Name: Children of Fallen Gods
Series: The War of Lost Hearts #2
Author: Carissa Broadbent
Publisher: Self-Published
Format: Paperback (available on KU)
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal
Noted Tropes: Wielders, Fey, Cliffhanger, Sacrifice to Save the World, High Stakes
Steam or Spice: Spice
Rating:
Synopsis: Goodreads
No war can be fought with clean hands. Not even the ones waged for the right reasons. Not even the ones you win.
Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders’ war — and Max is determined to protect her at all costs.
But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye’s power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic.
All the while, darker forces loom — far darker, even, than the Orders’ secrets.
As Tisaanah and Max are ensnared in a web of ancient magic and twisted secrets, one question remains: what are they willing to sacrifice for victory? For power? For love?
Review:
Children of Fallen Gods is the sequel to Daughter of No World and so there are possible spoilers in the review below.
I finished Daughter of No World and honestly did not think it could be topped. Children of Fallen Gods was even better. We have the same characters that we were introduced to in the first book, and we pick up right where we left off. Max and Tisaanah have no choice but to fight in Zeryth’s war for power thanks to Tisaanah’s blood pact. A war that neither of them really want to be involved in and so at every opportunity they try and find a way to fulfil their end of the deal with as little casualties as they can have.
We follow them through this journey and oh my god was my heart ripped out and repaired (thanks Sammerin -IYKYK!) and ripped out again multiple times in Children of Fallen Gods! I feel like I went on a rollercoaster of emotions with this one. I was simultaneously prepared and not prepared for it thanks to Daughter of No Worlds but Carissa Broadbent one upped herself.
And on top of Max and Tisaanah having a tougher journey, we have a new contender! Aefe joins the fray – she’s a fey soldier that we’re introduced to early on and her storyline had me reacting all over the place. One moment I was giddy, the next crying. Whilst Aefe’s introduction felt odd initially, I quickly grew to love her POV and I’m so grateful because it meant there wasn’t a single chapter where I was dreading that POV.
We were introduced to a handful of new characters alongside Aefe and I’m still reeling from some of what I read. I’m thrilled that our already awesome cast of characters have been added to with an equally awesome cast!
Click me for a spoiler on these casts of characters
Aefe is travelling with a group of Fey whilst they try to find out who what and why is attacking the Fey Houses. Two of her compaions in particular stood out (though I love all four) and that’s Caduan and Ishqa. But ohhhhh boy, I cannot wait for more collision between these two groups! We got a taste of it towards the end with Ishqa communicating with Max and Tisaanah but you KNOW there will be more of it in the finale to this trilogy!
As much as I cannot wait to dive into the finale, Mother of Death and Dawn, I will have to take a break and read something else in between because my heart can’t handle that much more of a rollercoaster right now! And given that cliffhanger! I know I have to brace myself for what is to come, because I have a suspicion that Mother of Death and Dawn is going to be a hard read!
“No one deserves to be put on a pedestal. They won’t climb down to save you, and if you’re looking up at them, you’re not looking ahead at what’s coming for you.” – Max
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