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Cross wasn’t Christ but hates Judas and wants revenge to point of obsession
Reason for accepting Angel’s quest because he would learn Judas’ present whereabouts

SPOILER ALERT FROM CHAPTER 4
Cross remembers Judas’ betrayal vividly and has been on a mission to seek vengeance against him ever since

Judas revealed his true self to Christ on the evening before his death. He was something disguised as a human- old forgotten god/demon/trickster
Wanted to ensure that christs vision for humanity’s future was unfulfilled and never come to pass

“ They have it all wrong”, she said that time. “There aren’t any other universes. There are only other books”. Make of that what you will.”

I’m enjoying this read so much, I’m not even half way through and already want to buy the two other books in the series.

Omg I absolutely love his addition of Alice from Alice and Wonderland into this narrative and the fact that she can only be ‘summoned’ in libraries (any and everyone) by reading a particular mis-shelves book (the title varies based solely on Alice’s preference).

Cross has no love for angels who came to witness his death on the cross at the hands of Judas but did nothing to stop it. Now he survives off the grace he steals from their bodies

Combining Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Christian mythological tales into a single narrative spanning centuries in a world where Gods, demons, spirits, angels and prophets all walk among us. Hiding in plain sight.

Combining Greek, Roman, Hebrew, Christian mythological tales into a single narrative spanning centuries in a world where Gods, demons, spirits, angels and prophets all walk among us. Hiding in plain sight.

Mythological legends retold and expanded on
All in a world where GOD is dead or at least MIA for a long time

Cross is an almost immortal being with extraordinary healing abilities, and survives off of the grace of angels. He has spent years trying to destroy himself but now is sent on a quest by an angel to find the real Mona Lisa - the woman who sat for the painting

Nonlinear storyingtelling jumping back and forth between memories of the past and his present

Imagine Jesus’ physical body really did get resurrected after it died on the cross, but that the spirit that inhabits it isn’t Christ at all. What if it had his memories but wasn’t blessed with ‘Grace’ like the original. Horror movie laws tell us that you shouldn’t ever bring dead people back because things that come back from the dead come back wrong.

Physical arc sent by publishers
Not my normal kind of read but it is dark fantasy

Took me a while to get around to it because I accidentally put it away in a bookcase with a pile of read books by accident and not my tbr pile. I will admit I couldn’t find it for an entire month. I’ve only read the first chapter but I am very happy and excited about this book. I know that this will be a controversial topic.