Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.
Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante.
But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met.
But the investigation turns personal when Io’s estranged oldest sister turns up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players—before destruction comes to her own doorstep.
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. There was a lot of info in the beginning, but I finally got it and then I didn’t want to put the book down. I loved that it was both a magic/gods fantasy and a mystery/thriller.
Io was a likeable character and I really adored Edei too. I liked the ease of how well they worked together and hope it’s not just because of the fate thread. I don’t really want to get into the story much. For Io to solve the murders and the mysteries of the wraiths, she has to go back in time to the Riots and when the Furys died. She has to visit the Nine and they tell her something about her future that could end everything. The pacing was good and once I got about 20% in, the story really picked up.
I gave this book 4 1/2 stars. I’m looking forward to book two that comes out later this year.
Have you read this? Is it on your TBR?
