3.5 stars rounded up to 4 - thank you so much for the eARC I really am grateful.

I’d like to preface this review by saying I absolutely adored the first two books in this series, which I rated both as 5 stars. I own special editions of them and I’m truly so fond of them. I re-read the first two before starting this one so I could be immersed in the world again, and I really am struggling to admit to myself and in this review that I didn’t enjoy this one nearly as much and it took me a long time to finish.

I think the biggest issue for me was pace. I loved the somewhat slower pace of the first two which really allowed me to be close to the characters and care about them, and also have the plot build nicely. There was A LOT going on in this book to neatly tie up the plot and as a result it felt rushed to me. New characters were introduced a bit too late in the game which made it harder to care for them. I wish we’d met Delphine earlier, she had all the bones of an interesting character that we barely explored, and her relationship with Aidon felt forced for the sake of a HEA for him (which, as much as I want to see my man happy, really wasn’t needed) I rarely say this because my preference is usually duologies - I do think this trilogy would have worked better as a quad so we could get all the extra juicy bits more fleshed out!

My next point is totally down to my personal preference as a reader so may be completely invalid to some people: the separation of the main love interests for over half the book which also impacted my enjoyment. My pet peeve is when the romantic leads in a romantasy don’t spend time together in the finale. We’re about to finish the series where I’ll leave them behind forever, don’t make me feel like I’ve lost them already! Arguably this is also a testament to how much I love Aya and Will, and shows how well written they are if I care for them this much.

What did work was the core plot. The overall storyline is a good twist on common romantasy tropes and fantasy plot lines and stands it apart from other books in the genre. The characters are all fully their own people, have distinct and clear personalities and have development that complements them.

This overall is a good conclusion to the trilogy, I wish I loved it as much as the others.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my copy of this arc!

I tried to pick this book up a few times and found myself not immersing in the story even thkugh the first two books in the series are 5 stars for me! I wanted to love it so much

I have soft DNF’d this book for now and hope to pick it up in the future

A brilliant conclusion to an amazing trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I have only good things to say about Aya and Will, their personalities, romance, tension, excitement. They have it all.

I was so excited to get the opportunity to read this third and final book in The Curse of Saints series. This series as a whole has been a solid romantasy trilogy with lots of loveable characters and gripping political warfare.

I fell in love with Aya and Will's romance specifically in book two and that continued into the third book. I felt all of the angst of them being separated and all of the joy when they found their way back together. I also loved seeing Josie and Aidon find their own happiness and caught all of the feels for them both.

This was a great wrap up to the series. I was very happy with how everything ended even if I was on the edge of my seat all the way through the book on the way to that point. Can't wait to see what romantasy brilliance Kate Dramis produces next.

I was slightly worried that I would not remember where things left off, given that I read The Curse of Sins around 16 months ago, but I was able to quickly reacclimate to the plot and characters. There are multiple POVs, but they are easy to keep separated because of how the characters are written, but also because many characters are physically separated in the story. Things pick up essentially where Sins ended and we see how everyone deals with Aya's choice. I appreciate that the characters in this story are not always perfect because that gets old and is not realistic. Sometimes people, especially people in powerful positions, make mistakes. Things are resolved in a satisfying way, but not without going through some strife beforehand.

Thanks to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.

I really enjoyed The Curse of Saitns and The Curse of Sins so I was really excited to get to The Curse of God's, especially after that cliff-hanger and I'm happy that The Curse of Gods did not disappoint!
After the end of the last book, I couldn't wait to see what happened next and I liked how Aya's story developed - we got the heartbreak and hardship she went through and I appreciate that everything wasn't just perfect for our main character. She went through a lot and I really like how she developed as a character, throughout the series. Aya and Will's romantic storyline is great and it was so nice to see how they were with each other in this one, especially when we saw their love for one another when they were separated. Their romance was definitely a favourite part of this series for me, it was really well done!
This series has a great cast of characters so I really enjoyed all the point of views. I often find that books with more than 3 POVs means that there will be a POV that I'm less invested in but I didn't really have that in this book! I got really invested in all their storylines and really enjoyed seeing how everything came together and concluded.
I greatly enjoyed it and thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for gifting me each of these books across the years - I've really enjoyed The Curse of Saints trilogy!

The Curse of Sins ended with surprising and explosive twists so I was really looking forward to reading The Curse of Gods, the third and final book in the fantastic Curse of Saints series.

I’ve loved this series from the very beginning. I fell in love with the characters, who feel authentic and relatable, flawed and complex. I loved the theme of enemies-to-lovers and the slow-burn romance between Aya and Will. Also, I was a fan of the found family theme and the friendships that are born throughout the story. The world-building is fantastic and well-developed and the author’s writing is addictive and I would probably read anything she writes.

In this third book, Will, Aya, Aidon, and Josie need to survive and fight for their world. Aya is prisoner of a saint on a vengeful path; Will is desperate to find her and he’s helped by Aidon who is trying to keep control of his powers, while his sister Josie is determined to take back the throne for him. In all this, the characters will face losses, grief, and fears, but also new romances and friendships.

The Curse of Gods is long, almost 600 pages, but the story never feels heavy or like it’s too much. There is a lot of happening, much tension, twists and revelations, epic battles and intrigue, but the narrative flows easily and I read it in two days. The Curse of Gods is such a satisfying, immersive, and wonderful ending to one of my favourite series that it made me want to reread the entire series from the beginning!

What a finale to a very underrated series! I love the way the characters and their relationships have been developed over the course of the series and we get to see a lot more the bonds that were made as well as being gifted some new characters. The stakes are once again really high and there's a lot of politics at play, and everyone is in a different kind of danger, which made for a fairly compelling read, if a little slow paced at times. I enjoyed returning to familiar characters and having several different narratives to show different plots playing out in different places. There are a lot of different twists along the way that kept me on my toes. The character emotions are really well written, giving this ragtag bunch of friends a lot of depth and complexity that really helps to develop connections with characters. I did think the for a fairly steady-paced book, the ending did seem to wrap up really quickly and in a neat little bow that seemed a little difficult to believe after all the events of this book but otherwise I really enjoyed finishing this story and getting one last chance to experience the sheer intensity of the love between Will and Aya.

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It was a good conclusion to what has been a Gripping series, where I devoured books 1 and 2.
I do recommend reading last few chapters for book 2 if it's been a while as you do go straight into the continuation of the story with book 3. I also like the fact there is a glossary with helpful reminders of factions, areas and map is really helpfully also.
Majority of the time the Aya and Will are separated so the story does jump back and forth on point of view, which at times was a little confusing (but this also could be due to my continuous headaches causing confusion that ain't there). We get to see so many of the characters from books 1 and 2 and seeing them grow but also how the towns are changing.

This wasn't as good as the other books in the series. Will & Aya are kept apart from each other for too long.

I didn't care too much about the Gods and Evie Storyline which seemed to also fix itself rather too easily.

The main characters are all still great though 😊

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and publisher for an eARC copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

What a way to end the series! I absolutely adore these characters - they were so well developed. It felt like I was actually going along with them on their journey and I’m so happy with how it ended, I feel like endings can sometimes be a bit of a let-down but this was perfect. I also loved that this really focused on the fantasy element? I feel like sometimes the romance in books is overplayed but this was perfect, I absolutely LOVE Will and Aya and their love felt so realistic. A really unique and creative fantasy book and one I really enjoyed reading.
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The Curse Of Saints was the VERY first fantasy book I ever read, it made me fall in love with the genre, and I will forever love this series because of that.

The entire series is just fantastic. I am both so happy to have finally got an ending, but also so sad its finished!

As this is the final book in the trilogy I won't give any plot spoilers! I will say this was an amazing book to finish the series on though! It was so full of twists and turns I never knew what was coming next. I didn't expect about 95% of this book, I just couldn't guess it. It just had me hooked, desperate to know what was going to happen next. It really was the perfect ending.

Now that the trilogy is complete, this is the perfect time to pick it up if you haven't already! You can binge read all 3 books in one go and not spend a year at a time desperate for the next book, like I had to 😅 I couldn't recommend this series enough, it is my go to romantasy recommendation and I sooo hope we get more romantasy from Kate!

The Curse of Gods is a nice conclusion to the saints series, perfectly weaving it's story to an end.

The story starts right where it left of, with Aya in captivity and ready to be used by Evie to complete her goals. Evie made sure she remains pretty much indetectable by using Aya as her scapegoat - making sure she's the one seen as the big evil 'dark saint'.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the realm there is a lot of unrest and the side characters eventually scatter around - and also end up together.

The group sets off (starting their journey in different parts of the realm) to find Aya first and clasp hands together for their final battle and finally bring peace to their people. Even if this means to use 'different means' to get there, or... different people you weren't very fond of before. They succeed in bring realms and individual missions together for the greater good.

The book switches to several POVs, meaning that we get to experience the story from a lot of perspectives. What's also nice is that there is not one single character who comes off as 'perfect', they all have their flaws and their own inner battles to deal with.

Romance wise; there's not a huge focus on romance - but enough for the average fantasy reader. Although, maybe for those who prefer romance to be the main front, it might not be your cup of tea.

➡️Not all readers are the same and therefor a disclaimer: If you appreciate (or rather stay away from) gay relationships, then you must know that these are mentioned in this book. There are also sex scenes, not in great detail but detailed enough (it's not glanced over). So if you're looking for 'clean romance', this wasn't that.

All in all, a nice conclusion to the series & I was very happy to receive an invite to review this book from the publisher. Thank you! 💫

This was a good, but not great, conclusion to this series. While it did have me racing through to find out what happened to all the major characters, I was also skimming at times. This was honestly too long and needed some serious editing. It often felt repetitive at times, and a too much inner monologue by characters for things we already knew through other perspectives. I also got a lot of Kingdom of Ash vibes from this book and felt it could have been a bit more creative. Overall, I'm glad I read the book and finished the trilogy, but just unfortunately did not stand out above so many other series.

OMG what a book!
These characters have grown across a trilogy, and what a privilege it has been to be along for the ride.
The Curse of Gods is an action packed, masterpiece of a finale, and I have endured the most painful of heartbreaks and the highs of those cracks being put back together whilst reading it.
A richly immersive world with stellar characters that you think about long after the story is over. I’m so proud of Kate to have created such a phenomenal end to the series.

Many thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the preview. All opinions are my own.

I’m so emotional now that’s it’s over. What an incredible finish to this trilogy. My heart was in my throat and I was on the edge of my seat from the first page to the last. Some sections had me frantically flipping pages to see, OH MY GOD ARE THEY OK PLEASE BE OK!

And oh these characters! I love Aya, Will, Aidon, Josie, and Liam so much. And I love how much they supported each other, even when they were separated by entire kingdoms. The action in this book was absolutely insane, but the quiet moments the characters had together was the real heart of the book.

This is a hard book because all the characters, but especially Aya, go through SO MUCH PAIN. But there is light and hope at the end. And the end really was lovely.
I’ve loved this series and definitely recommend.

After the end of the second book I wanted to see more of the consequences for Dunmeaden but all the characters left. We needed to see the search for Aya, but the return to Trahir seemed too early and left Josie with nothing of consequence to do for too long.
I wanted to like it, and hoped the editing would improve after the second book was so bloated but unfortunately it did not. This was the final book in the trilogy and should be the climax. I should have been excitedly turning the page wondering how it all ends. Instead, I was wondering when will it end. There were too many characters with nothing to do and repetitive scenes that didn't drive the plot forward and really only served to show the passage of time.
I think the overarching plot was resolved satisfactorily, but the excessive subplots overshadowed it leading to a disappointing experience.

An absolutely bloody fantastic end to the trilogy!
After the way book 2 ended, there wasn't much hope left for our MC's - Aya, captured by the enemy, Aidon, forced to reveal his powers, unsure if his country would accept him as King, Will, heartbroken and worn down. How Dramis managed to bring together so many threads, and wind this into a satisfying conclusion is beyond me, but she did it wonderfully.
The ending was beautifully bittersweet - characters going their separate ways, but with a thread of love, kinship and hope for the future. Definitely had to pull out the tissues when Aidon returned home! A wealth of injuries and losses meant that the stakes were high throughout the whole book, but the various dips and turns of the plot ensured it never got repetitive or lost its potency. It stayed action packed, but never gratuitous in its violence and peril.
Aya and Will's romance continued, and I was so glad to see that Dramis didn't have their trauma pushing them apart. Instead, they helped each other through, and it was a beautiful model for a communicative and understanding relationship - they knew when to push each other, and when to give space. I particularly loved Will's reactions when first meeting Aya again - his understanding that her reactions were not about him, but were instead a result of her suffering in recent weeks - maintaining her boundaries even while he ached to be closer to her. "No matter how far the fall" hit me in the feels every time - they demonstrated the truth of that throughout.

I also loved the addition of Dauphine - she added some spots of lightness and laughter when things were feeling just a little bleak. Her flirting and banter were a tiny bit of levity when needed, and I was so pleased to see Aidon connect with someone new!

I cannot wait to add the third book to my shelf (keeping my fingers crossed for a matching Fairyloot conclusion!), and look forward to seeing more from Dramis!

Forever obsessed with the Curse of Saints series, and The Curse of Gods was a fantastic end to the series!

This series does a lot of things well. It has a great balance of fantasy and romance. There is a good amount of political intrigue to keep the reader invested. Maybe it’s because it’s been awhile since I read the second book, but it was slow getting back into the world. It didn’t pick up for me till about the 40 percent mark. In my review of the second book I mentioned it being too long. This one also felt too long, even for a final book in a series. To me, it could’ve been condensed. There were just a few too many perspectives for my liking, but I can see why they are necessary. I wasn’t invested in all the perspectives. Some were better than others. I was always eager for Aidon’s chapters. I enjoyed Aidon and his love interest. I wish we would’ve gotten more of his relationship. It felt underdeveloped. We never truly got to see it flourish. There was more focus on his sister’s relationships.
Aya goes through so much throughout the series. The emotional toll everything has taken on her is well written. There is a desperation in her. The story does a great job of exploring trauma and grief and how to overcome it. I appreciated the discussion of the difficulties one faces with their relationship after experiencing so much trauma. Intimacy and vulnerability can be difficult after enduring so much of pain, even if you love someone. Our characters show us that. I often wondered if Will and Aya would ever get a happy ending. It was one obstacle after another. The last hour had me stressed but it came to a satisfying conclusion.