Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit Books publishing for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of The Radiant King by David Dalglish.

So this story was a bit darker, and more war heavy than I originally anticipated. I felt there was some Grimm Fairytale / HP Lovecraft vibes sprinkled throughout, mostly the second half off the story.

The story focuses on a family of six siblings with Demi-god type powers. The chapters feature the sides of a few of these siblings. Personally, I would have enjoyed some first person points of view from the characters who have their own chapters as I found it difficult to connect to any one of them.

There are two main ideologies / churches featured in the story with large themes of sin present via removing sin from humanity and of past-lives due to rebirth.
I felt as though I was constantly questioning who the antagonist(s) and the protagonist(s) were within the family - everyone was sort of various shades of morally grey.

Other themes in the book include: Torture / war / grief / suggestive sexual scenes / murder / suicide.