The Land The Gods Forgot – ARC Review

The Land the Gods Forgot by Sarah Beth

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


As an avid fan of romantasy novels, I was drawn to this new book called “The Land the Gods Forgot” by Sarah Beth. This story follows Bria, an ordinary girl that discovers she is destine for extraordinary things in a new world called Volheimer.

This was an ARC read and here is my honest review.

The beginning of the book from the point we begin to the point that Bria ends up transporting to Volheimer feels very rushed. There wasn’t a lot of character build until she’s already in the new world. We don’t know a whole lot about who she is as a person or the dynamics with her family. We just knew that she had one.

Then the story goes from girl finds rune covered rock to girl wakes up in the middle of a battlefield and all of a sudden knows their native language. Not a whole lot of background. Then the story jumps between Bria and Alarik (King of Volheimer and MMC). There were a few things that jumped around between characters, and it got a little sticky for a minute. I had no idea who was saying or doing what for about two pages. Lots of he and she but no clarity as to exactly whom.

I absolutely loved Emblyn, and hope she gets her own story; Even if it bleeds into this one. There is a lot of promise and opportunity with this story to be great.

I don’t want to give too much away, but the overshadowing irony of the true antagonist was very loud. As in, it stood out so much that I was able to make an assumption of his true motives within the first few interactions.

Overall it’s a great plot structure and cozy story. Very little spice, but genuine emotions and romance. I do feel as though this was written more like a movie, and not so much a book. If you have a hard time creating your literary visuals clearly in your mind, you may struggle with the way this is laid out.

There were a few mistypes and grammatical errors throughout the book so I definitely think an editor should give it a good go through before final publish in April.

Thank you to the author, Sarah Beth, for letting me read and review. Good luck on your adventure.

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