A review by motaki
No Gods for Drowning by Hailey Piper

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I'd like to thank Hailey Piper for giving us this brilliant book and Jodie Harris for her great performance in narrating it.

Could other people stop bashing my poor Lilac? She isn't perfect but she is trying her best, and what do you care if she killed people? Aren't fictional women allowed to have hobbies too?
I really loved Arcadia and it pained me so much to see her so unmoored in the last chapters, she has suffered so much it's great go see her getting a little HEA. 

I wanted to strangle Alex and Cecil most of the time, they represent the kind of people I despise, always ready to blame others for their awful behaviour. It is never their fault, they are just following orders or doing things for a greater purpose. Yeah, right.. 
Quoting Lilac "You can't own what you do."
And that's a massive toxic trait I can't excuse.


The world building was so good and immersive that I'd like to know more about glories and gods and how everything came to be. 

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