Anytime I see a book compared to the likes of shadow and bone, I worry it won’t hold up. But I devoured this book, it had me staying up well past my bedtime to finish.

This book is everything I wanted and more, its got dragons, found family, twists and the best morally grey characters.

The world building sucked me in immediately, and the idea of Dragon Gods caged inside the bones of the worlds royalty is just incredible. To Cage A God explores humanity, rebellion and the romance WELL.

I cant wait for everyone to read this, so I can scream about it.

To cage a God is the start to a brand new duology by Elizabeth May

Set in a Slavic inspired fantasy kingdom on the precipice of revolution, To cage a god follows the tale of Sera and Galina who have been raised by their deceased mother to rebel against the current regime.

This series hooks you from the beginning with a short prologue and takes you straight into the trauma filled lives of is S&G. I liked that there was an equal focus on the 2 very different romances of the sisters. With Galina’s being a sapphic Cinderella-esq story and Sera having a more edgy enemies to lovers romance with a morally grey rebel leader.

The writing was good but some of the metaphors and phrasing fell a little flat for me. The writing was also more YA than NA despite the darker elements of grief, alcoholism and violence prevalent in the book.

The premise was brilliant but I feel like a lot of interesting things happened before the start of the book whilst, the actual book contained a lot of filler. The world building was also a little underdeveloped but I can see a lot of potential here.

Another round of copy edits would definitely help the book meet its potential.

I’ve been a fan of Elizabeth May for a while so I was ecstatic to get an ARC to review. Thank you too Daphne Press and NetGalley for the digital arc.

What a book! This world is rich and deadly and I could not get enough of it. The multiple POVs adds extra depth to the storyline as each MC has different things they're fighting for. The ending was exciting and I'm very excited for the sequel