Book Review: The Gods We Obey

• Book Blurb

  As priests, we are meant to obey – but our duties are to our gods, not mere men.
  
  Zeal is back, and he’s seen by more people every day. The God of Temptation grows stronger, but High Priest Kinen has found the one thing that can stop a god: disbelief. The return of our gods means an end to his power.
  
  And Kinen isn’t ready to lose.
  
  Over time, the priests of our temple have surrendered their power in the name of our god. We’re trained to obey, to help, and to be Zeal’s tools when he cannot help himself – and now that has become a problem.
  
  Because power is given, never taken, and we have surrendered far too much. It’s time for things to change, before our complacency destroys our gods. And yet, habits are such hard things to break.
  
  What we need is a rebellion – and I’m going to start it.
  
  Our gods never expected blind obedience, so it’s time to give into the temptation to fight back. But will the price for this be more than I can pay? I just can’t believe this is what my path was meant for – or is this all just a game between gods and men? Because we, the Priests of Temptation, have been betrayed.
  
  I have prayed.
  I have obeyed.
  Now I’m doing it my way.
  
  
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  NOTE: There are some situations in this book that may be triggering for some readers. Please check the front of the book for the ‘Potentially Sensitive Content’ page for further details.
  
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  *The Gods We Obey is the final book in the complete Path of Temptation series.
  

  As priests, we are meant to obey – but our duties are to our gods, not mere men.

  Zeal is back, and he’s seen by more people every day. The God of Temptation grows stronger, but High Priest Kinen has found the one thing that can stop a god: disbelief. The return of our gods means an end to his power.

  And Kinen isn’t ready to lose.

  Over time, the priests of our temple have surrendered their power in the name of our god. We’re trained to obey, to help, and to be Zeal’s tools when he cannot help himself – and now that has become a problem.

  Because power is given, never taken, and we have surrendered far too much. It’s time for things to change, before our complacency destroys our gods. And yet, habits are such hard things to break.

  What we need is a rebellion – and I’m going to start it.

  Our gods never expected blind obedience, so it’s time to give into the temptation to fight back. But will the price for this be more than I can pay? I just can’t believe this is what my path was meant for – or is this all just a game between gods and men? Because we, the Priests of Temptation, have been betrayed.

  I have prayed.
  I have obeyed.
  Now I’m doing it my way.

  ~~~
  NOTE: There are some situations in this book that may be triggering for some readers. Please check the front of the book for the ‘Potentially Sensitive Content’ page for further details.

  ~~~
  *The Gods We Obey is the final book in the complete Path of Temptation series.

• My review

  A strong and emotional finale to the Path of Temptation series

  We made it, people—the sixth and final book in the series!

  There isn’t much to add that I haven’t already said in my previous reviews. If you’re here wondering whether you should finish the series, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes.

  That said, book 6 keeps the same “issues” (for me personally) that the earlier books had: long, repetitive inner monologues and very slow plot progression, with most of the movement happening near the end of each book. I’m a medium-to-fast-paced-plot kind of reader, so the slow burn of this series’ pacing was always a challenge for me.

  But that final tense moment in book 6? I was hooked—reading like a hypnotized person. I couldn’t stop. It was genuinely so good. And Anver? I was this close to screaming at my Kindle for him. (I am baiting you. I know. Sorry not sorry… wait, do we even say “sorry not sorry” anymore?)

  Even after making a ton of predictions about how things would end, I still couldn’t guess the final twist until the very last minute, and that made the ending incredibly satisfying.

  As always, if the long inner monologues bother you, skipping a few paragraphs here and there works perfectly. That’s what I did throughout the series, and it kept the story enjoyable without losing important plot points.

  The epilogue is a happy-for-now (meh I wanted a good epilogue, something “10 years for now” or whatever).

  Overall, this series remains one of my favorites.
  A truly memorable journey.

  A strong and emotional finale to the Path of Temptation series

  We made it, people—the sixth and final book in the series!

  There isn’t much to add that I haven’t already said in my previous reviews. If you’re here wondering whether you should finish the series, the answer is yes. Absolutely yes.

  That said, book 6 keeps the same “issues” (for me personally) that the earlier books had: long, repetitive inner monologues and very slow plot progression, with most of the movement happening near the end of each book. I’m a medium-to-fast-paced-plot kind of reader, so the slow burn of this series’ pacing was always a challenge for me.

  But that final tense moment in book 6? I was hooked—reading like a hypnotized person. I couldn’t stop. It was genuinely so good. And Anver? I was this close to screaming at my Kindle for him. (I am baiting you. I know. Sorry not sorry… wait, do we even say “sorry not sorry” anymore?)

  Even after making a ton of predictions about how things would end, I still couldn’t guess the final twist until the very last minute, and that made the ending incredibly satisfying.

  As always, if the long inner monologues bother you, skipping a few paragraphs here and there works perfectly. That’s what I did throughout the series, and it kept the story enjoyable without losing important plot points.

  The epilogue is a happy-for-now (meh I wanted a good epilogue, something “10 years for now” or whatever).

  Overall, this series remains one of my favorites.
  A truly memorable journey.

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