The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Book two of the Inheritance Trilogy begins with a new set of characters and focuses on the aftermath of the complete shift in power that ended Book One.  The primary god of book one, 'Bright Itempas', god of order, ruler of sunlight arrogant and self-righteous, had, at the end of that volume, been reduced to mortal status and sent to serve penance among mortals.  Book two is narrated by Oree, a young blind woman who makes a living selling artwork in the capital.  She encounters Itempas in his reduced mortal form, and allows him to share her home.  Oree is well acquainted with the lesser godlings who now roam the capital, and is the former lover of  one of the chief male godlings, Madding.  One day she discovers a female godling who has been murdered - which is unthinkable, because only one substance can kill a god or godling.  That substance is the blood of the child of a the union between a god and a human.  Only a very few such beings exist, and much of the story revolves around figuring out who is plotting to destroy the gods and godlings using this new weapon. At least 'Bright Itempas' begins the process of maturing and becoming less self absorbed, for he is sentenced to serve his penance until he can show that he can truly care for others.  Book two has further developed the story of this world that Jemisin has created, but from a very different viewpoint.   She has described this world very vividly.   I'm partway through the third book, and eager to see if she can pull all the different themes together.  381 pages