A Mortal Bargain (Fractured Gods #1)

MikoOctober 2026

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𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝓜𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 ⚔️, 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓵𝔂 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓼 🕯️, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓼 🌌 Rating: 3.5 𝘈 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤. 𝘈 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘸𝘯. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘰’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴—𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘊𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦, 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦—𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦? 👑✨ This book left me with mixed feelings. The world-building is <i>incredibly</i> immersive, full of ancient magic and dark fantasy elements, but I struggled to stay fully connected. The chapters are longer, which made the pacing feel slow at times, and some of the plot points seemed to blend together. Despite that, the unique concept kept me intrigued enough to finish, and I’m definitely curious to see where the sequel will take us! Following the FMC, Keiro, as she faced a web of threats and power struggles was a highlight. Watching her navigate a world where everyone is trying to use her added layers of tension that I appreciated. The story’s complexity and the constant presence of danger made it stand out in the portal fantasy genre, even though it was a bit hard to dive into fully. Now, if you're someone who loves ancient magic, family secrets, dark portal fantasy, and otherworldly intrigue, this might be your next read! It’s not a fast-paced story, but the setup for future books looks promising, and I’m excited to see how everything unfolds.