maybe it was the time i picked this up? i am not sure, but i wish you happier reading than i had, especially because i do believe there is a lot of good in this one. i just dont know, this book has a lot of good, and i love martha well's writing and mind, but i just wasn't invested in this book the way i wish i could have been. i finished the very last pages just not feeling much, sadly. like, that sounds perfect, true? but as the story went on, i just cared less and less and i really had to make myself pick up this book more times than not. and he is trying to remember his lost memories so he can figure out who betrayed and assassinated him, and locked him in this watery grave.

and i loved the start so very much, because we are truly given a character sheet and then dropped right into the story of a demon prince, who is able to inhabit different bodies, who is locked in a tomb underneath the water. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.ĪRC provided by the publisher - thank you so muchĪhhhh this is a hard one to rate, because i really loved these characters, especially our mc, kai. The ending, although not a cliff hanger, leaves the way open for more. I am not sure if this is a stand-alone or the first book in a new series. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys epic fantasy. Zaide has some wonderful skills too like controlling the wind and peeling people's skins off layer by layer. Even when he tosses his eyeballs on the floor - you have to read it to find out why - he is still the best. Kai is the born killer you still have to love. I found myself completely rapt by the main characters particularly Kai and Zaide. Once or twice I found myself confused as to whether I was reading about now or then.Ī lot happens and it is a very difficult book to put down at all. Each past chapter cleverly feeds information to the reader which is needed to really understand the events of the present time. The book is written with alternate sections of the past and the present. This works for both sides as the demons expand their way of life, and the family members do not die but do acquire super skills. Kai has been part of a scheme whereby demons are brought up above to inhabit the bodies of members of high families. This author has a real talent for writing charismatic main characters (Murderbot comes to mind immediately) and she has done it again with Kai, a demon from the Underworld.

I was lucky enough to be able to read an advance copy of this book which is a new epic fantasy from Martha Wells.

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