Faithbreaker is a fierce, heartrending, and powerful conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy—a finale that doesn’t just stick the landing, it drives it into the earth like a blade. If Godkiller floored me and Sunbringer left me emotionally raw, Faithbreaker broke me open—and I loved every brutal, beautiful second of it.

This isn’t just a story about gods and war, though both are present in all their mythic weight. It’s a story about belief—what it takes to hold on to it, what it costs to let go, and the impossible choices we make when the world is on fire. From the first page, we’re thrown straight into the chaos left by Sunbringer: Middren teetering on collapse, gods stirring, Hseth’s forces bearing down—and every character standing on the edge of something irreversible.

Romance is handled with such care—it’s tender and real, always enriching the plot rather than distracting from it. The emotional complexity between characters deepens the stakes, making every alliance, betrayal, and sacrifice feel all the more visceral. The prose is lyrical yet grounded, mythic without losing its raw humanity. It’s the kind of writing that hits you in the gut when you least expect it, and the pacing leaves no room to breathe—in the best way. Every chapter feels urgent, alive with consequence.

Faithbreaker doesn’t tie things up neatly. It respects its world and its readers too much for that. What it offers instead is something far more honest: a story about survival, scars, and the cost of hope. It's a finale that burns and heals in equal measure—a brilliant, devastating triumph that I won’t forget.

Faithbreaker is a searing, mythic conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy—a series that began with the god-slaying grit of Godkiller and deepened through the introspective shadows of Sunbringer.

One of Faithbreaker’s most refreshing qualities is how it handles romance. It’s present—tender, complicated, and real—but it never overshadows the central narrative. Instead, it enriches it. The emotional tension between Elogast and Arren, for example, adds depth to their political and personal choices without ever derailing the plot. Similarly, Inara’s emotional journey is shaped by love, but not defined by it.

This balance is a welcome change in a genre where romance often dominates or distracts. In Faithbreaker, it’s a thread—not the tapestry.

Faithbreaker doesn’t offer easy answers or neat resolutions. Instead, it gives us something better: a story that acknowledges the cost of belief, the pain of change, and the power of choosing to fight anyway. It’s a finale that bruises and heals in equal measure.

Many thanks to NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction, and the author for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve been clinging to this trilogy ever since Godkiller knocked the breath out of me and Faithbreaker? Absolutely shattered me. In the best, most brutal, most beautiful way, I guess I am finally recovered from the middle book syndrome from Sunbringer!

This is not just a war story. It’s a story about belief, about what it takes to hold onto it, what it costs to lose it, and what it means to try and build something from the ashes. And let me tell you, Faithbreaker takes everything that came before and raises the emotional stakes to the sky. IT WAS STRESSFUL, Y'ALL!

We’re dropped right into chaos, exactly where we were left at the end of Sunbringer: Middren on the brink, gods stirring, and Hseth blazing a path south. The gang’s all here—Kissen, Inara, Elo, Arren, and chaotic disaster god Skedi, not to mention Inara's mom and every single one of them is cracked open and bleeding. This book isn’t afraid to show the scars or the blood. Alliances are fragile, choices are gutting, and the consequences feel real, and everything is happening too fast.

Kissen is still the beating heart of this story—so sharp, so angry, so achingly human. But Inara?? She owns this book. Her transformation from the girl we met in book one to what she becomes is just so beautiful - her arc is truly magnificent and unbelievable: her grappling with power, betrayal, identity, with relationships changing around her, and with loss and grief! And don’t even get me started on Elo and Arren. That whole relationship of yearning, regret, and quiet tragedy was so painful and beautiful.

The prose is gorgeous in that effortless, gut-punch kind of way. Mythic, lyrical, but never too far from the dirt and blood of real people making impossible choices. The pacing was fast enough, and there was something significant happening every other minute. Beautiful found family with baked-in queer rep - not for the sake of it but for the world we live in.

All in all a brilliant, bittersweet finale that burns and soothes in equal measure - losses akin to a war and what we are losing while reflecting the reality of our world!

Such a good continuation of the story! The pace was amazing and Kaner did such a beautiful job weaving the series to a close! I will forever recommend this series!

Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner is a searing and emotionally resonant conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy. This story doesn’t just bring an end to a war, but explores what it means to believe, break, and rebuild.

Following the chaos of Sunbringer, the novel plunges us into a Middren on the brink of destruction. The fire god Hseth marches south, and our beloved, fractured cast—Kissen, Inara, Elogast, Arren, and Skediceth—must navigate fragile alliances, old wounds, and divine politics to survive. Kaner doesn’t shy away from the brutality of war, but balances it with moments of tenderness, wit, and raw vulnerability.

What makes Faithbreaker shine is its character work. Kissen remains the series' soul - sharp, stubborn, and deeply human. Inara’s arc is a standout: no longer the child from Godkiller, she’s a force of will grappling with power, betrayal, and identity. Elo and Arren’s relationship is beautifully messy and full of yearning and regret, while Skedi continues to be the chaotic god of white lies we didn’t know we needed.

Kaner’s prose is lyrical yet grounded, her world-building rich with mythic weight and political nuance. The themes, faith, sacrifice, found family, and the cost of power, are woven with care, and the queer representation is organic and deeply felt. While the pacing dips slightly in the middle and some divine elements feel more symbolic than active, the emotional payoff is immense.

If you’ve followed this trilogy from Godkiller to Sunbringer, Faithbreaker delivers a bittersweet, brutal, and beautifully earned finale. It doesn’t tie every thread neatly, but it leaves you with the sense that the story, like faith itself, lives beyond the page.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK for the advance reader copy.

I really enjoyed this series and following the characters journeys. This was a good trilogy for books and feel like a good step up for those wanting to get into fantasy with a lot of representation.

Perfect ending to an epic trilogy
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Kaner does it, the author completing the epic trilogy with a perfect ending, that ties up all the enormous loose ends and leaving room for more if the characters demand their time in the sun.

What I most want to say is that Kaner has written an actual trilogy, a triptych of novels that work together but can stand on their own (with a little background). Of course, the model is The Lord Of The Rings, but even this was by the standards of the publishing industry and the drive to make a profit; but single tomes of more than 1000 pages do exist, although you might also need a gym membership to read them on any regular basis. But forget all that: what Kaner has done is create a fascinating world with magic and gods that are unique, as well as a cast of characters that are never quite predictable, capable of doing what needs to be done in the moment based on context and relationships and desires. I loved all three, and it’s rare to be able to say that of any trilogy.

A really strong conclusion to this trilogy. Kaner didn't shy away from difficult plot points and deaths of beloved characters. The stakes were astronomical throughout the book, Skedi continued to be a menace and loads of fun, Kissen remained my favourite. The aftermath of the war was brutal and shocking, but overall the storylines were all tied up well at the end!

The one where the mad god Hseth brings their war to Middren. The only hope is a unification of old allies and enemies, but even that might not be enough. Faithbreaker is as epic in scale as the previous volumes in the trilogy and brings the tale to an almost satisfactory conclusion. All the characters we've come to know and love are here, though they do spend way to much time separated, as is the unique god system. The only real issue I has with it was the two romances which felt shoehorned. Neither of which really worked.

Thanks to NetGalley, HarperCollins and the author for an advance copy.

A dramatic conclusion to a great series. It’s always hard to end a story in a satisfying way but Hannah Kaner does it incredibly here. The best book of the trilogy by far which is rare in a final book. Brought everything to a great conclusion both in storyline and character development and I heartily recommend to anyone.

I’m sorry this review is arriving a little late (I had a baby!) but this was such a great ending to the trilogy and I wasn’t left disappointed.

I’m a huge fan of Hannah Kaner’s writing, and it was at its best here. There are some heavy themes of loss, betrayal, and a world at war, but they are handled artfully and as always I enjoyed the multi POV. The lore/nature of the gods and the world building in general continued to be compelling, as did Kissen, Elo and Skediceth and the arcs of their characters. I’ll honestly read anything that Kaner writes.

This was a good ending to the series! It was satisfying and filled with emotion.
What I liked the most about this book(and the entire series) is the character development. We've got a great cast of characters and it was a delight to follow how their relationships have grown.
The plot was also very interesting, however the one thing I didn't like was that it was quite slow at the beginning and I didn't really care for Elo and Arren's POVs for a while. But after that I couldn't stop reading.
Overall great finale and great series as a whole!

The way I SCREAMED when I got an email confirming access to this book, I devoured this book and it lived up to the hype, this author is also one of my favourites.

I can't believe this trilogy is over! What a journey it’s been.
This final installment keeps the stakes eternally high, but also offers some important, softer moments between the wonderful cast of characters.
This has one of my favourite instances of found family of all time. Kaner definitely put a lot of care and time into doing her characters justice in a plot-heavy, war-focused novel. The ending is both devastating yet gratifying, and brings the whole story together in such a well-crafted way. Threads that have been in place since the very beginning of book one are brought together perfectly.
I am so sad that this journey is over, but I can't wait to read Kaner’s future work.
Thank you to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC. All opinions are my own.

Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner is the final book in the Fallen Gods trilogy. The end of Sunbringer was explosive as Kissen returned with news from the elemental gods about Hseth’s return. Her dire news comes with a warning; the only way to beat the fire god is with King Arran’s aid. The news comes just as Lessa Craier’s coup against the king was about to be successful. Previously believed dead in the fire that decimated her property, Inara’s mother was the last person that Kissen expected to find.

Tensions are running high as the rebels and the King put on a good show of working together, as desperate plans are made to try to save the world from Hseth. To do so, our heroes must part ways again, with Elogast making the tough decision to work alongside Arran and Kissen, crossing the seas with Lessa’s pirate crew to reunite with her sisters. By doing so, she continues to protect Inara, who is coming to terms with her mother’s return and the news that her father was a god.

As with the previous books, journeys are an important part of the final book in this trilogy, both physical and emotional. Faithbreaker is a culmination of the trials the characters have faced in the previous books. Elo is reunited with the King he was betrayed by, choosing to work with him for the good of the people on his own terms, this time. The bonds Kissen has formed with her companions give the godkiller strength as she reunites with her family. Likewise, Inara is no longer the lost little orphan with a secret bond to a god.

It is always scary to read the last book in a series that has meant so much to you, especially when you know the author doesn’t pack their punches. The Fallen Gods trilogy is dark, magnificent in the joys and vulnerabilities of humanity. Life is complicated, and in Faithbreaker, Kaner doesn’t shy from that fact, choosing to embrace and celebrate it.

There is one relationship in particular that emphasised this, one that, to start with, I couldn’t understand. As the events of Faithbreaker played out, I began to understand why Kaner included it; feelings are messy. Life is imperfect, and when the stakes are impossibly high, and death is a distinct possibility, there is a choice between hanging on to old wounds or healing them.

The end of Faithbreaker was action-packed and did the whole trilogy justice. It is a tear-jerker, as to be expected, and while it had me screaming, it was also beautiful and poignant. I hope that the Fallen Gods universe is one that Kaner will return to one day, but I’m also looking to see what’s next for her!

This was, more or less, the epic conclusion to this trilogy I was hoping for. Granted, getting into the action took some time, but once things picked up steam, it was all smooth sailing. I just wish so much time wasn't wasted on the romantic subplots that ended up going nowhere.

In some ways, this was the epic finale I hoped for.
The stakes were super high with the enemy at the gate. Our characters really had to put aside their differences and start working together to find a way to survive this war. I was never sure how this would end, who would survive and who wouldn’t, and that made for an engaging read.

As the last book in this series, the whole story basically revolved around the all-out war against Hseth and her allies. Which brought with it a lot of strategy talks, negotiating and fighting. Coupled with the group splitting up again, it got a bit tedious to read at times. I just wanted them together for this last book, because that’s when the story really shines imo. But for most of it they went on their separate quests, so that was a bit disappointing for me.

As with the whole series, there were several POVs to read from. And whenever I read from a lot of POVs that all follow somewhat different storylines, I find myself liking one of these way more than all the others. And this was the case here too. Kissen has been my favourite from the very beginning, and I enjoyed reading her POV and storyline with Lessa and Inara the most. It was just much more interesting to me than the rest. I think that might be the reason why I struggled to get through the first half of this book, it just kind of dragged on for me. Fortunately, the pacing was better in the second half.

The ending really packed a punch. At that point I was fully invested again and scared to see where the author would take it.

Overall I think it’s an amazing series. It combines such rich world building, wonderful and really diverse characters and a solid plot. It’s well crafted and well written, and I loved these characters.

Definitely one of the best fantasy series I’ve read in a while.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

An absolutely stunning and fantastic trilogy, I loved each and every book, drama, romance and also action packed full of amazing world building and story telling. Can’t rate or recommend highly enough

What a fantastic trilogy from start to end. This book was such a ride that didn't let up from start to end. This book made me absolutely bawl my eyes out at some points and made my heart race at other points because I was so stressed out. For a debut trilogy, this author is absolutely incredible. I cannot wait to see what they write next.

DNF at 23%. There's just no point in continuing a book I know I'm not going to enjoy.

A lot of the decisions the author is making character development and plot wise are incredibly weak. Godkiller was a strong novel because of the interpersonal relationships of the characters and I despise when the gang is broken up for the rest of the series. The romantic couples have absolutely no chemistry.

Unfortunately, this is a case of the first book being the best in the series. Such a cool fantasy world which had great potential but in the end, didn't manage to keep the spark from the first novel. Looking forwards to reading whatever Hannah Kaner writes next!