However, the tone was predominantly light-hearted and fun, as opposed to dark and broody. These Firstborns collectively form the most enormous, most unusual and dysfunctional family that I’ve ever encountered. One thing I have not mentioned in my earlier review was how humourous these books were, and it totally worked in the context of the narrative. Fortunately, Ashton did a marvellous job in fleshing out their unique abilities while keeping them grounded and relatable. Such characterisation could easily backfire if they were given the tropish treatment of special snowflakes ala Mary Sue or Gary Stu. The obvious question one would ask was why these two were important to the story, and the obvious answer to this would be that there’s something special about Fi and Zeke. With all that has transpired in the course of that one crazy day, the enormity of the world’s true reality and what it all portend have begun to settle in for our two young MCs. Fi and Zeke then were pretty much the shocked bystanders to the insanity that unravelled around them back in the first book as the story focussed on introducing Peter and the Firstborns. The ‘problem’ that I had with the beginning of Rise of Gods was so far behind now as to be like a dream. I’ve postulated that Fi and Zeke’s character arcs would really start to take off in this book, and – oh my goodness – not only was I right, it turned out to be remarkably rewarding. And I remain in awe of the sheer amount of research and cleverness that have gone into pulling this off. More notably, legendary names from Egyptian and Norse myths were pretty much only mentioned in the previous book, and we finally got to meet these characters in this sequel. The scope of the narrative just kept getting more epic and exciting, as more legendary and mythical characters were introduced. The story in Wrath of Gods took off almost immediately after the events in the previous book (of which a summary has been provided in the front matter). I’ve not had so much fun reading for a while, for although I’ve discovered quite a few new favourites this year, some of those reads could not exactly be termed as ‘fun’. If I’m limited to just two words to describe The Paternus Trilogy so far, I would say that it’s fun-tastically spectacular.
Published: July 2018 by Paternus Books Media (Indie) Series: The Paternus Trilogy (Book #2 of 3)
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