Glad you all enjoyed it even though Murphy didn't lol. I absolutely loved this one, I was drawn in pretty much immediately and it is in the running for my all time favorite novel! I think this was the only time I was actually invested in a love triangle lol
Great discussion, I wasn't confident about Merphy but i was that you'd like it, Grace. Glad to see Ben and Bryce were fans as well. This was my 2nd GGK (I read Tigana first) and it made me a fan. I've since read almost all of Kay's standalones (I'm currently reading A Song for Arbonne but Dragon Keeper has taken priority 😅) and Lions remains in my Top 3. I really enjoyed it, and know very little about Spanish history. The best way I can describe Kay's work overall is "a more chill Robin Hobb for History enthusiasts". Jaddites is indeed loosely based on Christianity but with a Greco-Roman Sun Cult twist. Kindath practicing Moon worship for fertility and guidance and a lot of pre-Islamic cultures did worship stars. I'm not religious or spiritual but i love that Kay's created clear standins for Christianity, Judaism and Islam but shifted things around to keep things interesting and to avoid sterotyping and be as respectful as possible. Of all of Kay's books, Lions has my favourite ending. Guns of the Dawn is awesome! Will you read more GGK?
One of my favourite things when hearing people talk about GGK's standalones is that everyone seems to have different favourites and/or love each of them for different reasons so it makes me really look forward to reading more 😊 I don't own Tigana at this point so A Song for Arbonne will most likely be my next read from him!
Excellent insights all around! I loved how you all discussed the loyalty conflicts in this book. I got chills all over again remembering certain parts. 🥲 Guns of the Dawn is so fun! I reread it via audio and felt like I connected to it a little more that second time. Enjoy reading and rereading it!
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Glad you all enjoyed it even though Murphy didn't lol. I absolutely loved this one, I was drawn in pretty much immediately and it is in the running for my all time favorite novel! I think this was the only time I was actually invested in a love triangle lol
That's the problem with GGK, you'll have no shortage of potential favourite books of all-time 😂
Haha yes I was so pleased with how well those relationships were developed! Just goes to show that any trope can be done well 😊
Great discussion, I wasn't confident about Merphy but i was that you'd like it, Grace. Glad to see Ben and Bryce were fans as well.
This was my 2nd GGK (I read Tigana first) and it made me a fan. I've since read almost all of Kay's standalones (I'm currently reading A Song for Arbonne but Dragon Keeper has taken priority 😅) and Lions remains in my Top 3.
I really enjoyed it, and know very little about Spanish history.
The best way I can describe Kay's work overall is "a more chill Robin Hobb for History enthusiasts".
Jaddites is indeed loosely based on Christianity but with a Greco-Roman Sun Cult twist. Kindath practicing Moon worship for fertility and guidance and a lot of pre-Islamic cultures did worship stars. I'm not religious or spiritual but i love that Kay's created clear standins for Christianity, Judaism and Islam but shifted things around to keep things interesting and to avoid sterotyping and be as respectful as possible.
Of all of Kay's books, Lions has my favourite ending.
Guns of the Dawn is awesome!
Will you read more GGK?
One of my favourite things when hearing people talk about GGK's standalones is that everyone seems to have different favourites and/or love each of them for different reasons so it makes me really look forward to reading more 😊 I don't own Tigana at this point so A Song for Arbonne will most likely be my next read from him!
Maybe Merphy would have liked it if there were literal Lions.
As always glad to see more people hopping on the GGK train, we have plenty of room.
Always be in your debt for smuggling me onto said train
Hahaha I suppose we will never know! As a group we will have to come up with a book that has lions for her to test this theory
Excellent insights all around! I loved how you all discussed the loyalty conflicts in this book. I got chills all over again remembering certain parts. 🥲
Guns of the Dawn is so fun! I reread it via audio and felt like I connected to it a little more that second time. Enjoy reading and rereading it!
@@Johanna_reads I've read a lot of Kay's books since Lions, but the ending to Lions remains my favourite of his endings.
@@thatsci-firogue It does have such a great ending! ☺
Yes the loyalty conflicts are done SO well and this is indeed such a great ending that I don't know how others could live up to it 😅