SUNDERED HEAVENS Book Review

Sundered Heavens¹ (book 1 in The Andromedans Duology) by K.M. Davidson, eBook, 573 pages

Synopsis from GoodReads: Ten Gods rule the Eonia Realm together—but a prophecy is about to change everything.

When a vision foretells the extinction of every Being on Aveesh, Asteria is thrust back into the inner workings of the Gods—an arena she wants nothing to do with. As the Gods fracture into warring factions and an unknown illness spreads through the human villages, tensions rise, and the fragile balance between humans and powerful Beings teeters on the edge of collapse. Some whisper of prophecy, others of conspiracy, but one thing is Aveesh stands on the precipice of chaos.

A powerful seer burdened by glimpses of the future, a queen caught between loyalty and survival, an immortal forced to reckon with the truth of her own destiny, and a goddess forced to stand as a mediator between warring immortals—all desperate to maintain balance. As Paths intertwine, their bonds and the foundations of immortality itself will be tested. With Fate unraveling and betrayal lurking in every shadow, Asteria must decide what she’s willing to risk to protect the world...and the man who is tempting her to leave it all behind.

Sundered Heavens is the first book in a dark epic fantasy romance duology that follows the tales of the Gods when a prophecy goes terribly wrong, leaving humans as victims of divine wrath.

BOOK REVIEW: This one took me on an adventure. At almost 600 pages, it took me a long time to read this one. When it says epic fantasy, it means epic. The world building was wonderful and all the characters we met, and there were A LOT of them, were described beautifully. We get the story told primarily from Asteria, Sybil, Phoebe, and Morana. Don't get me wrong, multiple POVs can drive me crazy but this was more like adding the name to the chapter number so we knew who we were following even though it was all told by third person.

Trying to nail down anything that I would say was my favorite part or character is hard. At one point I started wondering if we were gonna end up with a situation similar to the mic drop at the end of Dire Bound and so far that's a no and I hope it stays that way because I really like the interaction that particular character has across the board with all the characters.

This was a 4 star read for me. My brain was having a hard time keeping track of the story as first and I thought I might actually not be able to finish this because I was feeling burned out. That's a first for me. Feeling burnt out for a genre is new to me. That really is the only reason that I knocked it down so far. I very much enjoyed this story and I'm definitely adding the sequel to my TBR once it is announced but I don't think I'm going to ask to be on the reader's ARC team for that one. Definitely recommend this one especially if you enjoy reading about Gods and Goddesses and beings with magical power and creatures that can shift into mortal form.

4/5 Stars

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