Don't find yourself walking past this book just because you don't like fantasy novels, because this may be the one that changes your mind. At the time of writing it's riding high in the best seller charts and is already destined to be the first of a series. Place your bets on how long it takes before it becomes a Netflix film or box set. Set in a dark world filled with vengeful gods, the book begins with a whole family thrown into cage where they will be burnt as a sacrifice to Hseth, a god of fire. Kissen is still a young girl but she is determined to free herself from the ropes that bind her and then free her family so they can escape this painful death. She undoes her own ropes, but by the time she has fought with the knots holding her father, the flames are reaching higher and the building around them is collapsing. The roof falls in, trapping Kissen's leg, and although her father is free to run he stays to free Kissen from the wreckage by severi...