The world building, was just incredible. Learning more about the Gods and the Fount kept me enthralled with the world throughout.
Seeing the ways that each separate God interacted with their hosts and having the looming question of whether they were there to take the persons body over or had other plots in mind kept things interesting and uncertain.
I loved that the third book had a number of point of view characters tell their various stories. With everyone split up in their own places, this allowed everyone’s stories to still be told and bring the whole book together and it was executed so well. They also never felt tedious, with each contributing to the overall plot and the characters all having their own goals and trying to accomplish something to work towards the overall goal they had as a group. Also seeing the progression the characters have made from the start of the series is so heartwarming. They have grown so much, been through so many trials and become such strong individuals with deep bonds. It made me feel for them all the deeper and frankly upped my anxiety over their potential outcomes because of the looming fear that having them all come out at the end untouched was unlikely in such a dark world with incredibly high stakes. Seeing them push and pull of Apollius and Bastian firsthand was also deeply crushing and anxiety filled because of the eternal fear of him being swallowed whole by the god and disappearing for good. I was quite wrought throughout this book.
Nightshade God was every bit as heart-wrenching as I expected it to be by the end. It wrecked my emotions and the ending left me bereft, with an epilogue that gave a kind of bittersweet hope. Having this trilogy come to an end was so sad though, with the end for these characters I’ve grown to love so much over the course of these three books. It was difficult to reach the end and know their story was over and to have things wrapped up so thoroughly. As with the previous two books I really enjoyed this one and am glad to have experienced the journey and these characters.
