Godkiller
by Hannah Kaner (Harper Voyager, 2023)
audiobook read by Kit Griffiths (HarperCollins UK, 2023)
The first book of a trilogy but reasonably self-contained. Kaner envisages a fantasy world where gods are real and can be killed. The writing is assured, the characters all worth following—though of the three-and-a-half protagonists, Kissen will likely prove the favourite.
The Invocations
by Krystal Sutherland (Penguin, 2024)
audiobook read by Kit Griffiths (Penguin Random House Australia)
Itchingly dark, powerfully feminist. There is nothing cosy in Sutherland’s depiction of witchcraft. Instead, ‘The Invocations’ recasts the bleak horror of ‘House of Hollow’ as a visceral manifestation of (societally ingrained) misogyny, endured and countered by three resilient, resolute, sorely representative 17-year-olds.