He gives us an insight into one of the big cities that has a link to Lik-Rifa. And then there is Gudvarr, the nephew to Jarl Sigrun and killer of the brother of Lif (the boy who travels with Orka). I’m not all of a sudden super sympathetic towards him but it does draw him away from just Bjorn the traitor. We get a better idea of why Bjorn did what he did in book 1. Bjorn, the traitor of the Battle-Grim and Elvars former lover, is our look into the following of Lik-Rifa. We also follow two more characters this book. You can see it in the way they follow her. Young, and the Battle-Grim are inspired by that.
Elvar is idealistic in a way, despite the kind of father she had. Orka might me completely focused on getting her son back but we all know she has her heart in the right place.
Orka and Elvar have a lot more god crap to deal with. He still is allowed to get somewhat comfortable and bind himself to the Bloodsworn, something you really see him doing. I think that is because the Bloodsworn are still more to the side of the whole epic battle in comparison to Orka and Elvar. When it comes to our three main characters I think that Varg gets the least amount of growth in this installment. And there are so many factions moving through each other and so many people wanting revenge that it is quite an intricate plot.
It is not just the hunger of Lik-Rifa the title refers to though hers is the most obvious. Resurrecting Gods, chaining Gods to one self, Gods that have been in hiding popping in. Varg in the mean time is finally finding his true place amongst the Bloodsworn. Orka in the mean time has met the Bloodsworn though as long as she does not have her son, she cannot find peace in any reuniting. The killing of her chief has left an immense gap in the band of mercenararies the Battle-Grim while the oath they gave to Ursa on finding her son might kill her. We move on fairly directly after the previous book with Elvar who has to deal with the aftermath of the rise of Lik-Rifa.
Last year The Shadow of the Gods was one of my favorite reads and I’m fairly certain that The Hunger of the Gods will be at the top of my list for this year as well.
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