This is a stand-alone fantasy following a trans man main character who is the aide of the “heir to the throne” and his story is being told to him via 2nd person narration by a god of this world.

This was a slow story that mostly concerned itself with the process of creating pantheons, the nature of gods, and the nature of religion. The god is telling it’s history while also sharing what is going on politically in the current timeline. I found the current timeline characters to be difficult to attach to and cared way more about the gods and the religious discussion. I did appreciate that the main character’s gender was not a problem or focus throughout the story and the characters that did find out did not make an issue of it. His being trans was also not used as a twist or plot device.

If you enjoy books about religion, how they mold society, and how people use them to explain their world, this may be interesting to you. Otherwise it’ll probably read as slow and slightly boring.