Enter Malachiacz (said Mah-lah-kee-ash) a monstrous Tranavian blood mage, shrouded in mystery, who offered to help her. When Tranavian forces attacked the monastery she lived in, she had to flee to keep that hope alive. She was a shining beacon of hope for her people, the key to winning the war. Nadya was the last known Kalyazi cleric and could commune with the entire pantheon of gods. I loved how all the magic, monsters and gods were all intricately entwined and influenced by Slavic mythology! This difference of beliefs is what triggered the war, no country willing stop until it brought the other to its knees. However the people of Tranavia had forsaken the gods and relied on their own blood magic. The Kalyazi people believed in a pantheon of gods and there were clerics who could commune with them to receive magical power. The two countries, Kalyazin (inspired by Russia) and Tranavia (inspired by Poland) had been at war for centuries. I was swept away by the gorgeously dark aesthetic, intriguing mythology and almost lyrical writing although I felt the plot of the story was quite weak, lessening the overall effect for me. Wicked Saints was set in a gothic, icy, war torn world filled with magic where even gods were not what they seemed. Trigger Warnings: blood, self-harm, parental abuse
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