I Can’t Wait For…To Cage a God by Elizabeth May
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is To Cage a God by Elizabeth May!
To Cage a God by Elizabeth May Genres: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Sapphic MC, F/F
Published on: 23rd January 2024
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Join the rebellion to burn down a cruel tyrant in this heartracing new adult fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and The Wolf and the Woodsman.
To cage a god is divine.
To be divine is to rule.
To rule is to destroy.
Using ancient secrets, Galina and Sera’s mother grafted gods into their bones. Bound to brutal deities and granted forbidden power no commoner has held in a millennia, the sisters have grown up to become living weapons. Raised to overthrow an empire―no matter the cost.
With their mother gone and their country on the brink of war, it falls to the sisters to take the helm of the rebellion and end the cruel reign of a royal family possessed by destructive gods. Because when the ruling alurea invade, they conquer with fire and blood. And when they clash, common folk burn.
While Sera reunites with her estranged lover turned violent rebel leader, Galina infiltrates the palace. In this world of deception and danger, her only refuge is an isolated princess, whose whip-smart tongue and sharp gaze threaten to uncover Galina’s secret. Torn between desire and duty, Galina must make a choice: work together to expose the lies of the empire―or bring it all down.
I have been FERAL for this book ever since I came across it on Edelweiss (yes, I spend far too much time browsing upcoming releases on there, WHAT OF IT?), and the cover was revealed this very day!
ISN’T IT STUNNING???
But honestly, with that blurb I would put up with the most hideous cover imaginable, because OH MY GODS? (Unintentional pun is unintentional, honest.) I am HERE for empire-burning, especially when it’s commoners getting to burn it all down (I am TiredTM of enlightened/disenchanted nobles doing the burning, I’ve read that too many times now). And everything about the gods in this world sounds strange and therefore immensely interesting! Gods that are ‘grafted to their bones’? That kind of makes it sound like the human is in control, but the royal family are possessed by, not possessed of, so what exactly is the relationship between humans and gods here? What ARE the gods here? I love, so much, stories that play with divinity and the nature of it, so of course I’m excited to see May’s take.
And what are alurea??? Monsters? A nationality from outside the empire? Some other kind of god or spirit? I MUST KNOW!
Finally, the sprinkles on top – it’s queer. It’s queer ADULT fantasy, not YA, for once. (YA is awesome, but I have been craving some amazing adult queer fantasy, okay?) SO MUCH YAY!
Which is all a roundabout way of saying that I can’t wait for January!!!
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