Book Review: Blood for the Undying Throne: Book Two of the Bleeding Empire Sung-Il Kim

 Here's the usual summary of what the book is about. 

The Empire scorns all invisible gods.
The Empire kills all visible ones.

The Empire continues to enforce its rule with war machines that destroy even gods and monsters, leaving the conquered with nothing to worship or fear except the might of the Empire. But desperate odds such as these can inspire resistance.

Last seen rallying under Loran's banner, Emere survives an assassination attempt that will lead him to uncover sinister plots at the very heart of the Empire.

Arienne has crossed the continent to learn more about the Star of Mersia, the famed weapon that wiped Mersia from the map. But when she arrives in the lifeless land, Arienne finds much more than ruins.

When Yuma meets an emissary from the Empire, she realizes that they might just have the power to overthrow Mersia's ruthless Grim King Eldred ― but is there a cost to aligning with the Empire?

All must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to fight tyranny.

Blood for the Undying Throne is the action-packed sequel to Blood of the Old Kings, an epic fantasy adventure where the corpses of sorcerers power an empire, from award-winning Korean author Sung-il Kim and translated by the world-renowned Anton Hur.

This is an ARC that I received from Netgalley for the purpose of reviewing. 

Now, here is my review. 

I'm finding this one not as good as book 1, Blood of the Old Kings. This book is a bit slower in pace, as well as it goes back & forth to past and present. I'm really not a huge fan of that. 

What this book does do, in that back story, is give you an idea of whom the Grim King Eldred, Lysandros, Tychon and who his mother was. That part got more interesting as the story went  on.

How things ended was ok. Some of the characters new and old had an ending. Some, we're not too sure of. 

The story itself was enjoyable. Even if it did move slower than Blood of the Old Kings. 

The cover is just as wonderful as book 1's cover. Love the purple. To me, it represents the sorcery that's in this book.