The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K.Jemisin

This is the first book in the Inheritance Trilogy, a truly unusual fantasy trilogy.  Jemisin introduces us to a world in which gods and mortals regularly meet and converse (and more), and engage in plots one against the other.  In this first book we follow a young woman, Yeine, a member of the ruling dynasty who has grown up in exile because her mother, the heir, married a lesser noble.  She is summarily summoned to the capital, to participate in the ceremony to transfer power to the next ruler.  Once she arrives, she starts unraveling the full implications of the rivalry among family factions, and also engages with several of the gods and godlings who also live in the capital, imprisoned there after a great war among the gods and now subject to the whim of the ruling family.  Jemisin has created some engaging characters and unexpected plot twists.  At the end of the first book, Yeine has survived the ceremony but has been transformed, leaving a great opening to pull us into the second volume.  386 pages