Thanks to Netgalley and Curiosity Quills Press for giving me this book to review.

Season of Wind is the second book in the Clockwork Gods Chronicles and I really enjoyed it. It was very fast paced, and full of action and deception. While I guessed the main plot twist it was still a fun light book and I enjoyed reading about all of the characters.

Janet is determined to protect her friends and save Silvia but also feels way over her head as she gets more involved in the Gods war. I wish Itazura was in this book more as he was my favourite character from the first book and the story seemed to be lacking something with him not in it. However, the other gods made up for it was I really liked the bander and family feeling between Laetatia, Meroquio, and Kova.

This is a very fun story and I am looking forward to reading the next book in The Clockwork Gods Chronicles. I would recommend Season of Wind to fans of the first book Hour of Mischief.

So, the first book came out almost two whole years ago. And since then I had forgotten some of the minor details of what happened. It took a bit while reading this to recall what had happened. But the book does a good job of recapping, without info-dumping.

This is a really interesting and unique series. I development of the Gods and the society is very well done. It's developed in a way that makes it feel real.

I also really like all the characters. There is a fair amount of characters, but none of them feel unnecessary or similar to any other character. They are all unique from each other.

The Gods, while based in a different religion than other books that feature them, are clearly based on existing Gods in mythology. In way of their powers and what they stand for. Which is fine, every old religion has a god for War, Merriment, Love, Mischief, etc.

I would have liked to have more of a payoff with Janet saving her friend Sylvia, the trajectory of the plot still had a really satisfying payoff in a different way. I can't wait to read the next book.

Once again, Janet is in way over her head; not that it's any surprise. On top of having a friend to save and trying to protect what's left of her little gang, she is entangled in yet another of gods' schemes. Speaking of gods, have I mentioned that Itazura is kidnapped? Oh, no. Guess who's going to have to save him.

The story starts off in the desert. Their search for Sylvia has brought the gang all the way to desert realms, seemingly a great distance from Fortuna. Their journey from there consists of several cities with unique qualities as well as an array of closed areas that were no less interesting. If I had to choose one thing to commend, it would be the worldbuilding. Season of Wind made a good job of solidifying the world.

However, my favorites were, once again, the characterization and the dialogue; more the latter than the former. We have both returning characters and entirely new ones, which made for a diverse cast that made up for, with all due respect, the dryness of the narrative. In the first book, Janet had shone, but in Season of Wind, I felt like she was underdeveloped. Then again, it might be that she spent far more time among gods, characters that were naturally interesting, than her gang of normal human beings this time around.

I had a real issue with the plot, though. It seemed to follow a 'think of the worst thing that can happen, then make it happen' rule, which made it predictable, overwelmingly so at times. I still enjoyed the story, but it wasn't gripping. Besides that, I think the story could do without the seemingly romantic whatever between Itazura and Janet. I was unable to see any sort of spark of attraction that brought them together or Janet reacting to him in that way, apart from words. I just felt like a romance subplot was being forced upon the main character.

Overall, Season of Wind didn't leave a lasting effect like Hour of Mischief, but it was still an enjoyable read. It was good to see Laetatia and Meroquio again, among others and the banter was fun to read. 3.5/5.