A review by helena_g_reads
Grieving Gold by Daniel McDaniel

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

⭐️: 4.75 / 5

Publication Date: February 1, 2024

I want to thank Endless Equinox and Net Galley for allowing me to get an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! 

The prologue leaves you with a sense of mystery surrounding the time and setting of the story giving it both a fantasy and science fiction feel to the narrative. 

Some of the coolest aspects of this story, were the South American influences sprinkled in! I loved the placement of lush jungles filled with predators along with the tortillas and delicious meals described in the book. The intrigue easily is what kept me so engaged in the book that I kept needing to know what would come next. I loved the FMCs, I found their storylines to be fascinating and well developed all around. And without giving too much away once the storylines started interconnecting I found that really helped make sense of all the POVs. I found the ending to be absolutely brilliant and I look forward to finding out where these characters go next. 

As for my reservations, there’s a few too many POVs. Just when you feel you’ve gotten the characters figured out a new POV will be added in. Towards the end I was also getting just a little lost in the timeline of what was happening but that might just be. 

Overall I absolutely recommend this book to read. If you love fantasy with more science fiction feel to it with horror elements I absolutely recommend reading this book! For a debut author this was an absolute knock out.

Would recommend for those who are fans of

• South American inspired setting
• Multiple POV
• Intrigue
• Badass FMCs
• Interesting magic system
• Spiders 

⚠️ violence, so many spiders