Genre: YA Fantasy
Published: May 31, 2022
Pages: 462
It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is... but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera—a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop.
Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera... or if she might be its greatest threat.
The Merciless Ones is the second thrilling installment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her.
Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera... or if she might be its greatest threat.
The Merciless Ones is the second thrilling installment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her.
I borrowed a copy of this book from my library. This is my honest review.
Although this starts a few months after the events of The Gilded Ones, it feels like it picks up right where that book left off. Although life has gotten better for the alaki and deathshrieks since the goddesses were released from their prison, the lives of the rest of the women of Otera are worse. The subjugation and repression intensifies as the men try to hold onto their power. I still had a lot of things to be angry about.
I felt like the story started to drag towards the middle. It just started to feel a bit repetitive to me and like Deka and her unit would do things the hardest way possible, but age may have had something to do with it too. It picked back up, grabbing my attention again toward the end.
Overall I give The Merciless Ones 3.7284 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Namina Forna is a young adult novelist based in Los Angeles, and the author of the epic fantasy YA novel The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US when she was nine and has been traveling back and forth ever since. Namina loves building fantastical worlds and telling stories with fierce female leads.
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