As the Black Keep Council prepares for war, journeying far to protect their lands and friend, The God-King and his sister try to keep Narida together in the face of betrayal while the Splinter King remains at large.
The Golden and his hordes of raiders press their advantage and sweep across the land with unholy powers. Sacrifices will be made, and not everyone will make it back to Black Keep alive.
I raced through the series and now I'm directly reviewing the third and not-so-final book. Mike Brooks' The Godbreaker is not, unfortunately, a good conclusion for a trilogy that started so strong and with such unique storytelling, with its nuanced focus on diplomacy. It's a shame, because the story is still so interesting, and the queer characters are a delight to explore.
There's an established mlm couple whose back-and-forth is frankly amazing, a really cute mlm relationship taking its first steps, and a whiff of an unexpected wlw relationship. The world-building is incredibly interesting, and the big surprise event at the beginning of the third book was adequately forewarned, in retrospect.
But one can't help feeling cheated by the cop-outs, the fake ending, and all the time focused on a sub-plot that should definitely have been a separate novella, given it doesn't seem to affect the main plot at all. This book feels chaotic, and not in a good way. It feels as if Brooks had the material for a quadrilogy but decided to make it a trilogy and create a new series after this one, but there are huge gaps and events that feel forced, just to create a sort of adequate conclusion.
The God-King Chronicles is an intriguing series, but The Godkiller doesn't stick the landing.
✨ 3.5 stars
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