The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard

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The Younger Gods

Danger looms when a former priestess sails to the realm of the dead to find her fallen lover, only to discover the gods she thought she defeated are preparing for war.

Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death. Months later, the war doesn’t feel over. Not with Taran gone. Especially not when the gods still answer the prayers she sings.

Angry, grieving, and with a gnawing dread that the gods will return, Iona strikes a deal with her former patron goddess: if Iona can convince Taran to follow her home from the Underworld, he’ll be free to live again. If she fails, they’ll both be trapped there forever.

No sooner does she find him, she makes a horrible discovery. The dead gods have been reborn, they are plotting revenge—and Taran, it seems, was always one of them. This reincarnated trickster god with Taran’s face no longer remembers her or the war they fought together, and she doubts not just his loyalties but his love.

Determined to stop the next war without revealing her part in the last one, Iona enters her deadliest battle yet, one where she fights to bring Taran home without him even knowing it.

The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard sees Iona Night-Singer trying to live without Taran.

Can Iona get Taran to come home?

Iona Night-Singer

Iona was once going to be a maiden-priest until the war broke out. Well, the one that she caused to start, since she didn’t like what Death did. Now, Iona has succeeded in ending his tyrannical rule, but she doesn’t really know how to keep living. Iona is an interesting character, and I like her. She knows what she wants and is too stubborn to change her mind. The one thing that gets me every time I think about her is how she wants a peaceful life with Taran, yet she won’t allow herself to make that choice just quite yet.

Taran

Taran is Iona’s betrothed, who died fighting against Death and killing him as well. Iona finds him still alive in the place where all the gods live. Taran doesn’t remember Iona or the time that they fell in love while battling Death with everyone else in the mortal world. I have to say that both Taran and Iona are very hard-headed individuals. Taran, though, also had his own secrets that Iona had started to realize when she finally met up with him again. We only see Taran through Iona’s eyes, and I love that he is a good character, and I hope that things get better for the two of them.

The romance between the two of them gets a second chance to rekindle as they get to know each other again. I do have to say they are cute together, and I hope they get to stay together.

Four Stars

My rating for The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard is four stars, and I do recommend this book. I like how Ms. Shepard made the myth she was retelling her own. Ms. Shepard did a great job worldbuilding and creating her magic system, which made me feel like I was part of the story and helping Iona.

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