Hannah Kaner is back and better than ever. This brilliant follow up to God killer and Sun Bringer is just as enthralling as its' predecessor and I have no doubt will be just as big as it's successor.

Such a fantastic ending to a fantastic trilogy. I loved the way all the storylines are wrapped up, and seeing how are favourite characters have grown over the 3 books.

I was on the edge of my seat towards the end and I'm just so happy with how it all turned out.

5⭐

I do not know what Hannah Kaner puts into her books but SHE IS GODDAMN AMAZING! The conclusion for the FALLEN GODS trilogy --- Faithbreaker has the be one of the most epic and emotional finales I've ever read about. This series owns my mind, body and soul forever. There's strong and amazing characters, women who take no shit, LGBTQ & disability representation! The character development feels authentic to them!

No one is going to blame you if you abandon all your responsibilities to read this book. The reading community will support you to read this amazing book by Hannah Kaner!

This was a great conclusion to the trilogy!
I really loved the disability and LGBTQ representation in this series.
The characters were lovable and this book did bring back the banter I was missing.
I feel like we really went on a journey with these characters and the conclusion to each of theirs was well done if bittersweet. I don’t want to say too much for fear of spoilers but I will be keeping an eye out for future Hannah Kaner releases!

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC!

I rarely read trilogies so quickly but I loved these books. Interesting characters and epic stories. I didn't know how this was going to end but it was perfect. These novels reminded me of other amazing fantasy novels I've read but with it's own originality. A world of gods and godkillers. I didn't want the story to end, it felt brief because of how riveting it was. This was a brilliant end to the trilogy. I never really could like Arren and was a little disappointed with the second book but this book was amazing.

I love this series so much. It is equal parts thrilling, romantic, heart-warming, action packed, and has you rooting for the good guys while questioning who the good guys truly are. It's fantastic world building and story telling and I love it.

This was the perfect ending to a mind blowing trilogy. I needed to know everything and could not put it down. So excited to see what Kaner does next.

This is the conclusion tot the Fallen Gods trilogy. It is the perfect ending, I literally gasped out loud several times. I love this series, the characters are amazing, we have strong women, we have LGBTQIA+ and disability rep too. This series will have you ignoring all adult responsibilities to find out what happens to our MCs. Kaner writes multiple POV extremely well, you get to see the war from all sides. Everyone gets a moment to shine in this book and the character development feels authentic to them. I cannot sing enough praise about this fantasy trio as its written well, interesting concept and is just such an enjoyable read.

Thank you to Hannah Kaner, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction | HarperVoyager, and NetGalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

Ugh, this series had so much potential and scope. The plot just fell flat and the romance felt so, so forced, especially in the third book. The characters’ motives just didn’t make any sense and character arcs flopped badly. I just didn’t care about anything else other than Inara and Skedi and finishing the book so I wouldn’t have to read any more. I found myself skipping huge swathes of text. The pacing felt so off and there were perhaps only 50 pages of action scenes included, which read like a history textbook. The book seemed to concentrate on boring minutiae.

The world had so much promise. An overall confusing and disappointing series, one that I wished I had dnf.

I loved Godkiller and while I didn’t like the direction of sunbringer I still enjoyed it. The issue i’m having with this one is that the group has split in 2, and I don’t like one of the storylines. I’m not keen on arren so don’t like the chapters from his pov, or from Elos since he is now with him. They are preparing for war really which isn’t exciting and are surrounded by fanatics worshipping arren as a god which is irksome. The other storyline is more interesting, on a pirate ship with skedi and inara and kissen. Again I don’t like one of the characters which is putting a dampener on it and there are so many side characters i’m losing track, that being said I do like the pirate vibes. If most of the chapters were following them with the odd update from elo I think I could push through but it’s pretty fairly split and I am already skimming chapters and pushing myself to read so i’m going to give up

3.75 stars

In some ways, this was the epic finale I hoped for.
The stakes were super high with the enemy at the gate. Our characters really had to put aside their differences and start working together to find a way to survive this war. I was never sure how this would end, who would survive and who wouldn’t, and that made for an engaging read.

As the last book in this series, the whole story basically revolved around the all-out war against Hseth and her allies. Which brought with it a lot of strategy talks, negotiating and fighting. Coupled with the group splitting up again, it got a bit tedious to read at times. I just wanted them together for this last book, because that’s when the story really shines imo. But for most of it they went on their separate quests, so that was a bit disappointing for me.

As with the whole series, there were several POVs to read from. And whenever I read from a lot of POVs that all follow somewhat different storylines, I find myself liking one of these way more than all the others. And this was the case here too. Kissen has been my favourite from the very beginning, and I enjoyed reading her POV and storyline with Lessa and Inara the most. It was just much more interesting to me than the rest. I think that might be the reason why I struggled to get through the first half of this book, it just kind of dragged on for me. Fortunately, the pacing was better in the second half.

The ending really packed a punch. At that point I was fully invested again and scared to see where the author would take it.

Overall I think it’s an amazing series. It combines such rich world building, wonderful and really diverse characters and a solid plot. It’s well crafted and well written, and I loved these characters.

Definitely one of the best fantasy series I’ve read in a while.


Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

3.75

“Faithbreaker” is surely a very solid finale for the Fallen Gods series and managed to (finally) convince me in parts in favour of this series.
I really like the premise and the world building. I think the author did a really great job matching the writing to the world and, in parts, to the characters.

The beginning was a bit slow and I felt like I was reading without any real progress, until it picked up a bit around the 50% mark.

However, this final book also somehow proved to me that over the course of this whole series, I didn’t find myself particularly invested in any character or a specific storyline. It was really an on-off type of situation, because all characters had moments that I really enjoyed. But that was really only for about a chapter at best.
This book in particular lost me on several accounts:
- The pacing was a bit all over the place? Sometimes slow, sometimes fast. No idea how much time actually passed.
- The relationship between Arren & Elo. Whatever was going on with and between them, I didn’t buy it. Couldn’t make me root for them whatsoever.
- The bigger, and arguably more chaotic, fight scenes. Half the time I had no idea what was going on, so I just went with it.
- Anything regarding war and strategic conversations. Who is against who and who is allied with who..no clue.
- Maybe that’s me, maybe it’s the book but there were suddenly so many more names that I, again, lost track of who is who and on who’s side are they on.
- I couldn’t really grasp Hestra as a character.

Having said all of that, I do think the issues I had with these books are more a me-thing rather than a book-thing and I will need to reread this series at some point.
I will definitely read more from the author and overall, I do recommend to give this series a try.

Kissen, Inara and Elo are hurtling into the epic finale of the Fallen Gods series!

Thankfully our rebellion loving trio are finally aware that they are all alive and have found other allies. There is some tension around Elo and his relationship/status with Arren. Everyone still isn't on the same page of this looming war but they at least are in the same chapter now!

Kissen, Inara and Skedi are going on a whistlestop tour of Middren and abroad, negotiating for allies and Elo is left to be a General in Arren's army and the scepticism and scuttlebutt is flying where he is concerned.

Some of my favourite scenes are "pirate" based and It was emotional seeing Inara and her mother finally connect, whether over the loss of someone important to both of them, or over their joint wish for peace. There is even a tiny, small sliver of an attraction between Kissen and a certain Lady!

This is definitely a voyage of discovery for all kinds of "love" - parental, platonic and romantic and love for country/people. Whilst I am in no way religious, I enjoy reading about the similarities between faith's , their common roots, etc. Skedi and his "little god" status was beautifully presented and his growth and self-determination and self-sacrifice was handled really well.

There was a tear or two shed over the ending and a huge lump in my throat but overall I was really happy with the way the story wrapped everything up neatly.

The final book in the series and it was amazing. This was well written, just as the previous were, and I would definitely recommend reading the series. It wasn’t perfect, but very few are, and I felt some scenes were rushed but overall, a great read

I really can't say too much about this book without spoilers for the previous two

The stakes are high and war is coming. Kissin, Elo, Inara and Skedi all have their parts to play to see this through

They also make new allies along the way to help in the battle against the fire god, along with some tenuious agreements with old 'friends'

Amazing conclusion to this trilogy and sad to see the end of this world... like actual tears

Can't wait to see what Hannah brings us next though!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for the review copy, out now!

Finally reuniting the characters in one storyline for the final instalment of The Fallen Gods trilogy was great, especially as I felt some of the banter was missing in Sunbringer, so I was glad they were back together.
I felt a little let down by Kisse and Elo's relationship, it felt more real as a friendship than a romantic entanglement, and not really needed in the story, other than just something for Kisse to focus on throughout.
I still love Skedi, the light hearted moments always make me smile.
Beautifully written, and wonderful end to the trilogy.

I'll start this review by saying I wasn't feeling very well when I was reading this, so that may have hampered my enjoyment.

The final book in the Fallen Gods trilogy starts with our main characters finally reunited after they spent much of Sunbringer apart. And then promptly splits them up again... As this was my main negative from book 2, we aren't off to a great start, but I had hope that maybe it would be a short separation (it isn't). I'm not sure what to say about this one: there's nothing wrong with it, it's still well written and the world is still interesting. I just didn't care as much.

I didn't enjoy either of the new "romantic" relationships, mostly because I felt like they both did a disservice to Elo and Kissen - Kissen seemed way too focussed on her attraction and Elo felt somewhat stagnant (although Elo's perspective gives us a glimpse into the cult surrounding Arren and I found that quite interesting). Inara continues to be an important character but, even though she gets plenty of page time, it felt like she was getting sidelined. Skedi remains my favourite character and he gets to continue his growth into a much more nuanced, rounded character - his bond with Inara was the highlight of the whole book (and series).

I don't want to give too much away in terms of plot. I thought the actual ending ramped up the tension well and the conclusion is quite satisfying. But the final confrontation was over quickly compared to the lengthy build up, and you could probably have skipped a big chunk without affecting how the finale plays out. I also think we could use a bit more exploration of the followers of Hseth - they just end up as a faceless mass of generic evil.

I still really like the setting, world-building and the characters, and I think the bones for this book are still strong, just that the time wasn't allocated in the places I wanted it.

When I started Kaner's "Fallen Gods" trilogy last year I was blown away. It was such an intriguing, well thought-out setting filled with interesting and loveable characters. I liked the second book in the trilogy as well, though it had its issues, and now the big finale is finally here. Admittedly I was both scared and immensely excited for it.

I didn't need to be scared at all, because "Faithbreaker" sticks its landing beautifully. It is, again, beautifully written, even though there are still the same character-specific repetitions as there were in the last books (for example, one character is sucking her teeth just too often, that can't be good for the teeth). Kissen, Elogast, Skedi and Inara all get their satisfying yet bittersweet endings, which fits the overall tone of the series. At one point I genuinely cried my eyes out, which proves not just how stellarly certain moments were written, but also just how attached I got to this world and its characters.
Skedi remains the outstanding character, and I love this little God of White Lies very very much. I also really enjoyed Inara, who was my close second favourite and remains such easily. Kissen is the tragic badass that we grew to love, and I really enjoy the romance path she was on in this book. Mind you, I love Kisse and Elo's relationship, but not as romantic partners.
The story is exciting from start to finish and it's a very quick read. I read this in two sittings because I just couldn't let go off it.

Now, this is not a work of perfection, not that it has to be. Few books are, let's be honest. Not all the characters hit the mark this time around, for one. Elogast remains the least interesting character of the old guard, though he finally is allowed to really dive into his depths. As much as I enjoy romance in my fantasy books, I also felt like his romantic storyline took over the spotlight for his character arc in ways I didn't always enjoy, and felt almost detrimental to his character at times. Not that I didn't enjoy the romance in itself, I do love the drama of it all. I did feel like the way it was introduced in the beginning of the book, as opposed to the more subtle approach in the previous books, was a bit weird, though.
Arryn's pov is expanded and was, probably, my biggest disappointment because I felt it never really explored the very interesting aspects of his character, meaning the horrors he's responsible for, his reliance on his fire god, what he did to Elo, generally the fact that he's a brutal villain. There is no emotional grappling with who he was, who he is, why he became this person and what kind of man he wants to be from now on. He's mostly just interested in his love story with Elo. It felt very... superficial, and every other character reminding mostly Elo constantly that Arryn is an evil guy and he shouldn't be with him is not enough exploration. Here, I think, lies a bit of wasted potential, because this superficiality also makes any attempt at giving Arryn a redemption arc very unbelievable. He doesn't earn one in the least, he didn't do any real emotional labour to get there. In the end, he's also a rather predictable character - most of us will have a theory where he'll end up by the finale, and most of us will be right.
I also thought there were some pacing issues, especially comparing Kissen and Inara's storylines to Elogasts, but because the book is generally not a long one it doesn't really matter that much. Just like with Arryn's ending, there are also some predictable elements throughout the story that I think were almost a bit too obvious, but because they were still written well enough I didn't mind.

So yeah, all in all? Great ending to a great trilogy despite some minor flaws and I'm very excited to see what Kaner will cook up next.

This series is all about overcoming the control the gods have. It is a fantasy with very little romance and focuses on the war that is escalating.

I enjoy the characters and the journeys that that all took and I really enjoyed have the different povs to gain a better sense of what each character was going though.

Over all if you enjoy fantasy and books with wars this is for you however, it’s not something I enjoy reading about.

In January 2023, I read an arc by a new author. I'd requested the book based on its pretty cover and struck gold, Godkiller stayed my favourite book of the year. Truly epic.

Today I've finished the concluding book, Faithbreaker and wow, what a phenomenal conclusion it is. So good in fact, that as soon as the book released on Thursday, I bought the audiobook so that I could keep reading.

War has commenced and our favourite characters don't really have much of a chance against a god of fire and war, strengthened by the sacrifices of her followers. The destruction is immense, the tears flow but in between are beautiful scenes of intimacy and shared meals. Of friendship, family and love.

Today, Hannah Kaner is signing books in Waterstones Manchester and I'd love to go and say congratulations, Hannah, you are an absolute legend! And collect a stamp of Skediceth....

I can't wait to see what she does next!