History Literature / GodsPlay

* {{Glamour}}: The Veil is this trope [[UpToEleven over all the shifters and monsters across the world]]

%%* [[spoiler: MixedRace: Toby, whose father is a monster]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The hunters like Toby's grandfather view every monster as being a [[FantasticRacsim lesser species]] (even if they're not outright dangerous).

God's Play is a YA urban fantasy novel about [[BloodKnight Blood Knight]] monster hunter Toby, who has [[ContagiousPowers Contagious Powers]]. When his mother dies horribly, Toby meets [[ReluctantMonster Reluctant Monster]] William. [[BefriendingTheEnemy As they adventure across the UK and Ireland,]] they fight [[FantasyKitchenSink witches, shape shifters, and other hunters]] who have their own ideas on how to use Toby and his powers for themselves. The plot revolves around [[AllMythsAreTrue the idea that the creatures in mythology exist]], and how the modern hunters are descendants of ancient heroes.

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!!Provides examples of:

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Toby's grandfather and most of the hunters towards all monsters and magical beings
* ActionMom: Toby's mum, who trains him how to be a hunter
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Circe
* BigGood: Meryl is considered to be this for some of the monsters
* BoyMeetsGhoul: Toby meets William, a shifter, while hunting monsters

* DistressedDude: Happens to both Toby and William at least once
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Cassie and William discuss how they don't see each other often

* GenderBender: [[spoiler: Terry]]
* Glamour: The Veil is this trope [[UpToEleven over all the shifters and monsters across the world]]
* GorgeousGorgon: Cassie most of the time

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: with Toby and William]]
* [[spoiler: MixedRace: Toby, whose father is a monster]]
* NonMaliciousMonster: Some of the shifters, notably William, are this
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Meryl]]
* PurityPersonified: Meryl, who seems to have come to peace with his nature
* QuestForIdentity: Toby's confusion about his powers over the shifters sends him on one of these
* SafetyInMuggles: The Veil provides this to the shifters and monsters, allowing them to appear normal most of the time (if they want to), but it also limits magical powers
* TorturedMonster: William, both literally and figuratively
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: The monsters, notably Cassie, view this as happening to them
* VitriolicBestBuds: William with nearly everyone he considers a friend
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The hunters like Toby's grandfather view every monster as being a [[FantasticRacsim lesser species]] (even if they're not outright dangerous)

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Toby's grandfather and most of the hunters

* BigGood: Meryl is considered to be this

* [[spoiler: MixedRace: Toby]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: William with nearly everyone he considers a friend

God's Play is a YA urban fantasy novel about [[BloodKnight Blood Knight]] monster hunter Toby, who has [[ContagiousPowers Contagious Powers]]. When his mother dies horribly, Toby meets [[ReluctantMonster Reluctant Monster]] William. [[BefriendingTheEnemy As they adventure across the UK and Ireland,]] they fight [[FantasyKitchenSink witches, shape shifters, and other hunters]] who have their own ideas on how to use Toby and his powers for themselves. The plot revolves around [[TheWorldAsMyth the idea that all myths are true]], and how the modern hunters are descendants of ancient heroes.

* BoyMeetsGhoul: Toby meets William while hunting monsters

God's Play is a YA urban fantasy novel about [[BloodKnight Blood Knight]] monster hunter Toby, who has [[ContagiousPowers Contagious Powers]]. When his mother dies horribly, Toby meets [[ReluctantMonster Reluctant Monster]] William. [[BefriendingTheEnemy As they adventure across the UK and Ireland,]] they fight [[FantasyKitchenSink witches, shape shifters, and other hunters]] who have their own ideas on how to use Toby and his powers for themselves. The plot revolves around [[TheWorldAsMyth the idea that all myths are true]], and how the [modern hunters are descendants of ancient heroes.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: The monsters, notably Cassie, view this as happening to them

God's Play is a YA urban fantasy novel about [[BloodKnight Blood Knight]] monster hunter Toby, who has [[ContagiousPowers Contagious Powers]]. When his mother dies horribly, Toby meets [[ReluctantMonster Reluctant Monster]] William. [[BefriendingTheEnemy As they adventure across the UK and Ireland,]] they fight witches, shape shifters, and other hunters who have their own ideas on how to use Toby and his powers for themselves.

* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Toby's family suggests this to him.

God's Play is a YA urban fantasy novel about [[BloodKnight Blood Knight]] monster hunter Toby.

* HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Toby's family suggests this to him.