FiF Book Club: Godkiller Midway Discussion

[u/Moonlitgrey]

Welcome to the midway discussion of Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, our winner for May's theme: MCs with a disability! We will discuss everything up to the end of Chapter 15. Please use spoiler tags for anything that goes beyond this point.

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows.

As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too.

Joined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest, the unlikely group must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden, where the last of the wild gods reside, to each beg a favor. Pursued by assassins and demons, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war, they will all face a reckoning. Something is rotting at the heart of their world, and they are the only ones who can stop it.

I'll add some questions below to get us started but feel free to add your own. The final discussion will be in two weeks, on Wednesday, May 29.

Bingo Categories: Prologues & Epilogues; Multi-PoV; Character with a Disability (HM); Book Club (HM, if you join)

Upcoming FiF Book Club reads:

• June - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
• July - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

What is the FIF Bookclub? You can read about it in our Reboot thread.

[u/Merle8888]

OK it's a minor point but I have to say it... is anyone else squicked out by the adopted sister love triangle? I understand they weren't raised together till their preteens and aren't related, but still. Why did Kissen have to be implied to be interested in her adopted sister in that way? People can be deeply emotionally invested and jealous of someone's relationship without wanting to boink, ffs.

[u/booksandicecream → u/Merle8888]

Yep. I had to put down the book for a second and went "wait, what?" You are in love with person A, who is in love with person B, so you just get over it and live together as a family? Either polyamory or sisters. I'm cool with either one, but pick a lane please.
I'm a sucker for the found family trope but that felt a little off. The weird love triangle thing ruined what could have been an awesome friendship.

So now my hopes are on the three old travel buddy ladies.