Week 34 Review: The Salt-Black Tree

From Goodreads:

What happens when you find a way to save your loved one… but the price might not be worth it—the stunning conclusion to New York Times bestseller Lilith Saintcrow's The Dead God's Heart

Nat Drozdova has crossed half the continent in search of the stolen Dead God's Heart, the only thing powerful enough to trade for her beautiful, voracious, dying mother's life. Yet now she knows the secret of her own birth—and that she's been lied to all her young life.

The road to the Heart ends at the Salt-Black Tree, but to find it Nat must pay a deadly price. Pursued by mouthless shadows hungry for the blood of new divinity as well as the razor-wielding god of thieves, Nat is on her own. Her journey leads through a wilderness of gods old and new, across a country as restless as its mortal inhabitants, and it's too late to back out now.

Blood may not always prevail. Magic might not always work. And the young Drozdova is faced with an impossible choice: Save her mother's very existence…

…or accept the consequences of her own.

My Review:
This was such a fantastic sequel! It picks up right after the events of the previous book, and that was really great, because I had to know what was going to happen next! Nat knows more about herself, and the secrets and lies her mom told her-but she doesn't know all the implications, or the whole truth just yet.

A big question for Nat in this book-is it worth it? Because what her mom kept from her, what that means, that is moving the answer to a negative when before it would've been a positive, and that's something that Nat has to deal with. Because the way her mom treated her-and the plans she has in store for Nat, that's justifiable that she wouldn't want to do this for her mom anymore. 

After what she's gone through and learned in the first book, she's a little less naive, and it's a bit sad. But growth is a part of the journey, and she's not finished just yet, she has to get to the Salt-Black Tree and get the Dead God's Heart.

I absolutely loved where things went! There were some pretty unexpected twists and I loved how they changed where things were going. It all worked out in a satisfying way, that was just so entertaining to read, and I loved it! 

Loved reading this book, it was so entertaining and a great end to the duology! 

Author: Lilith Saintcrow
Series: Dead God's Heart #2
Read: August 24th, 2023
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2023 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Tor Books 
Published: August 8th 2023

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars