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The Gods' Games #1
The Gods' Games Book 1 Volume 1
When Erick disappered it wasn't that big of a surprise: Ben's drug-addicted, lowlife brother was always pissing off dangerous people, so it was easy to assume he'd made the wrong person mad. Sure it sucked, but Ben got over it.
Then one night, four years after Erick vanished, Ben comes face-to-face with a mysterious man with silver hair, the same person who was last seen with Erick. After a failed attempt to get answers from him, Ben becomes obsessed with finding the silver-haired man he's sure killed his brother. Though who he ends up finding isn't quite his brother's killer, but an odd young man with pointed ears, who brings Ben to a new world that he'd never fathomed existed.
And all the more baffling, this strange-looking young man is telling Ben that not only does he need Ben to help him save their kingdom from a rebel king…
…that rebel king is none other than Erick.
Then one night, four years after Erick vanished, Ben comes face-to-face with a mysterious man with silver hair, the same person who was last seen with Erick. After a failed attempt to get answers from him, Ben becomes obsessed with finding the silver-haired man he's sure killed his brother. Though who he ends up finding isn't quite his brother's killer, but an odd young man with pointed ears, who brings Ben to a new world that he'd never fathomed existed.
And all the more baffling, this strange-looking young man is telling Ben that not only does he need Ben to help him save their kingdom from a rebel king…
…that rebel king is none other than Erick.
598 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2015
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Quil Carter
23 books726 followersQuil Carter has been writing stories since he learned how to write. Now that people seem to like his stories, this is pretty much what he is planning on doing with his life.
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June 22, 2020
Fantastic world building with excitement in every chapter. If you like The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, or The Hobbit, this story is for you.
June 7, 2024
A fast-paced, hard to put down story with lovely characters and a lot of hurt/comfort in a world that is as cruel as it is wonderfull.
If you like; m/m romance, hurt/comfort, lots of drama, tragedy, action and fantasy creatures, this is for you.
If you don't like; mentions of rape, g(r)ay characters, realistic injuries and recovery, cruelty, then this is not for you.
I love the characters and the dynamic between the three. Picked this series up for the m/m romance fantasy it is but an extra m might be added to just the two, although they don't yet go in that direction, if they ever will, it is clear that the three protagonists care in equal measure about one another. The pace of the story is really fast, action packed with plenty of time skips for them to recover from their injuries in a realistic way. Can't wait to read more and I wished I had ordered the other books for waiting for even a day to read on after that cliffhanger is pure torture!
If you like; m/m romance, hurt/comfort, lots of drama, tragedy, action and fantasy creatures, this is for you.
If you don't like; mentions of rape, g(r)ay characters, realistic injuries and recovery, cruelty, then this is not for you.
I love the characters and the dynamic between the three. Picked this series up for the m/m romance fantasy it is but an extra m might be added to just the two, although they don't yet go in that direction, if they ever will, it is clear that the three protagonists care in equal measure about one another. The pace of the story is really fast, action packed with plenty of time skips for them to recover from their injuries in a realistic way. Can't wait to read more and I wished I had ordered the other books for waiting for even a day to read on after that cliffhanger is pure torture!
July 22, 2020
This is a re-read for me in preparation for The Mirror Prophecies Volume 1. I fell in love all over again with Ben, Teal, and Malagant. On to book 2.
did-not-finish
January 28, 2021I can't. Three chapters in and I give up. The writing is bad. Like amateur bad. Makes you wonder if this book as been professionally edited at all. It can't have with all the sentences starting by "Suddenly" and "Then". The 6 page prologue was painful, and for the first time I understood why some readers say they skip prologues. What a boring info-dump that was. I thought it'd be better once the first chapter started since it was set in modern times... but no such luck.
I'm so disappointed. The blurb sounds SO GOOD. Who knows? Maybe the story itself is good, but with this kind of writing, my brain just won't let me press on.
I'm so disappointed. The blurb sounds SO GOOD. Who knows? Maybe the story itself is good, but with this kind of writing, my brain just won't let me press on.
August 13, 2022
Another world. Another masterpiece. Another great start to a beautiful journey. ✨
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