Publisher: Hot Key Books
Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Genre: YA
Summary:
The Underworld awaits . . .
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying on from the mortal world - unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out.
Then the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld. Deina jumps at the chance. But to win, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers she neither likes nor trusts.
So begins their perilous journey into the realm of Hades. . . The prize of freedom is before her - but what will it take to reach it?
Review:
So this book caught my attention on NetGalley originally because of the cover (yes occasionally I just like the cover and read it without looking at the blurb), which is very pretty but I really enjoyed it. Now if you look back at our book club choices you'll see we have a love of books based around greek mythology so there was a fair chance this was going to be right up my street.
We get introduced to Deina and what exactly a Soul Severer is right from the off (it's pretty much what you think it is, they sever the soul from the body) and this is another book where the authors ability to describe the scene is beautiful and you can instantly picture where Deina is and what she's seeing. We get a chapter or two that just explains the setting and why Deina is a Severer, she's part of the House of Hades and there are Houses for all the main Gods each with their own purpose.
Now I know for once I'm actually giving details and I do try and avoid a lot of that so I don't spoil the book so I will stop after this next bit, promise.
Deina's travels into the realm of Hade's arent without trails and issues and there are twists thrown in just when you least expect it, admittedly I did guess the twist to do with Deina BUT I think it's because the authors did a fab job of foreshadowing it. In short, I really enjoyed this book, and it's part of a duology so I'm really looking forward to seeing the second book hopefully in the near future.
We get introduced to Deina and what exactly a Soul Severer is right from the off (it's pretty much what you think it is, they sever the soul from the body) and this is another book where the authors ability to describe the scene is beautiful and you can instantly picture where Deina is and what she's seeing. We get a chapter or two that just explains the setting and why Deina is a Severer, she's part of the House of Hades and there are Houses for all the main Gods each with their own purpose.
Now I know for once I'm actually giving details and I do try and avoid a lot of that so I don't spoil the book so I will stop after this next bit, promise.
Deina's travels into the realm of Hade's arent without trails and issues and there are twists thrown in just when you least expect it, admittedly I did guess the twist to do with Deina BUT I think it's because the authors did a fab job of foreshadowing it. In short, I really enjoyed this book, and it's part of a duology so I'm really looking forward to seeing the second book hopefully in the near future.
Krystina xx
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