A review by emmaeclair
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men by Shauna Lawless

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is a hard book to rate. I didn’t enjoy it at all but I also didn’t hate it. It was just kind of…there. I didn’t connect to any of the characters and many of them felt so bland and one-dimensional that I couldn’t tell you anything about them. The same goes for the story in general. Again, it was just…there. The pace picks up in the last 25% or so of the book but it doesn’t really make up for the other 75% which is a complete slog - albeit a fairly well written one.