To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
Introduction The story follows five different characters in a Slavic-inspired world, where the rich and wealthy (the alurea) rule kingdoms, as they are born with magical gods trapped inside of them: gods that give them powers to supress, mistreat and rule over the common people. The two central main characters are the sisters Galina and Sera. Neither were born with gods, instead, gods were captured and placed in them when they were young, as an aim to overthrow the alurea. At the same time, a war is luring with the neighbouring countries, due to the King's assassination, but the Queen no less cruel and powerful. Such is the setting for this duology, and the sequel is yet to be released. And oh, the setting is so promising, which is why this book get a higher ranking than it deserves: it has so much potential and unique ideas, but the execution is poor beyond compare. The book is sold as a fantasy book, but the romance takes more time than I would like, and I am a huge romanta...