3.0
The Last Sacrifice
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A brave warrior risks a battle with the gods to save his family in this “gripping, horrific, and unique” grimdark fantasy (Seanan McGuire, New York Times–bestselling author)
Since time began, the Grakhul—immortal servants of the gods—have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. But when warrior Brogan McTyre’s entire family is chosen as the next offering, the Grakhul are met with a resistance they never expected.
Determined to free his family from their terrible fate, Brogan begins the toughest battle of his life. But when you challenge the power of the gods, you challenge the very fabric of society. Declared an outcast, Brogan and his family are hunted like criminals—though they aren't the only ones who suffer the consequences of their rebellion. When the gods turn their wrath elsewhere, Brogan realizes his fight is not just for the lives and freedom of his loved ones, but for the lives and freedom of the entire world.
File Under: Fantasy [ Hunted by the Gods | A Great Refusal | By Land and Sea | The Ultimate Sacrifice ]
Since time began, the Grakhul—immortal servants of the gods—have taken human sacrifices to keep the world in balance and the gods appeased. But when warrior Brogan McTyre’s entire family is chosen as the next offering, the Grakhul are met with a resistance they never expected.
Determined to free his family from their terrible fate, Brogan begins the toughest battle of his life. But when you challenge the power of the gods, you challenge the very fabric of society. Declared an outcast, Brogan and his family are hunted like criminals—though they aren't the only ones who suffer the consequences of their rebellion. When the gods turn their wrath elsewhere, Brogan realizes his fight is not just for the lives and freedom of his loved ones, but for the lives and freedom of the entire world.
File Under: Fantasy [ Hunted by the Gods | A Great Refusal | By Land and Sea | The Ultimate Sacrifice ]
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Jacob Clark
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“DNF'd around 50ish pages in, reads like a short story in terms of depth and yet is a 3 book series totaling around 1000 pages.”

tyler pearson
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bibliophilicjester
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“3.75 stars of thank goodness I own books 2 and 3 haha. It's not so much a cliffhanger as the feeling of wtf is next?!?! Where do we even go from here?!
I picked this up for kindle when it was on sale (sometimes that's where books fade into obscurity on my kindle) and for whatever reason, I just kept thinking about this one. It's such an interesting premise I think I just HAD to know how it would play out.
We start off following Brogan who returns home to find his whole family has been taken as sacrifices for the gods of this world. Brogan says fuck that noise, gathers his buddies, and they set down the path of defying the gods. IN THE FIRST CHAPTER. Seriously, we don't waste any time in this book. And I deeply appreciate it.
Probably you should know a few things before going into this.
• It's grimdark as hell. Seriously, the world is literally being torn apart. People are hacking off limbs and losing eyes and it's a bloody mess of death. There are slavers, all kinds of creatures, weak kings and decent kings, decent people and less decent people, are they alive people and are they human people... it's a lot. And it's great.
• For real. V grimdark. If you've read other books considered grimdark and thought, "huh. That's wasn't as brutal as I thought it would be." ...you won't have that reaction to this book. Did I mention it's great?
• If you love character-driven stuff, this might not be your thing. I really like multi pov books AND third person, but I know a lot of readers feel distanced with those books. This doesn't necessarily have like, this is brogan's chapter, and now we follow myridia, and check in with niall next...it's more like we swoop into the part of this world where important stuff is happening, then we move onto another part, and so on. Again, not for everyone but really works for me.
I think I need to mention I've had this issue lately with forgetting I'm currently reading stuff on my kindle bc it isn't a thing I physically see on a stack. So 3.75 felt right bc I round up on goodreads, and I think it's more of a 4 - I just read it too slowly bc I kept forgetting to read the damn thing. Yes, I have the next two paperbacks. Never fear.
Honestly the biggest issue with this book is that I've never seen anyone mention it on booktube/bookstagram, which means either not enough people have found it, or I still haven't found my people on social media lol also I thought for sure I'd have nightmares about the he-kisshi but they're so fucking cool it's hard to be properly intimidated”
“This should have been perfect for me, but sadly it wasn't.
In theory it's exactly my sort of book. On the dark side, new world, new races, different POVs, different sides to root for, grey characters, and a lot of action.
But for some reason I just couldn't really engage with the characters. I didn't dislike them, but I also didn't really care for any of them. Which made the story flow past me, instead of allowing me immersion.
It was by no means a bad book, or I wouldn't have finished it. But I'm pretty sure if you'll ask me in a month what this book was about, I'll not remember much, as I never really managed to actually dive into this new world, despite fascinating ideas for the world building...”

LoreleiReads
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About James A. Moore
James A Moore is the award-winning, bestselling author of over forty novels, thrillers, dark fantasy and horror alike, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, Under the Overtree, Blood Red, the Serenity Falls trilogy and his most recent Seven Forges series. Along with Jonathan Maberry and Christopher Golden, he hosts the popular Three Guys With Beards podcast.. He has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and spent three years as an officer in the Horror Writers Association.
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Author hometown: Bradford MA, USA
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Author hometown: Bradford MA, USA
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