I could read books based on Kissen and crew forever! Love the cozy and adventurous vibes of this series.

Although the characters were separated through a lot of this, I still enjoyed it and enjoyed the new character POV. I hope book three has more Kissen, just love her so much!

Tysm for the ARC! Looking forward to book 3!!

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperVoyager for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review. 4.5 stars rounding up to 5 for GoodReads. This series isn’t exactly reinventing the wheel but I am having a great time with it. The writing is simple but enrapturing, thrusting the reader into a world of gods and approaching war. The pacing is this books biggest champion. It is longer than the first book and yet for the amount that happens, it still felt much longer than it actually is. And it doesn’t lose any emotion or characterization in doing so. I do think it has a bit of middle book syndrome where I would’ve liked to have seen more of one of the particular POVs as it seems like they were just a side character in this one to get to the next part of the story. This series has amazing representation which carries over from book one and is done in a realistic (for fantasy) and true way. Definitely recommend this series and this second book to fantasy fans especially new fans looking to explore fantasy for the first time.

Sunbringer
by Hannah Kaner

If you liked the first book, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. This one made the world richer and really delved into each of the characters. We learn more about gods and their relationship to humans and each other. And there are some answers to questions brought up in the first book as well. I don’t want to give too much away so just go read it when it comes out!!

Thanks to @netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Overall I enjoyed this book. I do feel like it fell a bit to middle book syndrome, but with that being said I can hardly wait for the third book! This one picks up right where the first book left off our main characters spend basically the entire book separated, which was fine, but I wish we had more Kissen! I love how unique the story here is. The world is so original. Some of the plot in this second book was a bit slow for me, with some of the rebellion plot specifically being not my favorite. But I think it did set us up in a good spot for the next book!

Wow. I am so impressed by the uniqueness of this story. I truly have not read a book that’s comparable to this one. It’s a super fun series so far.

This is one of those stories that you just cannot predict what’s going to happen next and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I absolutely adored the last 25%. It’s fast paced, intense, and just so creative.

I am very much looking forward to the next book!

The only thing that was a little bit of a drag is there were so many scenes that just felt over-described to the point where I just could not picture it in my head. Especially the descriptions of buildings. I found myself skimming over paragraphs of adjectives.

Other than that I think this one is really fun and would recommend the read.

Ahoy there me mateys!  This second installment was enjoyable and a quick read.  I wanted to know how the story would evolve and how the gods would interfere.  The highlights of this book continued to be Kissen and Skedi.  I enjoyed Elogast, revisiting gods, and the other gods that are introduced.  The gods are some of the more interesting characters.

This does have a bit of the middle book syndrome.  The book was a little convoluted, especially at the beginning.  I found the rebellion subplot to be mostly boring.  Also, for the majority of this book, the three main characters are split up.  After the ending of the last book, I guess I expected them to spend more time together.  Elogast and Inara are only together some of the time and I would have liked more character interaction from me three favorites.  And Kissen! . . . well spoilers.  Her plotline was me favorite.

Inara tries to continue getting revenge while relying on her emotions and not her head.  She comes across as stubborn and a bit angsty.  I kinda wanted to hit her.  I still love her character in general though and am looking forward how the growth in this book plays out.  The ending of this installment gives me hope.

We also had new POVs from Arren's perspective.  I really don't enjoy him as a character and didn't really like being in his head.  I don't, however, think ye are supposed to like him so it works out.  I also did not like the "twist" regarding him but that is likely personal preference.

In fact, I mostly wished the author would have done something different with this book though the set up for the larger picture makes sense.  I felt the added POVs didn't always enrich the plot.  The plot elements, in general, were predictable though I wasn't completely expecting the very ending.  This may sound rather negative but it certainly was a good read.  I am looking forward to the conclusion.  Arrrrr!

Hannah Kaner delivered HARD with this sequel to Godkiller. I really loved the first book and the beautiful journey of discovery it went on; I also really enjoyed how Godkiller ramped up at the end and gave us a literal cliffhanger. When I was gifted Sunbringer I wasn't sure where things would take off, what I didn't realize is that the plot would absolutely shoot forward at break neck speeds from the previous book when everything seemed cruelly "over". I was immediately dragged under the emotional current and that current never stopped bashing me against the rocks and teasing me for breath. Kaner never lets up and I am so glad for that. The pacing throughout was perfect and just what we needed after the previously long journey. As an audience, I was appreciative for a deeper look into our main characters. We get to see more of who they are and how they change. The amazing thing about each person in this book is how well Kaner writes them to be so human, emphasis on the human. Humanity is such a frail yet powerful thing and as the audience I was able to also experience betrayal and hurt based on the choices that some of my favorite characters made. Sunbringer is depth, warmth, growth. Sunbringer is also shadow, pain, and loss. I was so slow in reading this book because I knew that once it was done and put away that I wouldn't get to see these characters for a while. This is absolutely more than a 5 star for me because I had to savor it like a fine meal, like every bit was my last bite. I will be jumping all over what Hannah has in store for us next. This was excellence.

I wanted to also say thank you so much to Hannah Kaner and her wonderful publishing company for sending me this book to review.

* Thank you Netgalley & Harper Voyager for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. *

Sunbringer picks up right where Godkiller leaves off, which means the book starts quickly with all the characters in different places: Kissen, lost after killing a god, Elo on the path to vengeance, Inara trying to find her place in this war. This installment brings a new view point as well - a king

While Sunbringer is still an amazing piece of writing, I do feel like it falls a bit to second book syndrome. There was a good portion of the book that felt a little lost, like we were meandering around with no real end goal in sight. Around the 55% mark, the book does gain some traction, and from that point on, I did fly through the rest of the book.

"We are as ready to be martyrs as you."

Sunbringer tells a story of pain, fire, gods and death. Every time you think you know what will happen next, the tables turn, and you're left wondering how our people will make it through.

In the end, I loved Sunbringer, and I will be eagerly awaiting what comes next in the Fallen Gods series.

I really enjoyed this book.

Sunbringer starts off right where the previous book, Godkiller ends. We continue to follow the characters from book 1, and get an added POV that brings insights to the world/story.

The main characters being apart for most of the story was kind of frustrating but I understand the need behind it.
There were a lot of different story lines that were interesting and played well together but overall I was just waiting for something epic to happen and for me the ending was more of a setup for the next book than a plot climax that I wanted. again, I understand the choice it just wasn't what I wanted.

Book 3 will be interesting!

I love good representation in books and this series REALLY has that! I will always appreciate that.

This brings us directly back to the end of Godkiller… completely immersing me back into this world. I adore this cast of characters so much. Unfortunately, I wasn’t gripped as much as the previous book. There are choices made and events that take place, in which I understand for the larger picture they are necessary, but for which took me out of the story a little bit.

I am so excited, though, to see what Kaner brings us next in this series because I LOVED the ending.

I adore this world and all the characters in it so incredibly much, it's all astoundingly comforting.
In my review for the first book, I wrote about how much it feels like the comforting aspects of The Witcher and I do agree with that statement, however it is also something uniquely its own.
It's a world of contradictions. It's a world of gods who are both forbidden and desperately needed. It's a character who is at once a godkiller and a protector of gods. It's someone who is both man and god, and, perhaps, underneath it all, something even worse. This is a land that is broken and healed and broken all over again. It's a world of jagged edges, full of jagged people all trying to navigate their way through it as best they can.
It's phenomenal and I hope you love it as much as I do!

I loved that Sunbringer picks up right where we left off with Godkiller. I enjoyed Godkiller and I feel that Sunbringer is a great follow-up. I love how the world that Kaner has created seems dark and gritty but the relationships between the characters give it a lightness that it needs. It has a good balance. The one aspect of this novel that I didn't enjoy as much was the added POVs. I felt that in Godkiller the three main character POVs had a good balance and while I understand adding the new characters it does make keeping track of everyone's storyline a bit more difficult. All in all, I enjoyed this installment in the series and am looking forward to the next!

big thank you to netgalley for this e-arc (and for continuing to facilitate my obsession with this series) because WOW am I glad I got this, 4/5 stars

despite the fact that it literally picks up from the end of the first book, I think sunbringer's vibes ultimately felt different to me than in godkiller. it starts off relatively slow just like godkiller, but the book picks up traction relatively quickly and once the plot is rolling, it's ROLLING. normally I don't like too many povs because it confuses me and that does happen a bit, but I felt like the multiple povs really added to making the plot feel more fast paced and almost frantic. as things are happening, we're switching povs and chapters are shorter, and that really sweeps you up in how quick things are moving and how fast plans change. where godkiller was more of a journey book and events unfolded along the way, this second book really feels like the set up to the last (?) book, where things are chaotic and frantic and settling into place for the final climax of the series that we'll see in book three. it does feel a little messy and it does feel uncertain but it's leading us to the last book where things will (hopefully) fall into place. very excited to see what happens, and I will be waiting with baited breath for the third book's release date!

3⭐️

This one sadly was a bit disappointing. I loved the first one and there were still some aspects that reminded me of the first.

My favorite parts of this book is the overall world building. I find the gods super interesting especially since there seems to be ones for anything and everything.

What didn't work for me in this one was Eve separation between the group. Having more POVs as soon as something began to become interesting we would switch to like Elogast or Skedi. This made the book feel disjointed and would take me out of the story each time. The pacing of this book was also all over the place.

I would try other books from this author in the future. As the world was super interesting and I loved the characters in the first book.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon & Harper for this advanced reader copy. My review is voluntarily my own.

3.5 ⭐ rounded up.

I greatly enjoyed my time with Godkiller when I read that earlier this year. I strongly believe it's an underrated gem that got overlooked when it initially released.

Sunbringer picks up literally right after the explosive events of Godkiller. I know we all fear the dreaded middle book syndrome and I'm sad to say that I did feel like this book suffered a bit from that. I believe part of that can be attributed to the fact that our main cast is separated for a majority of the book.

We certainly got our fill of some surprises and got to watch as our characters started to embrace their roles.

I'm eager to see how Hannah Kaner wraps Fallen Gods up.

Thank you Netgalley, Harper Voyager and Avon for a copy of this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

thank you to netgalley for providing me with this arc!

One of the things I really enjoyed about Godkiller was that the multiple pov's that were happening were really well executed and I felt like I was personally inside each of the characters minds, and I'm really glad that Sunbringer continued to have well executed character pov's. Elogast really stepped it up this book! Going from book one where he was mostly the reserved ex-knight who didn't want to be a part of this brewing war to someone who took leadership and took charge in order to protect this new found family he had begun to gather. Same with Kissen, she has evolved in such a short period of time (relative to her actual time frame in the book) to readers, she was so fiercely angry at the gods in book one, for good reason, and to she her now working along side the gods in order to take down the god who is the looming threat is such a good use of her character and her emotional growth. I love a good complex character arc and reading about Kissen being a godkiller to working alongside Skedi, to then working with multiple other gods was a great arc.

Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for sending me an advanced readers copy of this book for my review!


Ok so this one took me quite a while to get through and I’m not sure why because I loved it. I cared about all the characters and loved the POV switches. A mysterious little girl, a caring and sneaky little god, a toughened lgbt+ godkiller, a knight baker, and a narcissistic but scared king??? I loved that. I really thought this was going to be a duology but it doesn’t seem like that is the case…….? I had so many moments of fear for my sweet Skediceth. If anything happens to that little cutie (if there is another book) I will be so upset. I really loved the gods in this and how humanized they were. But I can’t wait for more of Hannah’s work! Yatho and Telle what’s going on with them are they all right???? My sweet ladies please be alright. I had quite a few “shock” moments in this read which I LOVE in a book. Totally caught off guard and excited for more!

Thank you!! I’m so glad I ordered the special edition of this book.

Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-book in exchange for an honest review! Sunbringer is the sequel to Godkiller and follows all of the same characters with their different POVs. I enjoyed this book more than Godkiller although it did have some issues for sure. The character development across the book was amazing, couldn’t have asked for more there! Has found family in it, which is always a favorite of mine. For most of the first book the characters were all together as a team, unlike in this story where they are separated for the majority of the novel and I didn’t like how long it took them to get back together again. I also thought this book was much slower paced and there were definitely some points where I found myself bored and waiting for more to come. It was also quite predictable in my opinion, none of the twists and turns were surprising except for a few things near the end. I think that added to my bordem due to know what was going to happen before it happened. I did appreciate the gods vs humans aspects as well as the idea of how the gods come to be and also how they go away. It was definitely hard to track sometimes as some of the dialogue just didn’t make sense for me and I wasn’t able to understand what was happening or what was meant by certain parts, I think that significantly affected my review as well. All in all, if you liked Godkiller you will surely also like Sunbringer, and I’m sure the rest of the stories too based on how this one ended. Thank you NetGalley and Hannah Kaner!

Sunbringer is the sequel to Godkiller and returns us to the land of Middren. Following Kissen’s sacrifice to eliminate Hseth, Inara and Skedi search for information on their bond. Alternatively, Elogast sets out to kill his former friend who is now the king. In his quest to eliminate all gods, the king has allied with the most dangerous god of all. Hseth’s power is once again stirring despite Kissen’s sacrifice, war is looming, and the secrets discovered could change the future of Middren.

Kaner built upon her strong writing performance established by Godkiller with the follow up, Sunbringer. The world building continues to be as rich as ever; while the magic system based around the gods is complex yet well developed. Despite how great these elements are, the characters and their development are where Kaner really shines. At this point, I am so thoroughly invested in Inara and Skedi. Unfortunately for the other character POVs, I find myself wanting to get back to Inara and Skedi. There’s something so special about the bond they share. The also feature in some of my favorite scenes as well as the most heartbreaking scenes. While Elo was one of my favorite POVs to read about in Godkiller, he was unfortunately, my least favorite POV in this installment. Kissen is where having the multi POVs really stood out in Sunbringer, since she had to undergo a separate journey from the rest necessary for growth. This allowed us to stay in touch with all of the core characters even though they were physically separated from each other. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but I do believed it suffered from some of the second book pitfalls in that the pacing was considerably slower while having the hallmarks of setting up for the next book. The ending was so well done, though, that it more than offset these concerns. If you enjoyed Godkiller, I would definitely recommend picking up Sunbringer to continue the story.

I feel like I've been reading this book forever. I'm finally finished. It felt like such a slog, which was a real disappointment because I was highly anticipating it after enjoying (and even rereading) the first book. So what didn't work for me?

In the first book, the main characters seemed to have formed a found family. That's one of my favorite story elements, so I was looking forward to more of that in the second book. But that's not what the second book gives us. Being vague to avoid spoilers, but one of the characters is completely off on their own during almost the entire book (and those chapters felt far removed from what else was happening). And the whole idea of found family just wasn't there (although it could have been with the additional involvement of some of the minor characters from the first book). So that was disappointing.

There is a big reveal with one character though to be honest, it felt really obvious. Or obvious enough that not having the characters even consider (even to toss it out as "that's not possible) it seemed farfetched.

Very much second book syndrome. So much setup in this book for what will happen in the third book. But not much happens here until the end. (The ending was pretty good and it's what brought the book up to 3 stars from my original thought of giving it 2 stars.) And there is some character development, but sometimes in strange ways. One character (again, avoiding spoilers so being vague) behaves in a way that felt a bit inconsistent with the first book, or perhaps goes on a different path from what I thought was developed in the first book.

But perhaps my expectations from the first book not being continued in this second book was a me thing--my expectations were wrong--and if you don't have those same expectations, you might enjoy the book better than me.

I struggled with wanting to pick up this book and read it. Will I read the third book? Maybe. It won't be something I rush to read. I'll probably wait to see what other readers think about it before deciding.