptic future where religions are banned, genetic mixing is preferred and gods are trying to come back. While not the same style as Bloodlines or VA there's still some good meadisms that makes her books so good. The characters are good, the main ones easily dislikable except some strong redeeming qualities. The side characters are fun and I want more of them especially Tessa. The romance is good as Justin and mae are both strong individuals who have to work out a lot of differences (she being a hardened soldier and he a addictive and indulgent genius.
The bad: the world building eventually drew me in but the first 100 pages I kept having to use the index since Mead doesn't explain everything. We're just thrown into the story. The third book won't be published for awhile. Definitely more science fiction than urban fantasy which I personally don't like as much. The gods don't actually appear until later in the books.
Overall its a slow start but I did eventually get into it despite not reading like her other books which is good just unexpected. Ill come back to this series if and when the third book is published.
This was definitely a different vibe for a Mead book. While I found the beginning sexy and compelling and felt like the start of another great Mead series, things floundered in the middle and it became harder to finish.
I honestly feel like this is one of her best works so far. But I may have a biased opinion merely because I like when authors retell fairy tales or modernize mythology. In a post- apocalyptic world what do you do when the gods you denied start coming back?
sexual content: there are a couple steamy sex scenes but mostly its just innuendo.
sexual content: there are a couple steamy sex scenes but mostly its just innuendo.
Richelle Mead does it again. Another great book and I'm so excited its an adult series again. I missed the adult series she writes! Definitely loved this book!!
I'm not sure whether to give this three or four stars. Richelle Mead is my favorite author. When I heard she was writing a new series I was ecstatic. I like that her books take relatively popular or common plots and formulas and add uncommon elements to them that make her stories unique. Some of that same unique Richelle Mead style was evident in Gameboard of the Gods, however it is still far from her best series.
Normally with Mead's books I'm hooked after reading only a couple of pages. This was not the case with Gameboard of the Gods. It took several chapters for me to start to really enjoy the story and even then I didn't develop much of an emotional attachment to the characters. It is a very rare thing for me to not become emotionally invested in Mead's characters.
My conclusion after reading this is dystopian novels may not be Mead's strong suit. As usual with all her series, she had a very well though out and detailed world for the characters, but a lot of it was very confusing.
I still plan on reading the next book in this series, but I'd only recommend Gameboard of the Gods to Richelle Mead fans. If you're someone who is wanting to start a series by Mead, read Vampire Academy or the Georgina Kincaid series first.
Normally with Mead's books I'm hooked after reading only a couple of pages. This was not the case with Gameboard of the Gods. It took several chapters for me to start to really enjoy the story and even then I didn't develop much of an emotional attachment to the characters. It is a very rare thing for me to not become emotionally invested in Mead's characters.
My conclusion after reading this is dystopian novels may not be Mead's strong suit. As usual with all her series, she had a very well though out and detailed world for the characters, but a lot of it was very confusing.
I still plan on reading the next book in this series, but I'd only recommend Gameboard of the Gods to Richelle Mead fans. If you're someone who is wanting to start a series by Mead, read Vampire Academy or the Georgina Kincaid series first.
Another dollar store find. Interesting universe. Took a while to figure it out. The author wasn't too forthcoming with backstory. Taking place in the near future, a new world order is taking shape as the result of genetically modified disease mutations reaking havoc on the world at large and some areas descending into anarchy. The stories central character's are an exiled religious investigator, because religion is outlawed in the RUNA (Republic of United North America) and a genetically modified super soldier. A bit of a mystery, a bit of a romance. A bit YA. I'm interested enough to read others in the series.