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kpharoah 's review for:
Pits & Poison: These Godly Lies
by R. Raeta
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The second in a duology this follows directly from the first book Peaches and Honey. With a little more plot - diving into more of the God's/Immortals, how they came to be and running away from The First - I found the world building and premise kept me reading. However it's still quite slow, with a lot of running happening until about the 75% mark. I also found the conflict resolution to be tied up so easily compared to nearly a books worth of build up and the ending left me unsatisfied.
(Like the fact that they become human again, feel so unsatisfied and then take the only two peaches once more destroys a lot of the burden of being a God that was developed throughout both books. It felt a bit of a rushed ending and a cop out for me)
I think on a whole this duology could have fit into just the one book, most of the travelling about and fluff cut out since it didn't really aid in the character development that much and proved repetitive at the end.
I think on a whole this duology could have fit into just the one book, most of the travelling about and fluff cut out since it didn't really aid in the character development that much and proved repetitive at the end.