Gods of the mountain

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Description

Saia has started a new life after leaving her native village and its abusive goddess. Now she spends her time fishing sea snakes and trying to forget her mistakes, but this peaceful existence is derailed when the earth trembles for the first time in centuries.

Koidan, the god who is supposed to protect her new village from every danger, asks for her help to survive, shattering the illusions Saia has believed in for her entire life: the nine gods are not immortal after all, and the mountain towering on the nine villages isn't as sacred and untouchable as she thought.

In exchange for answers about the gods and lessons of magic, Saia pledges to save Koidan, pursuing at the same time a secret, more pressing goal: taking revenge on the goddess that oppresses her village and getting her old life back.

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Status
Hiatus
Year
2021
Author
Joumi

Tags

FANTASYMAGICFEMALE LEADHIGH FANTASY

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.2/ 5.0
Followers
180
Views
97,956

Chapters(132 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

  • NorthrendRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    First, regarding the rating, it's not brilliant like some (very few) other series here, but it is better than pretty much everything. But rating inflation and generally low standards force me to rate this and some other series the same. Still, this is better than a lot of published work, so don't hesitate to give this a chance.
    One of the most fun parts of reading this is how many new ideas there are (from some cool mechanics to places to races, etc.), it feels like exploring a new world rather than re-treading old ground waiting for the cool moment to happen.
    Technically, it is excellently written with perfect grammar excluding like two or so typos that I noticed over a few hundred pages.
    The only issue I have with this story is that although the beginning got me invested in the main character, as time went on I lost that interest. Wouldn't be the first time a story had a slightly slow middle, so maybe it picks up again. And part of that disinterest is definitely my own predjudices when it comes to main characters, and this one deserves credit for holding my interest for so long despite not really fulfilling a lot of what I look for.
    TLDR: Original concepts abound, really cool beginning, perfect grammar, lost a bit of interest as it went on.
  • PhiFellRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Enjoyable, complex characters, interesting world, solid grammar, what's not to like?
    There's plenty of mystery, but not so much that one feels lost, and the world is revealed incrementally in a way that feels natural, rather than as an exposition dump.
    The only minor complaint I can think of is that it's a bit YA novel-ish at times, but that's obviously something that many people enjoy (primarily, I would assume, young adults)