Holy smokes I loved this book! It started out a bit confusing as I felt like I'd been dropped into the middle of Iona and Taran's love story, but a couple of chapters in things started to make sense and I was all-in. The story follows Iona, as she makes her way to Taran following his death during the mortal rebellion, and then as she works to figure out who he really is, in every way.
There is just so much going on on different levels of this story, with Iona and Taran, with the gods and their relationships to one another, and with mortals across the sea, and their relationship to the gods. It all flows well and is easy to follow, and the banter between Iona and Taran is so fantastic and truly makes the book incredibly enjoyable.
This book is so much fun, while still being packed with emotion. Iona and Taran deal with some solemn issues while bickering and bantering all the while. Their devotion to one another, even when Taran cannot remember or understand why, is the squee I'm looking for in every romance read. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Angry, grieving, and with a gnawing dread that the gods will return, Iona strikes a deal with her former patron goddess: if Iona can convince Taran to follow her home from the Underworld, he’ll be free to live again. If she fails, they’ll both be trapped there forever.
Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death. Months later, the war doesn’t feel over. Not with Taran gone. Especially not when the gods still answer the prayers she sings.
No sooner does she find him, she makes a horrible discovery. The dead gods have been reborn, they are plotting revenge—and Taran, it seems, was always one of them. This reincarnated trickster god with Taran’s face no longer remembers her or the war they fought together, and she doubts not just his loyalties but his love.
Determined to stop the next war without revealing her part in the last one, Iona enters her deadliest battle yet, one where she fights to bring Taran home without him even knowing it.
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