This book was an unexpected surprise. I had just finished The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells and really appreciated her writing style. So I picked up Witch King, a totally different genre, to see how it compared. I am glad I did. In a world where witches, demons, angels and a combo of each coexist, a lot of interesting things come to be. This story follows a demon/witch who transfers to other bodies when one dies. In his early life the body was donated to him as a tribute from his tribe. But as time goes by and his tribe dies out, he cannot be picky on what body he transfers into. To top it off, because of a great war, the entrance to the underworld is blocked off, leaving Kai to eternal roaming in the living world. This story follows a group of unlikely allies who go on a quest to get answers for Kai of why he was “assassinated” and imprisoned in a tomb of his last body, which is under water to stop him from transferring to another body. It digs into the many lives of deities, demons, witches and more as they navigate the changing world around them and the growth of a great power trying to reign over all.

I appreciated the unlikely approach to fantasy and the supernatural in this book. It was not “just like any other fantasy” that some reviews portray. I recommend this to readers who are looking for an unconventional story with adventure, love, war, and ethical dilemmas. I am excited to read the second book to this series, Demon Queen, coming out in October.