A review by laurareads87
Goddess of the North by Georgina Kamsika

4.0

Goddess of the North is a fun combination of urban fantasy and police procedural following Sara, a minor goddess of order from the Hindu pantheon who has chosen to live, for the most part, amongst humans; she expresses her divine aspect by working as a detective inspector in Sheffield. When a murder with clear evidence of supernatural involvement occurs, Sara must investigate it alongside her human colleagues while also trying to figure out which deity or deities might be behind it. On the one hand, the book focuses on Sara’s everyday experiences as a woman of Indian descent working in a very predominantly white, predominantly male police station in an English town. On the other, it focuses on Sara’s experiences as a god – the daughter of a goddess of chaos, a member of one pantheon amongst many, trying to navigate her dedication to humanity and her own divinity. While it took me a little while to get into, by the end I was really enjoying the story – I’d happily read more by Kamsika; I have no idea if the author has plans to feature Detective Inspector Sara Nayar in future works, but if so I’d happily read them.
Thank you NetGalley and REUTS Publications for providing me with an ARC.