This may offend the author but this was really a primer on
the myriad meanings of love disguised as a fantasy novel. It is not a romantic fantasy with heaving
bosoms or sex starved virgins but a thought provoking look at what does love
actually mean in the context of a medieval type of culture.
The skullsworn, a name they dislike, are pledged to the god
of death. They believe it is their duty
to kill in the name of their god. This
isn’t religion by the sword but a more individual killing that seems to, in
some cases, right some wrongs. The main
characters are Ela and Kossal, priestess and priest, and Pyrre their priestess
to be. Pyrre is on a quest to undergo
her trial to be a priestess by killing seven people in fourteen days. The victims are not just the first seven
people she sees but chosen through the format of the trial.
Ruc, who Pyrre decides will be one of her victims, is
unaware of her religious leanings. The
interaction between the characters, the various gods and Pyrre’s drastic
methods of achieving her goals provides the process of the story.
This was an interesting look at love and death.
I enjoyed it.
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