The City of Seven Gods Andrew J Peters Books
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Ja'bar was hired to roughhouse wayward proselytes for the high priest Aknon-Horheb. In Qabbat'lee, it's good paying work for a Stripeling, a jungle savage in the eyes of the city natives, and if he's stingy and stays out of trouble, it will buy him a plot of river land.
The City of Seven Gods Andrew J Peters Books
Great read! Just like his other novels, this is a quick and very interesting novel. Hope he puts out many more.Product details
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The City of Seven Gods Andrew J Peters Books Reviews
1) Great world building. Obviously the author is a good writer but I wished he developed the main character more so you understand his motivation for fleeing the prince.
A historical fantasy with a world that's a mix of Ancient Egypt, Africa, and Mesopotamia, the details in The City of Seven Gods were amazing, but I prefer Peters' Greek historical fantasies more. The slave trope is admittedly not one of my favorite tropes, but I even after accepting my bias I still found this plot-line a bit anticlimactic, because the protagonist's will was tragically naive.
The City of Seven Gods by Andrew J. Peters is great for the fantasy lover and the historical. Though if I was to be more precise I'd say it's a historical fantasy and mythology. This book focuses heavily on the religious and the customs of Egypt, Africa, and Mesopotamia and it's very fascinating.
It's a duel POV story between MC's Ja'Bar and Kelemun. Kelemun works in the House of Aknon as a sex slave, for lack of a better term. It's a luxury and an honor to serve the Gods but one Kelemun is longing to escape from. Ja' Bar is a Stripeling... He's a rough and raw kind of guy. He beats people up for money, he's a knee breaker. A muscle for the mob in a way, to modernize it for you.
Ja'Bar and Kelemun meet briefly in the beginning of the story and then later on their paths cross by circumstances. So, there's a gap in their time together.
It's a bit complicated to explain and I don't want to spend the review summarizing such a detailed story. It's a stunning tale, one of suspense, sex, power, and frailty. I happen to enjoy slave trope so I'm sure if you do you'll enjoy this and appreciate how the author handles it.
This is more of a story of fiction than a romance so keep that in mind going in. There's no doubt the author did impeccable research and embraced his creativity. The characters are both utterly different but very enjoyable in their differences.
The ending was a bit anticlimactic and would have loved a little more suspense and surprise there. But all in all it's a well written story.
From the moment Kelemun is born he is a burden to his family. So he’s handed over to the priests for a fee. The priest basically buy young boys from poor areas and convince them and the people in the village that it is their duty to their god to give their bodies over for sexual gratification to anyone willing to pay the price. Of course the temple keeps the profits. All the boys are chosen for their beauty. Kelemun is chosen as the most beautiful and given a title. This angers one of the men in charge who then takes it upon himself to make Kelemun pay. When Kelemun loses his temper he’s sold off to a handsome prince who is smitten with him. So he goes from giving his body to others for God to a prince’s concubine.
I think this story could have been better for me personally if it had gone somewhere. Kelemun is passed around and then escapes. He’s devout to his god. Then sad and lost he’s been forsaken by the men of the temple. He’s attracted to the prince but when he doesn’t get the attention he wants he decides to just do what he wants. Which ends terribly. His time at the castle was fairly interesting because of all the characters and politics involved with all the king’s wives. I just didn’t see why there was all the build up. His reasons for leaving were noble but I in no way believe the ending is plausible. Two men double cross and escape men of very high power and ride off into the sunset? There’s really no HEA here either. More of a HFN.
The most compelling and interesting part of this book for me personally was Ja’bar. I preferred the portions of the book with his POV. I enjoyed his thought process through his journey. His struggle with being a good man versus his struggle to survive despite his given social status. I felt like his POV told a more thorough story as where Kelemun’s was just some bad stuff that happens to him. I had a good sense of who Ja’bar was but Kelemun was all over the place. Weak,shy, violent, dutiful, defiant, brave and then dependent on a stranger. I should feel something for my MC. Especially given he’s been mistreated his entire life. I don’t know. Maybe this book just wasn’t for me. It’s definitely not a romance which is fine for me. Some of the details and world building were wonderfully written. The corruption of the church was fairly interesting but again no resolution to it. The King’s concubine’s were interesting but that never really went anywhere. I guess I just didn’t see what the point of creating this world just to be whisked away from it and given an unsatisfying, for me, ending.
Great read! Just like his other novels, this is a quick and very interesting novel. Hope he puts out many more.
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