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Anubis by Alessa Thorn

1 review

shannasbookshelf's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Anubis didn't mind this turn of events one bit because as any god of the dead would tell you, your beginnings will never be as important as your end."
Ok ok ok. Hear me out: Anubis.
This was such an amazing addition to the Gods of the Duat trilogy. I most likely have been spamming my friends (particularly one - she knows who she is, and I appreciate her for listening to me gush about this lol) with messages about this series. Anubis was the god I was waiting for when I started this for - he's my favorite Egyptian god, and I have tentative hopes to get a tattoo of him. This book was so good, and I absolutely fell in love, just like I did with Set and Thoth. There were so many twists & turns with this book - Rana's arc of being manipulated by the bad guy of the story (not bothering to remember his name...something Said, I think), Ishak's illness and his ups and downs, and Anubis' relationships with Set and Thoth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness

Can we talk about how we got HIS JACKAL HEAD?! Thankfully, none of the s*x happened with...that, because I would be questioning a lot of things. But we got HIS JACKAL HEAD when we didn't get this for Set (wild dog/jackal-like animal) or Thoth (ibis).

Anubis' relationship with Ishak was so freaking sweet and I loved it - I gotta love the dark, broody types who are good with children - that's my soft spot. And getting Hermes to heal Ishak?! Anubis is going to give me cavities.