Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC!
I haven't read a fantasy book in a bit, and I forgot how good they are.
I think the concept of this book is new, and I've never heard of any book quite like this one. The characters are all really cool, and the idea of The Magician being kind of a villain, but also the main character was interesting. I always love a good morally grey character, and all of the gods fit that bill.

One thing I really didn't like was all the modern slang (bestie/lives rent free in my head/ big brained and sexy/"she makes FINGER GUNS at me in agreement"??????). I saw one review that said it felt like being hit over the head linguistically with the fact that this book takes place In Modern Times", which describes it really well. The slang just never quiteee flowed, and it's also all slang that was mostly popular around the time I assume the book was written, so about a year ago. While that makes sense, I still didn't like it.

I will say, the really big twist (or rather one of the big twists) about one of the characters was reallyyyy easy to guess. Also, I think the pacing of the book was mostly good, albeit a little slow in the beginning.

Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC.

It's definitely slow paced and I was growing frustrated, but it picked up about halfway and got better. The writing and world building is beautiful and unique and I found myself wanting to keep reading all night. It's the kind of story where you're iffy about it but then you think about it for days afterwards.

This book was so good!The pacing in the beginning was slow but by the middle I was hooked by the beautiful world that the author created. The writing is lyrical and smooth and flows so easily. Plus, the story is just an enjoyable one where you want to keep reading. I'm definitely eager to read the sequel!

A special thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Have you ever read a book and then decided that you just need to lay down on the floor for like three hours and let your brain marinate in the novel like it's a soup, but cannot form any coherent thoughts about the book other than basic descriptions of the characters such as "fun", "sexy", "evil", or some combination thereof. Well, if you understand my plight, and would like to read a well-written novel (with an almost entirely transgender cast of characters), about gods on earth, where the gods are not necessarily good or bad, but are a lot of fun to read about. also the main characters are those gods. and let's just say some morals are optional