ARC Review: Of Gods & Gold

This is an ARC review. Thank you to January Bell for a copy of her book.

Of Gods & Gold is the much awaited sequel to Of Sword & Silver. I was really looking forward to this one as I enjoyed the first book quite a bit. Of Sword & Silver was the first book that I had ever read by Bell and I was hooked.

I enjoyed the continuation of the Sword and Kyrie's story as the first book ended on a large cliffhanger. Much of our questions at the end of the first book were resolved quickly in book two.

The first book I felt was story first, romance second. Of Gods & Gold, I felt was slightly reversed with more focus on the spice than the storyline. Kyrie, who had seemed so driven, confident and sure of herself in the first book, was paralyzed by her anger at the Sword for what he'd done to her. She went back and forth so much while the rest of the storyline faltered slightly.

The last 10-15% of the story brought the storyline together but it felt a bit rushed. I really loved the Sword and Kyrie and would have liked to see them work together more to resolve the Sola conflict.

Overall, I liked the story, I just really loved the first book.

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