Gwynne is one of my most favourite Fantasy Author and he once again proved why he is on that spot with this book.

The Hunger of the Gods is the second book in his "The Bloodsworn" trilogy and it starts right after where we left off at the first book. We are continuing the journey of Orka, Varg and Elvar along with the new POV's of two of the villains in this series. The addition of these two POV's added more depth to the story and we can understand, why they made some of the choices they made.

As usual, the final 30% of the book was very fast and action packed that i cannot concentrate on anything else. but to reach that point, i had to endure a slow paced book. Don't think that this is an issue for me but after that ending on the first book, i expected more from this and the slow start was a little bit disappointing,

I really enjoyed Elvar's POV after the issues i had with her on the first book and i my favourite character thus far on this series is still Varg. For some reason, i cannot connect with Orka that much, She is a favourite character for many people who read this series but for me she comes after Varg and Elvar.

I am really excited and waiting for the final book in this series after that awesome climax but i know after the recent tragedy at Gwynne's home, i can understand if the final book takes time and wait for it. ( )

This book has me really hyped for book 3 coming up. I loved book 1 and read this one straight after. This book picks up right where the last book left off and really ramped up the intensity.

I love how the characters are always moving towards something. Their goals are simple but that allows the story to focus more on the action and no lack of character development.

It was a very fast read for me and I enjoyed every second of it. ( )

Whoa... What a rip-roaring race through battlefield after battlefield! And the cliffhanger ending - now I'll need to wait patiently for the third book in the series to find out what the fates have in store for Varg, Elvar and the others. ( )

Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit books for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was another solid installment of the Bloodsworn Saga and I am excited for the next in the series to find out what happens to everyone. I did have to pace myself a little bit with this one as there is a lot going on in these books. There is one character who I am hoping won't have POV chapters in the next book. I think they were important for some of the set-up in this book but I do not like that character! ( )

Enjoyable (but bloody) romp across the landscape. Introducing actual gods to a story creates all kinds of annoying power-balance issues, which were already present with 8 gazillion descendants of the gods. One of the least likable characters has the virtue of being just a guy surrounded by all the hyper-powered killing machines. ( )