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To Cage a God
by Elizabeth May
I’m not sure why I kept reading this one. If I had not had the pick me up of We Solve Murders between this one and The Honey Witch, I might have DNF’d. I knew going into this read that not many have enjoyed it. I agree with the majority. These lower expectations starting out also contributed to my completion of the book. This narrative alternates between the perspectives of two sisters (who you later learn to be foster sisters) who had gods (also called dragons) somehow inscribed into their bones. Although the reader knows that this is a painful process, the formerly natural occurrence (also painful for some reason) is not well described. The two main characters undergo the procedure at the hands of their mother, the leader of a failed revolt against the empire. Since May appears to set this narrative in a Russian inspired world, this failed revolt may be modeled after the one that killed Tsar Alexander III and brought the doomed Nicholas II to the throne. Many of the shifts in the narrative, character motivations, magic system, and world building were murky at best. I never became invested in the story and will not continue in the series. Although this means that I will unhaul yet another special edition, I do not like the design as much as The Honey Witch.