A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner
Overall Rating - 4.75
Emotional Impact Score - 4.75
Thought-Provoking Score - 4
Character Score - 4.5
Plot Score - 4
Worldbuilding Score - 4.5
Prose Score - 3.5
This book was phenomenal. I went into it basically blind and had no idea what to expect and no idea what it was even really about. I was a big big fan of Hannah Kaner’s debut trilogy, Godkiller, so this was an instant read as soon as I saw that it was coming out. This book takes the darkest moments of Fallen Gods and amps it up to 11. The heartbreak and betrayal felt in this cannot be understated. Tilde is a protagonist that you are not intended to like and that makes her one of my favorites. She is on a warpath and the only thing that is going to appease her is the burning of anyone that has wronged her. I appreciate that it maintains a low magic feel. There undoubtedly is magic but it isn’t something that is used without much consequence. The heartbreak experienced throughout this book, from page 1 to the very end, will stick with me undoubtedly for years to come. If this is book 1, I cannot wait to see where the rest of this trilogy goes.
If you like sapphic dark fantasy with a protagonist that makes decisions that you may not always be able to support, I cannot recommend this enough.
I would like to thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read this!