I just found this book randomly in a book cafe and bought it without big hesitation, it looked nice, so why not? Turns out it's 1000% my book of the year, this was such a rollercoaster. It started really good and got better with every page. The story is not even that long, but the depth of the emotional bonds and the developement of Hekate on her journey to find her purpose in the world are mindblowingly well written. There are only a few books that made me cry, but this one did it twice. My hands were shaking when I reached the last page. To my emotional comfort there are two more books from Nikita Gill announced, one for Styx and one for Nyx, who both play important roles in this story. It is so nice to have such an amazing work of art for one of the lesser known goddesses of the Underworld, while many greek mythology books focus more on stories linked closer to the Olympian Gods. Hekate is the goddess of witchcraft, necromancy and the crossroads, which means "emotional crossroads" like big life changing decisions and also literal crossroads, which means she helps traveling mortals find their way home (except for Odysseus I guess).
The book contains a little romance aswell, which was perfectly executed. It didn't take too much space but just by a few words, you could already feel the tention coming up. I would love to yap about this way more, but I don't want to spoil anything, so just read it yourself!
Also cute doggos involved here if anyone's still hesitating!