Quick Thoughts: Threads that Bind (Threads That Bind #1) by Kika Hatzopoulou

Threads that Bind

(Threads That Bind #1)

by Kika Hatzopoulou

May 30, 2023

Goodreads Summary:

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.

Review

I'm not sure why but I was under the impression that Threads that Bind is a standalone. With that ending, I'm glad it's not! I want more time in this dark world with its ambiguous inhabitants and their unseen enemies.

What I Liked:

- a haunting world

- easy to understand social classes

- complex characters

- the modern spin on the mythology (the gods)

- cool but frightening abilities

- a confounding mystery

- the subtle romance

- Io and Edei teaming up

- the good and ugly sides to sisterhood

- Io's struggles made her stronger

- Rosa, Io's best friend, is fun

- that explosive ending that promises pain in the next book

The Not So Much:

- can I get more Io and Edei please

"Lies curdled love into something sour and noxious." (p. 85)