Deathborn

By C. E. Page

Publisher Description

Corruption is a disease with no cure that ends with a rapid descent into madness and violence. And until now it only targeted mages.

When an infected warden shows up challenging everything Margot thought she knew she is thrown into the chase to find the impossible cure. But to understand this new revelation she needs someone who knows possession ... She needs Nea and lucky for Margot, her warden friend Garret has been tasked with tracking the rogue necromancer down.

Garret is used to dealing with deadly mages so this should be like any other job: find the mage and deliver her to the king. But from the moment he finds Nea he is dragged into a deadly game of dark secrets and brutal machinations. Now he must make a choice: deliver Nea as promised and place a weapon in the hands of a mad man or deny his king and change the lives of mages and wardens forever.

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2 Reviews

4.5

Nena Callahan

Created almost 2 years ago

Kat Mullen

Created almost 4 years ago

“3.5 Stars Talking about this book with my coworker while reading it made my work week so much better! They’re a non-reader. So I shared the story as I learnt it and they got heavily invested too. Legit after one certain reveal I walked in and was like ‘I HAVE TEA FROM DEATHBORN.’ We had a lot of fun trying to figure out the mystery as we went. You dive head first into the world of Deathborn. The world is expansive and there’s so much to learn. It would’ve been great to spend a little more time building up that world, but I did roll with it. Very much appreciated the glossary at the back, but also would’ve loved a character guide - there’s so many names! I had to make notes on how people knew each other and who was related as I went. The mystery of Corruption and what the King is trying to do is the main focus of this story. I kept reading cause I needed to know what was happening. C.E. Page was great at making me hate the villains. I was terrified for Nea every time Leon showed up. I despised him! Margot I like her as a character, but I’m not sure if her POV was absolutely necessary. We didn’t get as much of her view as the other two characters. It felt a little that her view was only there for a few reveals to happen. If they could’ve been written in elsewhere I don’t think we needed her POV. But her character was likable, and yay for the queer rep! Garret He’s your stoic commander who realises the King he’s working for is terrible and leads a resistance. He was a likable enough character. I wish we had gone more in depth with him. There were some reveals I would’ve loved to delve further into and explore the background/consequences of. Nea Was obviously gonna be my fave. Knew that even before I started reading. Nea has the weight of the world on her shoulders, but still fights through and does the right thing for the world. Again, I wish we had been able to dive further into her history and reveals. It felt like we brushed over some major things that I would’ve loved to know more about. I got the base level of what she felt, but focusing more on it would’ve been amazing. The history between Nea and Leith is something I was so interested in. I really like all the connections between the characters. But I wish the relationships, especially between Nea and Leith, had been built up earlier. Characters mentioned that they knew the two of them had history, but in their first scene together we barely felt the history and it wasn’t until far in until we learnt just how heavy their history was. I was so interested in them! Overall, I enjoyed the story and the world, I just wish we learnt more about everyone! Random thoughts I had while reading: ‘They start coming and they don't stop coming’ - about the names I like Janey Why I would die in a fantasy world: there’s so much walking and I already hate walking 15 mins to work “Merston has been in lockdown for almost a year” - mood ‘Just talk to each other already!’ Thank you C.E. Page for the review copy!”