The Kingdom of Gods

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Jemisin, N K, Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Jemisin, N. K.
On Shelf At: Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Includes excerpt from The killing moon.
For 2,000 years the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Now the gods are free, and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they are all that stands between peace and world-spanning, unending war.

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Bronze medal submitted by pkooger on January 22, 2012, 11:47am The Kingdom of Gods was a good finish to the trilogy. In the first book, the protagonist is a human. In the second, the protagonist is a demon. This time, the protagonist is a god. The theme of three as a symbol of completeness is pretty overt in this book, and it does seem like Jemisin spends a lot of time wrapping things up nicely. This was my third-favorite book in the trilogy, but if you liked the first two, you'll enjoy this one too.

Great book~ submitted by marielle on July 6, 2012, 9:21pm Two siblings of the Arameri do something no Arameri has ever done- they become friends with a god. Will their friendship stand the test of time, blood, and power?

I loved this conclusion to the Inheritance Trilogy. It features one of my favorite gods, Sieh, and the challenges he faces when he is forced to grow up- something which is antithetical to his very nature.

Great book submitted by ashflowtuff on July 17, 2012, 9:33am I really enjoyed this whole trilogy, and the last book was thankfully not a disappointment.

Great ending to a good trilogy submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on August 14, 2013, 8:06pm Well, I definitely liked this book the best of the three in the trilogy. I think it's because the narrator is a character who, in the universe of the story, is a well-established character (being present in all three books already) and being aeons old (he is, after all, a godling) he makes sense and has history to draw on.

Anyway, this story held together the best of the three for me, although one of the big a-ha moments I had figured out ages before. But I loved the big wrap-up. (Curious yet?) If you're going to read it, you really have to start from the beginning, with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Overall I'd probably give the trilogy a 3.5. A good read with creative ideas, but I've read other series with better character development elsewhere (like anything by Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, or Jacquelyn Carey -- although her content is very different, so be sure you know what you're getting into).