Book Review: Ruthless Gods, (Something Dark and Holy #2) by Emily A. Duncan

Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ruthless Gods....the second book of Something Dark and Holy....can be described by two words: HOLY and SHIT. Actually, more than two words. How about HOLY SHIT BALLS AND C*CK this book right here...hit me with all the feels. From finding out that Kostya's still alive, to Kacper and Serefin getting together (and I clapped when I read it) this book took me places I'd never thought I'd go, but holy hell. I loved this book so much that when the announcement of the last and final book came out, I HAD to finish this book.

This book had some twists and turns that shocked me. One, was that The Black Vulture killed a god. No, not just a god. He killed a Death Goddess, folxs. A DEATH GODDESS. My mouth dropped he did that. And when Kacper and Serefin got together? I was happy, though shocked at the same time. I didn't even pick up on it, the Kacper/Serefin thing, but when Kacper just walked up and just straight up kissed him, telling him his feelings for him, of course I was happy for them! They deserve all the love (all these characters, actually) and the blood pool thing the Nadya went though in order to choose who she wanted to be, and choose her goddess before her goddess was killed.

But thing that shocked me the most was the reveal that Serefin and Malachiasz were brothers-well half brothers, actually. That part shocked me the most, because I wouldn't think that they were borthers, but it turns out they are. I also like the new character, Katya, the tsarevna (her official title is Tsarevna Yekaterina Vodyanova) and the Vulture Hunter. I loved her the moment she appeared (but I didn't like what she did to Serefin because holy hell WHY DID SHE DO THAT??? BUT WHY???)

(I would like to note that there were some instances when I stopped reading it because my brain wouldn't let me finish it up till now, and thank god I finished it, even though I'm sad that book two is done)

Also, my ship ALMOST got together. ALMOST. It would've been nice if they got together, really nice-they almost did right next to the blood pool before he became something else (aka the God Killer that killed Marzenya and now what is he I don't know) but when the next book come out I can't wait to read it and see what happens next.

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Book Review: Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy, #1) by Emily A. Duncan

Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My first book review of 2020...which is very late, but it's my bad because of school. But since I'm done studying, I guess I'll do a book review for this awesome book THAT BROKE ME TO THE POINT THAT MY BOY MALACHIASZ...MY BOY...I'M NOW WORRIED ABOUT HIM. Like damn, my boy, my sweet boy, is GONE. Completely gone. THANKS EMILY FOR NEARLY GIVING ME A BLOODY HEART ATTACK.

And Serefin? Mr. Prince that TURNED INTO A MOTH PRINCE BOY??? I hated him in the beginning-this I've said a couple times while I was reading it, I never liked this boy. But then I felt sorry for him because his father is a dick for wanting to be a god, but he failed in the end of being a god, and I almost had a heart attack when he died-and he got poisoned as well. But I secretly shipped him and Kacper for some odd reason, then Serefin and Zaneta, though at the end I really didn't like Zaneta.

But I loved the concept of a cleric who can hear the gods in her head-like all of them. It sounded so beautiful and perfect, and I loved Nadezhda, and I wanted to protect her so much. Then she falls for my son Malachiasz and I shipped them till the bloody end, when he turned into the Black Vulture and flew off, bloody tricking her (doooohhhhh I was so damned MAD when I read that...SO DAMNED MAD) that I wanted to fight someone (seriously, just wanna fight someone when it happened.

Also...fuck the King, fuck the Vultures, fuck the Crimson Vulture, fuck every bad thing in this book.

One more thing: the fights in this book were incredible.

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