Review: A dark tale of twisted and easily impressionable minds
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2014
I Am The New God is my first read by Nicole Cushing and I have to say I quite enjoyed it, found it a little bit different than anything I’ve read before and the story is a great idea told really well.Gregory Bryce has mental health issues, which is an important point, he’s now on medication and starting a new life at college away from the comfort zone provided by his parents. Everything’s going swimmingly until he receives the first letter from the hierophant, a religious man who is convinced Gregory is the new God put on this earth to replace the one coming to the end of his life, that or a devil if he fails.The hierophant in his unshaking belief has convened with John the Baptiste, the guide of the original god and has the seven steps of Godhood, the steps that Gregory must pass to take his rightful place as the new God.Gregory starts on his path, a descent into the madness of a disturbed mind and attempts to convert his roommate into a disciple. His journey plunges into a brutal violence that has him on the run desperately seeking the hierophant to complete his seven steps.This is a dark tale of twisted and easily impressionable minds, how easy it is to resort to violence when it is your belief it is right and just. The author tells both the hierophant’s and the young student’s story in first person, which gives a certain intimacy with the characters and a closeness to two minds, seemingly contorted or maybe not, food for thought, definitely.