Review: Season of Wind by Aimee Hyndman

Title: Season of Wind
Author: Aimee Hyndman
Series: The Clockwork God Chronicles, #2
Genre: Fantasy/Steampunk/
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Publication Date: September 19th, 2017
Edition: ebook, 201 pages
Source: NetGalley
Purchase/Pre-Order: Amazon US


Book One Review

Synopsis:

     After her stint saving humanity with the God of Mischief, Janet Redstone now has a host of other problems on her mind, namely saving her friend Sylvia while avoiding the fast approaching godly war. Now traveling the desert realm of Kabila with her two surviving teammates, she just wants to kill as many wendigos as possible to get Sylvia's soul back.

     But then strange things start happening. Janet begins healing faster than normal. She dreams of Itazura imprisoned in a dark room, even though he's a god and that's impossible. Oh, and when she touches locks, they just open. That's a mildly concerning development.

     Turns out Itazura really is in danger. Captive of the Elder Gods, he's sent the majority of his powers to Janet for safe keeping. Said powers exhaust her every time she uses them and make her a target for all sorts of new enemies if she doesn't get rid of them soon. Now she must team up with a god she loves, a god she hates and a god she fears to save him, and avoid getting smote by the Elder Gods in the process.

Review:

So, the first book came out almost two whole years ago. And since then I had forgotten some of the minor details of what happened. It took a bit while reading this to recall what had happened. But the book does a good job of recapping, without info-dumping. 

This is a really interesting and unique series. I development of the Gods and the society is very well done. It's developed in a way that makes it feel real. 

I also really like all the characters. There is a fair amount of characters, but none of them feel unnecessary or similar to any other character. They are all unique from each other.

The Gods, while based in a different religion than other books that feature them, are clearly based on existing Gods in mythology. In way of their powers and what they stand for. Which is fine, every old religion has a god for War, Merriment, Love, Mischief, etc.

I would have liked to have more of a payoff with Janet saving her friend Sylvia, the trajectory of the plot still had a really satisfying payoff in a different way. I can't wait to read the next book.