Bloodchild

Anna Stephens Godblind trilogy is one of the most blood soaked sets of grimdark fantasy out there. This the, the final outing, does not disappoint. The Red Gods that she has created are some of the most vicious and nasty I have read, gods of pain and pleasure that demand rivers of blood from their followers.

Being the final book the main focus is the buildup to and execution of the final battle between the dark gods, and the good ones. The final battle does not disappoint and takes up a portion of this novel. It is decidedly epic and well written.

This focus on the final conflict does move the story away from some of the character building seen so far, but that is really a fairly minor gripe.

Visceral, bloody and brutal, this is the closing book that this series needed