A memory witch, a guardian, a hunter, lost gods, a quest, and a love triangle?! Yes. I very much enjoyed this audiobook. Caitlin Kelly does an amazing job as usual. But if you’re going into this thinking there are gonna be more POVs with the 3 narrators listed, you will be disappointed. As the 2 male narrators only have one short chapter each right at the end. Not a fan of that. A bit misleading. Boo. Hopefully book 2 will have more povs.
Anywhos, the story is neat. Had to trudge through the instalove, as it’s not a favorite of mine. It made the relationships not believable to me. I needed more substance in the forbidden romance and love triangle. But she’s a memory witch! And he’s a guardian! And he’s a hunter! Love that. And the side characters are cool. I’ll read the second book.
ALSOOOO! I needed more groveling. Sorely let down by the lack of groveling.

3.5 ⭐️

✨𝒜𝐿𝒞 𝑅𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌✨
🎧: The Lost God (The Lost God, Book 1)
🎙️: @caitlinkellyvo; Will Damron; Tim Campbell

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘊𝘦𝘤𝘦.”

I was beyond thrilled to see one of my all time favorite romantasy books adapted into an audiobook! You can find my full book review on Amazon and Goodreads 💻

The Lost God, book 1, follows a courageous memory witch and her bonded guardian as they embark on a dangerous quest to release an ancient power to their kingdom on the cusp of war.

A charming Hunter, meddling gods, and heartbreaking betrayals make things infinitely more complicated. But all magic requires an exchange. Is Cecilia willing to pay the cost?

Tropes:
⚠️ Love triangle
🚫 Forbidden romance
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Found family
🛏️ One bed/🐎 One horse
🗣️ Banter
🏰 Court intrigue
🪩 Masquerade ball
🧠 Memory magic
🌶️: Open door

“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘊𝘦𝘤𝘦. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.”

The narrator effortlessly and expertly captures Cece’s fierce spirit and all the raw emotions from our MCs. Every emotion came surging back as I relived this incredibly moving story and soul-stirring romance through this audiobook adaptation. Cecilia is forced to confront and reconcile difficult truths and her fate. When faced with impossible choices, what will she choose?

The relationships Cece has with Rainer and Xander is deeply complex. I would be remiss if I did not mention how each intimate scene was so deliberate and intentional, exploring the characters’ vulnerabilities and advancing their emotional growth and relationships.

In The Lost God, Sheila brilliantly layers elements of forbidden love and interwoven fates tied to choices and memories. This is an absolutely gorgeous adaptation and I cannot wait to listen to the rest of the series!

Huge thanks to the author, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for the ALC opportunity! This is my honest and voluntary review.

Absolutely LOVED this book and narrator! I was so immersed in this story I couldn’t focus on anything else!

I am not an audio person, but I love this series so decided to give it a shot and the narration was fantastic.

This book has love triangles, secrets, meddling gods, and magic! I love the writing in this book and the magic system. Definitely had some twists that I was not expecting and excited to see how the story continues and see the relationships between the character continue to grow.

There was so much tension in this book. And so many feelings. The push and pull between the different characters and what they were feeling for each other. Rain just has a feeling of home even though I wish he would just say what he feels. The flanter between Xander and Cece brought a smile to my face. Had to get over the instalove but Xander definitely grew on me throughout the book. Sheila does an amazing job of really making you feel for the characters and I just have this gut feeling she plans to devastate us in the future.

Wow! Absolutely loved this audiobook! There’s a huge love triangle in this book and I can’t choose what side I’m on. Both of the MMCs have their flaws but so many pros that it’s hard to pick one. This book makes me want to jump into book 2 asap or spoil the series for myself but there’s not much info on the internet for this series, which is bewildering, because I enjoyed it so much. I saw 3 narrators on this audio book so I thought there would be more male POVs, but the male POVs are only one chapter each at the end. I’m assuming there might be more in book 2, so I found this a little disappointing, since I like breaking up the audio with the deeper male voices, instead of having the female narrator lower her voice for the male dialogue. But I still enjoyed it and can’t wait for book 2.

4.5⭐️

I listened to the ALC of this as it has been on my TBR some time and I absolutely loved it! I am a sucker for a love triangle and this book absolutely delivered. I honestly can’t decide if I’m team Xander or Rainer but Xander is winning currently. It also absolutely delivered the feminine rage vibes I need right now as the FMC fought to determine her own future as a woman rather than do what she is expected to do.

The audiobook was excellent and I really enjoyed the narrator!

I can’t wait to find time to continue this series!

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an ALC in exchange for my honest review!

This book started out sort of slow, but gradually picked up. It sucked me in by the 25% mark. The MFC is strong and stubborn, as we all like to see. The MMCs are both kind, caring, and plot twisty! Which we all love. The story follows our MFC as she journeys through not only a true journey, but also her bid for independence and love. THe spice isn't too spicy. I listened to tit on an Audiobook version and LOVED it. The narrator was spot on. I think it would have been a touch better if she either altered her voice a bit more for the male characters, or if a male narrator had been included. Overall everyone should read this!!

I very much enjoyed listening to this audiobook, I had seen this book on Goodreads a while back and had added it to my tbr. The trio of narrators went so well together. I’m someone who likes to listen on a higher speed and I was still able to stay in the story. Instantly fell in love with the characters and plot of this story. The magic system being based on memory is so unique. There was so much about the idea that Celia’s power dissolved as soon as she finished the trials and would be made to marry. Even though I thought her being the lost god was an obvious plot line I was shook by Xander’s reveal. And the events that unfolded after 50%

The spice was also very good especially giving I don’t know this book has spice going into it. I usually am not a fan of love triangles but damn… I’m team Rainer.

Looking forward to continuing the series on audio. Especially seeing how Celia’s character will develop .

Thank you to NetGalley and dreamscape audio for providing this arc in return for my honest review

Cecilia is a memory witch bound to her guardian Rainer since childhood. The pair have grown up together and in recent years come dangerously close to crossing the line that keeps them from being more. Their final adventure together before Cecilia returns to a provincial married life takes a drastic turn when they collide with a hunter. The road to freedom has more obstacles now but Cecilia is determined to take control of her life in any way she can.

The Lost God is a romantasy with a pretty good balance of romance and fantasy, and it’s incredibly fast-paced, so a good option for readers who struggle with drawn out world building and journeys. In saying that, I am always more invested in the fantasy end of a romantasy and the fantasy elements were underwhelming in this book. As mentioned, the plot moves very quickly and the story suffers as a result in my opinion. I love the concept and any fantasy books about old or dead gods impacting the world, so I needed to know more about them. The world was also minimally described and the author really relies on you filling in the gaps yourself.

The romance is a mess, I was just perplexed the entire time I was listening to the audiobook. We have a love triangle HEAVY on insta-love (which admittedly I don’t care for) which again made it feel like the book was taking place over the span of 10 minutes? The whole time I just wanted to say ‘girl be for real’. The author was clearly trying to imply tension but the tension was non-existent. The main relationship didn’t feel organic, but I actually did like the chemistry between the other pair in the triangle. It’s giving Katniss and Gale if Katniss was an idiot. Outside of the romance dynamic, I didn’t like Cecilia as a FMC very much, she just constantly made dumb decisions and failed to put two and two together, it was exhausting. MMC has the charm of a wet sponge. The side characters were the most enjoyable among the cast and did provide some great moments.

Also cringey smut.

Very little about this book worked for me, but I do think if you ready romantasy for the romance and don’t care much for the fantasy elements, AND you enjoy the tropes included you would probably like this book/series. I don’t plan to continue.

This book takes you on a whirlwind of adventures and emotions and the narration makes it 3629382 times better! I laughed, I cried, I RAGED. I cannot wait to hear the rest of this series! By far my top favorite!!

This was an amazing audiobook!

Kingdoms at war, meddling gods, forbidden romance, love triangle, forced bonds, magic, spice, hidden identities, adventure, plot twist, betrayal . It has it ALL!

Shelia has created an amazing unique magical world that you can’t help but get entrapped in. She has created characters that you love and feel for deeply.

The narrators did a phenomenal job bringing the characters to life and truly added to the experience of this book.

This is one of my favorite series ever. The Lost God is a story of a bad ass female who happens to be both an heiress and a memory witch (with a killer bow aim). She’s honestly such a powerhouse character.

Cecilia and her bonded guardian, Rainer, have to set off to complete various tasks in order to release magic back to her people. An unexpected guest ends up joining them on the journey, a Hunter (cue Xander, the love of my life), who joins the journey to help.

There is countless banter. A semi love triangle, but not a why choose. Magic. Spice. Magic bonds. Emotional damage. Found family.

Definitely pick this up if you love heavy romance with a decent plot. Each book in this series just gets better and better so that’s why I rated this a 4!

Thank you to Dreamscape Media. I was lucky enough to receive an advanced listener copy of The Lost God. The first time I read The Lost God, I was struck by how much I saw myself in Cece. This series tackles every hidden illness and thought any person experiencing life. Sheila has given us characters that we can fall in love with, yell at, and relate with. The story of a lost goddess finding her way in life, getting lost, and reaching out for a hand. The audiobook was done so beautifully. Caitlin did an amazing job portraying Cece. Will and Time were made for their roles as Xander and Rainer. I cannot wait to see this story come alive. If you're looking for a new series to fall in love with that has a strong FMC with feminine rage and romance, this is the series for you.

Sheila Masterson’s The Lost God brings you into a fascinating world of magic and folklore, full of characters who feel real and relatable. The story features Cece, a memory witch with the ability to dig up forgotten truths with a single touch, Rainer, a loyal guardian who is soul-bound to Cece, and Xander, a hunter who’s tasked with safeguarding Cece and Rainer from villainous witch hunters. Things get complicated, and a love triangle ensues.

I adore this series and was so excited to experience it once again in audiobook form. While my preference is reading physical or digital copies, this retelling by Caitlyn Kelly has convinced me to add audiobooks to my reading repertoire. It was such a delight to revisit these characters and their world, and listening to it made me fall in love with The Lost God all over again. I can't wait for the rest of the series on audiobook and to Caitlyn and the rest of the cast expertly bringing this world to life.

I think I would have really liked this book if it didn’t have a love triangle. Magic seems interesting but we don’t get a ton of world building. This is more romance than fantasy. FMC is hit or miss for me. She can be incredibly smart and incredibly silly. Narrators were good.

I received an arc from netgalley and the publisher.

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.

This is my second time reading this book and I loved it so much on audio!! I already want to reread it.

What an absolute treat to relive The Lost God through audio and connect the characters to voices! It was like falling in love all over again.

Cecilia, a wild, memory witch, and her rule-following guardian and best friend, Rainer, are on their final gauntlet run to restore lost power to their kingdom. During their quest, a hunter named Xander was sent by Cece’s father, to accompany them because threats from the enemy kingdom are growing. The trio navigates deeper into enemy territory and encounters meddling gods, ghostly battles, and heartbreaking revelations and sacrifices.

TLG is fast-paced and loaded with emotion, adventure, magic, betrayal and romance!

The narrators are perfect! Caitlin Kelly is a flawless Cece! We hear mainly Cece’s POV until the end when we hear a chapter from each Rainer and Xander. I cannot wait for the rest of the series to listen to their voices intertwine.

Sheila created the most brilliant, captivating world and characters. A new level of excitement, connection and appreciation was unlocked - that I didn't think was possible because I was already obsessed and over the moon for this series!

Thank you so much to Sheila, Dreamscape Media & NetGalley for the gifted ALC!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫{4.5}
🌶️🌶️🫑{2.5}

This is such an amazing start to the series!! I seriously cannot wait to dive into the rest of it! (And it’s a completed series friends!!!!) Cecilia is a badass memory witch and Rainer is her guardian, and they are besties who were paired together as children to complete something called the Gauntlet. In order to do so, they have to venture into the enemy kingdoms territory, where they run into many unforeseen obstacles along the way! There’s also the very handsome and flirtatious mystery man who enters the mix 👀 This story has a veryyy patriarchal society (and an FMC who loves to rebel against it!), meddling gods, so much steamy romance, and a plethora of adventure. Absolutely adored the world building! I need to continue my journey in this world asap!

This was my second time through this book so it’s definitely overdue for me to continue and I enjoyed this one even more the second time around! Plus, the audiobook was so SO good!! Truly brought the story to life and was done so well! Excited for the rest of the series to come out on audio!

𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
🏹Witch X guardian
🗡️Only one horse
🏹Love triangle?
🗡️Quests
🏹Forbidden love
🗡️Stabby FMC
🏹Warring kingdoms

𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:

“𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.“

“𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯”

“𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘴! 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦!”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦.”

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝙻𝙲. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗.

The Lost God focuses on Cecilia, a Memory Witch who always thought she knew the direction her life would go. She is bound to Rainer, her guardian, who she is helplessly in love with, but who she is never allowed to pursue. An unexpected series of events causes her to meet Xander, and things change drastically. Her world is in peril, and she must figure out how to move forward.

I'll be honest... usually love triangles drive me insane, but this one... this one... whew. There are times when each of the three of them drove me crazy and others when I was obsessed. Normally, I pick a "winner" fairly early on, but this one has me wishing for a why choose? No one is perfect, and they are a deliciously messy combo.

Can't wait to see how things progress with the relationships, drama, and magic!

Having read the book a while ago, I still really enjoyed the audio version! It mentions three narrators, but the Caitlin narrates the bulk of the story, and Will and Tim pop in at the end. Caitlin does a great job at differentiating characters and narrating, in general. I speed up audiobooks and was able to get to 2x+ without issue. I am excited to see how narration is handled for the following books!

Thanks to Sheila, Dreamscape Media, and NetGalley for an ALC of this audiobook for an honest review.

The Lost God is the first book in the Lost Gods Series by author Sheila Masterson. In the Lost God we meet our main character, Cecilia who is strong with a little bit of a reckless streak. I really liked her and she was easy to root for. There is a love triangle present in the book, and I know people either love those or hate them so I wanted to point that out. I enjoy a love triangle if it is done well, and I really liked this one.
Cecilia is on a quest to release the lost god, and along the way she is joined by Rainer (her guardian) and Xander. I loved that there was a lot of romance in this book, and the pacing kept everything flowing along. A lot happens so there was really never a dull moment. I am super excited to continue on with the series and read the Memory Curse really soon! if you are a fan of fantasy romance with magic, lost gods, quest style adventures then I think you will really enjoy this book. And the narration was good. Although almost all of the book was told from Cecilia POV.