Gunmetal Gods

i really enjoyed reading this book, I thought the premise was unique and the characters were great. I look forward to more from the author.

Original piece of independent fantasy literature. I enjoy reading it and would be interested in reading more from this author. I will recommend to my fantasy geek friends!

I thought the premise of this sounded interesting, then I stumbled across the author talking about it on Reddit, and some of the influences that had gone into it which further piqued my interest.

I found the beginning of the book to be above adequate. I was interested, I was not bored, but I also wasn't compulsively turning page after page. There was a bit of a slow simmer in the first third of the book as the world building was done, the players introduced, and the stage set. Note, the POV changes from chapter to chapter. I have mixed feelings about this, but I did not find it detrimental in this instance.

Zamil did a great job of slowly ramping the tension and stakes up, so by the time I got about halfway through I WAS neglecting some other responsibilities to see what would happen next and how the plot would conclude. One of the really interesting aspects of this book was that with the alternating POVs that were of characters that were completely at odds with one another, there was not completely a sense of which was protagonist and which was antagonist. I definitely found myself leaning in one direction, but I could see how another reader might be inclined the other.

Overall, I found it a worthwhile read, and hope to see more someday.

TW: psuedo incest? Sexual situations etc.

I really enjoyed this book. I love books that divert from normal [and mainly WHITE] in the fantasy genre. I loved the borrowing of the crusades, the Ottoman, Byzantine and Persian history that was mixed together for this adventure.

I loved the contrast between Micah and Kevah as men and warriors. I loved how neither was 100% good. I liked that Kevah’s story is about becoming a hero again and that Micah’s was about temptation.

When people say this is an “epic” and like GOT, they aren’t kidding. This book was sooo long it feels almost unnecessary. Almost. It does speed up and the characters face a lot in the book so its acceptable.

There is one main reason I can’t give it 5 stars…. I loved that Micah was tempted, however the person who tempted him is disgusting. I don’t want to include any spoilers, but readers should be aware that there is a kind of incest scene that is very graphic and uncessary. It could have been something else ANYTHING else than what happened.

I also did not enjoy the epilogue. But, I find myself to be one of those readers who never enjoys epilogues, so take that with a grain of salt. Epilogues feel forced and unnecessary to me and the one in this story did as well.

However, I would recommend this to fantasy lovers. This is an awesome book your missing out on if you don’t give it a try!


**I was provided an ARC for an honest review.**


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Brilliant! The writing was very smooth, a perfect frame for the type of story the author wanted to tell. I found it a bit slow in the beginning, but then it picked up pretty quickly!