2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book that passes the Bechtel Test

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Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Mia has survived the trials, and despite failing them, she has been appointed as a Blade of the Red Church and is a fully anointed assassin. While she fulfills her contracts, she still has eyes on revenge against the two men who orchestrated the death of her father and fall of her House.

But there is a problem... they are on the "no kill" list held by the Church because they are patrons. Mia sees this as just an inconvenience. While "on assignment" she arranges to get herself taken by slavers and sold to a Gladatorial Collegium to fight for the amusement of the highborn. The final game of the year holds a prize... freedom for the victorious gladiator and put within arm's reach of the two men who killed her family. But to do that she needs to survive to get to those games and then be the last one standing.

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I am finding myself more and more enjoying this trilogy and look forward to the next book (even though it's the last). It is the right combination of history and sword & sorcery to appeal to my inner geek.



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