![]() ![]() ![]() A story that, while by all accounts would probably be called blasphemous by a more devout man, teaches a lesson in faith, forgiveness, letting go of the past, redemption, and God’s love that I had never expected to be so poignant from a book like this. ![]() LGBTQ/MLM representation that is as heartwarming and believable as it is horribly tragic, painting an unforgiving picture of the cruelty of the past. ![]() I also got what I did not expect - the kind of humor that can emerge only from the greatest despair, summoning only the best kind of laughter - the kind that heals. What I expected was what I got - brutal and broken characters (all of whom are likable and believable beyond belief) and the trauma through which they suffer, a look into the bleakness of Europe in the throes of the bubonic plague and the wars that wracked the continent, gripping action, tragic figures, and coming face to face with incomprehensible and otherworldly horrors from the most esoteric bowels of Hell itself as well as angels of Heaven, as terrible as they are beautiful. When I first heard comparisons to Berserk, Bloodborne, A Song of Ice and Fire, and other grim-dark fantasy horror, I was sold immediately, especially if it meant supporting a self-publishing author. ![]()
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