AWAKENING THE GODS (RISE OF THE CELTIC GODS) by KRISTIN GLEESON – Review by Ashley Dover

Awakening the Gods by Kristin Gleeson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Saoirse is a typical twenty-something with a college degree and no career to show for it. Actually, she’s worse off as she just got fired from her job as a barista and learned that her father had passed away. Upon talking with her father’s solicitor, Saoirse also discovers that she was adopted.

With no job and her lease expiring, Saoirse is feeling left out in the cold, when her, unknown to her, grandmother contacts her. Her grandmother offers for her to come to Cork to visit and spend time getting to know her. Saoirse agrees as this seems like the next logical step.

Smithy is a blacksmith. He spends his days making weapons that he feels are of no use, and his nights reveling in his love for playing music at the local pub. His skills as a blacksmith have dwindled. He’s disappointed with this development.

Shortly into her time with her grandmother, Smithy and Saoirse meet. A spark ignites. Their love of making music is shared as magic weaves through the air while they play. Is this a chance meeting? Perhaps this has always been part of the plan. A new threat looms on the horizon as an old foe returns to Ireland. The gods are being summoned for the battle. What are Smithy’s and Saoirse’s roles in this new battle?

I truly loved this book. It is completely enchanting.

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