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A review by goobdiddy
Empress by Karen Miller
3.0
A well-written book about an extremely brutal world. Miller does an excellent job of describing the setting of this story, although some of dialog and descriptions can be a bit tiresome (nearly every object is prefixed by god-, since it's a very religious society).
The story follows the life of Hekat, a young girl whose society initially places more value on life of the family's goats, as she changes her fortune and travels throughout her land of Mijak. This society is completely dominated by very bloodthirsty religion that features a VERY active deity, so faith is quite literally rewarded with visible results.
Plenty of sex, language, and buckets upon buckets of blood, so be forewarned if that sort of thing bothers you ;)
Quick summary: It was very easy to be sucked into the story, and I'm looking forward to the next installment.
The story follows the life of Hekat, a young girl whose society initially places more value on life of the family's goats, as she changes her fortune and travels throughout her land of Mijak. This society is completely dominated by very bloodthirsty religion that features a VERY active deity, so faith is quite literally rewarded with visible results.
Plenty of sex, language, and buckets upon buckets of blood, so be forewarned if that sort of thing bothers you ;)
Quick summary: It was very easy to be sucked into the story, and I'm looking forward to the next installment.