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A review by hobbithopeful
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
Easily taking a spot in one of my top 5 favorite books of all time, Godkiller was an emotional adventure and I loved every second of it. Was I emotionally eviscerated? Yes, but the found family trope interspersed the pages and made it easier to stomach and less heart-breaking. Kissen is such a badass heroine, I can count on my hands the number of fantasy novels with disability rep in them, and it was so cool to see it written well. When I tell you this book is queer, this book is QUEER capital q-u-e-e-r! (And queer without the trauma that usually comes with queer rep!) Truly this book shines when it comes to the characters and their relationships with each other. Whether it be witty banter, flirtations, or just fuzzy family vibes, the dialogue was just so good!
You get multiple povs in this book, and I loved seeing how different characters viewed each other, and what they were thinking. Skedi ended up being one of my favorite characters, he grew on me like a cute and fuzzy moss. I was so wary about his relationship with Inara, but it very well written. (Don't we all just love complex characters!) Elogast was another character I really loved, I think I'm just a sucker for seemingly gruff knights that are secretly softies. My heart broke for him so many times, just let my man bake his bread in peace!
The world-building and lore reminded me of when I read Lord of the Rings for the first time. (No, really!) The downside to reading such a great quest story is that I LITERALLY could not read any other books for a few days after. I just kept thinking about Godkiller and how it ended! Often times in fantasy books I feel like I'm reading exposition dumps, or I get lost with all the names and lore that gets tossed around. Godkiller marvelously fed me bread crumb by bread crumb, releasing the information at an easily consumable pace that kept me hungry for more.
I have so many theories and thoughts, I am going to be counting the days until the sequel comes out! (Seriously, I'm dying here!)
A MUST READ!
Thank you so much to Harper Collins for this ARC!
You get multiple povs in this book, and I loved seeing how different characters viewed each other, and what they were thinking. Skedi ended up being one of my favorite characters, he grew on me like a cute and fuzzy moss. I was so wary about his relationship with Inara, but it very well written. (Don't we all just love complex characters!) Elogast was another character I really loved, I think I'm just a sucker for seemingly gruff knights that are secretly softies. My heart broke for him so many times, just let my man bake his bread in peace!
The world-building and lore reminded me of when I read Lord of the Rings for the first time. (No, really!) The downside to reading such a great quest story is that I LITERALLY could not read any other books for a few days after. I just kept thinking about Godkiller and how it ended! Often times in fantasy books I feel like I'm reading exposition dumps, or I get lost with all the names and lore that gets tossed around. Godkiller marvelously fed me bread crumb by bread crumb, releasing the information at an easily consumable pace that kept me hungry for more.
I have so many theories and thoughts, I am going to be counting the days until the sequel comes out! (Seriously, I'm dying here!)
A MUST READ!
Thank you so much to Harper Collins for this ARC!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Sexual content