The Shape of Monsters

In the second installment of the Moon Heresies trilogy by Tessa Gratton, Iriset, a talented heretic and even more skillful outlaw, faces the aftermath of releasing the Moon-Eater god from its prison. Now trapped in a city teeming with monsters and the unpredictable magic of human architecture, she relies on the emperor Lyric, with whom she shares a complex relationship filled with love and deceit. As they navigate a landscape shaped by scheming kings and fickle gods, they must confront their choices and find a way home, risking the very fabric of their world in the process.