A review by maxarcreads
To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang

5.0

This was a super powerful book meant to look through the eyes and experiences of a girl/people who have been invaded and are on the brink of an all-out war that could finish the job for her people. She is of a race of Magic wielders while the Romans who invaded are ruled by science. When the invasion came through the portal the war didn't last years, months, weeks or even days; it was all done in one day. With that kind of power, it just feels like it is only a matter of time before they finish the job. What would you do to protect your family, so they are safe and to put food in their belly. What choices would you make and what lies would you tell yourself and believe in order to live with your choices. What good are you willing to "see" or believe in order to trust in your enemy when he claims he wants to help your people. What would you do to prolong the illusion of peace against those who could wipe you out in a blink of an eye. And what would you do when you are finally forced to confront the truth of the situation and the choices you made?

One of the promotional tropes of this book is that everyone is morally grey, and I think that is so true with this book. In this book everyone is trying to make the best choices they can for the people they care about and have to live with the bad choices they make but that they think will help their people in the end.

I just found this to be a powerful book to read from the eyes of someone who has been invaded and what impossible choices they would make, and it left me to wonder what choices I would make in the same situation.

Was the writing style and everything perfect; no but the effect it left on me really made an impact.

I received an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.