Emily A. Duncan
Teoksen Wicked Saints tekijä
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Something Dark and Holy 1 kappale
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- Syntymäaika
- 20th Century
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- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
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- Ohio, USA
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Found: YA Fantasy, girl talks to gods, Name that Book (joulukuu 2021)
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Wicked Saints: A Novel: Something Dark and Holy,… Tekijä: Emily A. Duncan
I couldn't stop reading this train wreck. A lot of philosophical and theological thoughts and discussions interspersed between escaping bloody attacks on a monastery, war prisoner's torture, consort duels, and episodes of brutality. I felt like the bad boy monster love interest has a split personality due to trauma but no true motive for his actions or making the choices he does. I feel almost as battered and bruised as Nadya by the end.
½Received copy as a Goodreads Giveaway, thank you! I read this book in one day not so much as it was engrossing but as it was a fairly good story and just read it to finish it. The downside was it did not "take me there" in my reading. I never got a feel for the setting or characters so I was not invested and will probably not continue on in the series but overall was a pretty good story with several elements similar to others I have read before.
Ruthless Gods is the second in Emily A. Duncan’s Something Dark and Holy series, the sequel to Wicked Saints. Ruthless Gods actually just came out in April and it was one of my most anticipated reads of this year. It definitely delivered!
If you like dark, fantastical stories with powerful forces like gods and monsters waging war look no further. If you like forbidden romances and creepy forest vibes, read this. While there is a war on the battlefields in this series, the focus moreso lies in the much bigger war, one that most people don’t realize is even happening. There have been powerful beings at work, manipulating humans (along with those who have become not so human) for a very long time. Our main characters seem to be irrevocably wrapped up in the goals of these higher beings and in this second book, we get to see even more of what that means.
As always, I adored the fairly twisted relationship between Nadya and Malachiasz. It’s just done so well. I was also really stoked to get all this new Serefin development. I love the characters in these books and the interesting dynamic of their interactions with each other. Is Serefin my new favorite? It’s so hard to say! It’s also hard to say which I love more about these books, the characters or the rich world building that gives me so many D&D and Skyrim vibes with a gothic edge. And that ending...wow. The first thoughts I wrote down at the end of reading this book were, and I quote, “Ummm whaaaaat????”
Sometimes I like making playlists for books I read (though it’s a bit scattered, like my reviews haha). Here’s the one I put together for Ruthless Gods:
1. “Didn’t Break It Enough” / Griff
2. “What Have You Become?” / MNQN
3. “Never Enough” / Loren Allred
4. “Don’t Matter” / Derik Fein
5. “Unbecoming” / STARSET
6. “Doubt” / Twenty One Pilots
7. “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” / Trevor Morris
8. “My Demons” / STARSET
9. “all the good girls go to hell” / Billie Eilish
10. “Animal” / Miike Snow
11. “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)” / Florence The Machine
12. “Enemy” / Mystery Skulls
Wicked Saints: 4/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Ruthless Gods: 4/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
… (lisätietoja)
If you like dark, fantastical stories with powerful forces like gods and monsters waging war look no further. If you like forbidden romances and creepy forest vibes, read this. While there is a war on the battlefields in this series, the focus moreso lies in the much bigger war, one that most people don’t realize is even happening. There have been powerful beings at work, manipulating humans (along with those who have become not so human) for a very long time. Our main characters seem to be irrevocably wrapped up in the goals of these higher beings and in this second book, we get to see even more of what that means.
As always, I adored the fairly twisted relationship between Nadya and Malachiasz. It’s just done so well. I was also really stoked to get all this new Serefin development. I love the characters in these books and the interesting dynamic of their interactions with each other. Is Serefin my new favorite? It’s so hard to say! It’s also hard to say which I love more about these books, the characters or the rich world building that gives me so many D&D and Skyrim vibes with a gothic edge. And that ending...wow. The first thoughts I wrote down at the end of reading this book were, and I quote, “Ummm whaaaaat????”
Sometimes I like making playlists for books I read (though it’s a bit scattered, like my reviews haha). Here’s the one I put together for Ruthless Gods:
1. “Didn’t Break It Enough” / Griff
2. “What Have You Become?” / MNQN
3. “Never Enough” / Loren Allred
4. “Don’t Matter” / Derik Fein
5. “Unbecoming” / STARSET
6. “Doubt” / Twenty One Pilots
7. “Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts” / Trevor Morris
8. “My Demons” / STARSET
9. “all the good girls go to hell” / Billie Eilish
10. “Animal” / Miike Snow
11. “Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)” / Florence The Machine
12. “Enemy” / Mystery Skulls
Wicked Saints: 4/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Ruthless Gods: 4/5 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
… (lisätietoja)
2.5 Stars
CW: Blood magic blood and therefore there is a huge amount of cutting (self-harm) in this book.
CW: Blood magic blood and therefore there is a huge amount of cutting (self-harm) in this book.
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