Hannah Kaner

The world of Godkiller is one in which small and often helpful spirits like those that find lost keys, or who aid fertility, can absorb the energy of worship and grow into powerful beings - called gods by their followers - whose greed for more worship and more power corrupts them, making them harmful and malevolent. These are the gods that Kissen kills for a living, and as we meet these gods we are glad she does. But one day she meets a little girl who is somehow bonded to a small spirit, a god of white lies. It seem that if she kills the god the girl might die too. Who's ever heard of this? The girl, Inara, is on the run from the killers of her family. Kissen agrees to take Inara and her little god to a place where they can perhaps be unbound. Along the way they meet Elo, who is on a quest to save the king.

This is the first book in the series and I liked it. The characters and place are believable. The writing is good. There is enough intrigue in the story to leave me wanting to read the entire series.… (mehr)

Kissen's family were killed by people trying to appease a fire god, now she kills gods and yearns to avenge herself on the one god who changed her life forever and robbed her of her leg.
Skedi is the god of white lies and is bound to Inara who suddenly finds herself without her family, who yearns to loosen the bonds between her and this little god, but fears her future in a country where gods and god worshiping is forbidden.
Elogast is a baker, a good baker, but in his past he was a knight, until he wasn't and now he has a mission to help a friend, one that just might change the world.
Twisty with relationships that build in the story and characters who have a lot of scars, outside and inside and I immediately reserved the sequel.… (mehr)

Oh, wow. This was… bad, really bad. I expected this to be fantasy while in fact this is a young-adult novel that feels like it was written by a teenager.

Kissen (I’m sorry but as a German, I’m having a hard time with this name…), our queer, one-legged hero, goes on an adventure with a former knight, childhood friend of the king, a spoilt brat, Inara, from a noble house - a house that was literally burned down, including Inara’s beloved servants, and mother. Inara also has a pest problem, manifesting as a god (of white lies).

Among that lies naive romance, attempted-coming-of-age, fantasy-lite and a looooong journey that drags and drags and… You get the gist.

The writing is also mediocre at best and, even worse, errors abound: »Kissen wasn’t going to let him stupid that easily.«

Thankfully, that was the most aggravating mistake but, still, a disgrace.

I’m abandoning this at 70% to later slumber on my Kissen.

One star out of five.

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