Calla Tuoleimi is no longer just a subject under the rule of Talin’s king. She is now one of the elite and she will do everything to make changes in the kingdom. Anton Makusa, still smarting after Calla’s betrayal, is no longer just a figure from the past. He is the present. He takes over August’s body, making him the next king after Kasa’s death. But he doesn’t fool Calla. And then strange and deadly things start happening in the kingdom and it is up to Calla and Anton to determine the shape the kingdom will take in the future.

Thank you Chloe Gong and Saga Press for the eARC of the second book in the Flesh and False Gods series. All opinions expressed here are mine.

My first thought of this book is that I did not expect it to be so political. The whole book until the very end was about the different groups in the kingdom that wanted their views to be the most important. It was difficult to keep up with who everyone was and what exactly the characters wanted. From reading the first book in the series and then reading this one months later, I definitely forgot some of the politics of the world. Sometimes a repetition of world building and occurrences are necessary in the second book of the series even if it might seem repetitive. I definitely needed it and I spent the whole book trying to play catch-up.

If you really loved the first book, then I definitely recommend you read the second even though the premise of it is very different than the first. I just did not care very much for this book even though I liked the first book. I found it difficult to pick the book up and continue reading.