Hah, I thought my reaction to the gods was because I hadn't reread the series beforehand and so I was misremembering something. I'm glad to know that in fact it was atypical and transactional and deus ex in the bad way.

I also hope for comments through a disability lens! Nothing jumped out at me as capital-P-Problematic regarding Pheris on my first read, but I'm extremely aware that I'm still unlearning ableist thinking.