I am so upset about this stupid book. The first in Hannah Kaner’s Fallen Gods series, Godkiller is maddening to read. I was reading it for a book club (and none of us are surprised), so when I struggled from the near-beginning with the writing, I kept going to see if I really had to…
*Note: there were a few changes made to this article in July 2026 to correct some facts. I went into Shadow and Bone with very high expectations. I had already read Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows duology, so was scooping back around to her trilogy set in the same universe, the earlier books. With none…
I found this trilogy—at least the first two books (which was all that was available at the reading)—to be very, very confusing. Let’s get this established: I don’t confuse easily, especially when reading. The confusion with these books is three-fold, and it is reflected in the contradictory reviews. First, the plot it confusing. Second, the…
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