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A review by kaitie_reads
Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
This was such an amazing continuation of the first book, and I've done my best and wrote this review without spoiling anything for the people who haven't started the series - yet. (If you haven't, you should probably just read it, tbh)
We get some new characters and POVs, expanding on the story and worldbuilding in unexpected ways. For a lot of the book, I thought I knew where things were headed, and then it went THERE & ...WHAT. My jaw was on the floor for like 5 chapters in a row.
In this book, we see a lot more depth to the characters, we have a love story, we have yearning, we have war, we have greed for power, and we have devastating betrayal. There's so much emotion and heartache, and Carissa Broadbent does not pull her punches.
Much like the first book, this is definitely a bit of a slow burn, but there is still so much action, and it is full of sweet and tender moments, too.
Anyway, I loved it, and I'm loving this series, I'm devastated, my heart is hurting and I'm moving right onto the final book because I'm a little bit of a masochist, I guess. Also, there's a bit of a cliffhanger (but a well-written one, dare I add), and I need answers.
~
"𝓗𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓸, 𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓴."
We get some new characters and POVs, expanding on the story and worldbuilding in unexpected ways. For a lot of the book, I thought I knew where things were headed, and then it went THERE & ...WHAT. My jaw was on the floor for like 5 chapters in a row.
In this book, we see a lot more depth to the characters, we have a love story, we have yearning, we have war, we have greed for power, and we have devastating betrayal. There's so much emotion and heartache, and Carissa Broadbent does not pull her punches.
Much like the first book, this is definitely a bit of a slow burn, but there is still so much action, and it is full of sweet and tender moments, too.
Anyway, I loved it, and I'm loving this series, I'm devastated, my heart is hurting and I'm moving right onto the final book because I'm a little bit of a masochist, I guess. Also, there's a bit of a cliffhanger (but a well-written one, dare I add), and I need answers.
~
"𝓗𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓲𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼, 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓿𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓸, 𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓲𝓬𝓴."