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Soul Thing by Lana Pecherczyk Series: The Game of Gods #1
on February 20, 2018
Genres: Fantasy Romance, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 416
Format: eBook
Source: ARC Review Copy, Free
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There are worse things than witches that go bump in the night... and Roo might be one of them. Read for free in Kindle Unlimited.
The female population of the world has been decimated after a war against body-snatching witches. Years later, Roo is hiding in plain sight. She doesn't know where her powers come from, but they're the same as the enemy, and the last thing she wants is to be burned at the stake. Her plan to stay under the radar seems to work until a cocky witch-hunter comes to town with disaster in his wake. He reveals there are more powerful beings that possess humans, and Roo might be one of them. There is another war coming, and he needs her help.
Discovering her identity sends her on a downward spiral and if she doesn't get a grip on her powers soon, fighting off witches will be the least of her worries. With enemies coming at her from all sides, her only hope of survival is to trust the new handsome stranger in town. But when a ghostly witch can look like your sister, aunt, or next-door neighbor, trust is hard to come by...
i>Evolution is the game, gods are the players, humans are the avatars, and witches are the glitch. The Game of Gods is an Urban Fantasy series with a slow burn romance that heats to epic proportions in the final two books. The adult strong female protagonist is kick-ass, full of humor and a little snarky. Like the sound of an adventure? Click the buy button now.
Reading Order for The Game of Gods Series:
Soul Thing
The Devil Inside
Playing God
Game Over**The Game of Gods series is rated M for Mature Audiences. It contains the occasional course language, sex scenes and the kind of graphic violence you'd expect to see when characters are fighting for their lives against body snatching witches.
Soul Thing is book one in The Game of Gods series by Lana Pechercyzk. Everything that happens in this story is based around witches, gods, and a game they are playing.
Soul Thing had some things I like and some things not so much. It was interesting, a bit confusing, and I’m a bit conflicted on how I feel about Soul Thing.
The story starts off a little slow, but then it picks up. The action is quick and we learning a lot about Roo and this world that has opened up to her. We get a lot of information thrown at us and it became a bit overwhelming to me.
From what I understand the humans where fighting a war with witches. They did a purge, which is burning witches at the stake, and so they thought the witches where gone for good. But after a few years we learn it didn’t work and now the governments of the world have signed a peace treaty with witches. Bedsides the witches their is a deeper plot/game happening.
Unfortunately for the female population the world has gone back into the dark ages where women no longer have rights and the men in their life controls everything. Who they marry, where they work, etc.. Besides all that the women are collared in a way, which makes me think of slavery. No rights for women. I’m a little upset with this plot direction in the story. These new laws aren’t going to stop the bad witches from taking over a human body and kicking out the soul. The witches can do magic and so I don’t understand why the government has gone back to the dark ages with women.
Roo is an interesting character. I liked her. Her life gets turned upside down, but she doesn’t wallow in self pity. She tries to find answers as to what she is, what she can do, and what her part in this game might be. Their is also a possible lover interest in Cash, but for now that is on the sidelines until we learning more. Theirs a lot of mystery surrounding these characters that needs to be sorted out.
As the story goes we learn that their is a deeper game happening that most humans don’t know about. The gods and their people are playing this game. I’m not sure really what they’re playing for. The game concept is wired and bit confusing.
The author did a nice job, but I feel like she may have over thunk things. I’m bit confused with a lot of the things introduced to us. As for Soul Thing it was an all right read, but it didn’t leave me with the feeling of wanting to continue on.
Rated: 3 Stars
*Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy provided by Lana Pecherczyk via Bewitching Book Tours with the sole purpose of an honest review. All thoughts, comments and ratings are my own.
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This sounds interesting. First books are so hard. I mean I was not impressed with book one in the Kate Daniels series it was just ok…but now holy heck I am addicted.
Thank’s for stopping in Kimberly.
Fabulous review angela!!! I love how you write your reviews so well done! Shared on all my socials!!
Glad you enjoyed my review. Thank’s for visiting.
I agree with you on the fantasy and UF being a crap shoot on the first book. Some authors can pull it off and others it’s just to much information to process in one book. I have to say the do love the cover and that’s what pulled me in. It’s so vibrant with all it’s colors and it does portray our lead heroine perfectly. As for the series, I’m not going to be going on with this one. I just felt to off at the end on it and the feeling I had is something I don’t want after reading a book. Thank’s Debbie for visiting and sharing your thoughts.
I’m not going to be continuing the series. I didn’t hit it off with this even though I devoured the book, I was a little overwhelmed and confused. Not really how I want to feel after reading a book. Thank’s Melliane for visiting.
I’m intrigued but well not sure maybe if one day you continue to see how it is
unlike regular series/trilogies the debut in a fantasy, UF or PR can be a crap shoot, There’s usually world building which can get overwhelming when the building blocks become too uneven and sometimes too much to put your mind around. But this does look interesting I don’t like women going back to the dark ages so I hope the star will be pulling it out.