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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"The Valkyrie" is a beautiful retelling of Norse myths.
The dual-POV story follows Brynhild, a fallen Valkyrie, and Gudrun, a Burgundian princess, seamlessly blending history and myth. It is well-researched and fleshed-out, bringing the legendary characters to life and offering a fresh perspective on well-known legends.
The dual-POV story follows Brynhild, a fallen Valkyrie, and Gudrun, a Burgundian princess, seamlessly blending history and myth. It is well-researched and fleshed-out, bringing the legendary characters to life and offering a fresh perspective on well-known legends.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
solid number; not super action-packed, due to the reflective nature of the story, so that's a nice change
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
(5 Stars)
This was a beautifully written story, brilliantly narrated. This was recommended to me by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid Chronicles) and I am so thankful to him.
It is part love story, part mythology, part fantasy, and a complete pleasure to read. This book is a perfect example of why I like reading.
It is told as a narration between two people, recounting events, sometimes overlapping, from each of their points of view, to the other. And it is flawlessly carried out.
If you like mythology-based historical fiction this could be the book for you.
This was a beautifully written story, brilliantly narrated. This was recommended to me by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid Chronicles) and I am so thankful to him.
It is part love story, part mythology, part fantasy, and a complete pleasure to read. This book is a perfect example of why I like reading.
It is told as a narration between two people, recounting events, sometimes overlapping, from each of their points of view, to the other. And it is flawlessly carried out.
If you like mythology-based historical fiction this could be the book for you.
The Valkyrie is a blend of Norse Mythology and historical fiction.
Brynhild is a fallen Valkyrie who has to arrived on Midgard as a mortal. She feels she needs to defend the people and gives herself over to the royal family of Gudrun, the other POV in this book. Their city faces the wrath of Attila the Hun and through battles they become closer.
I really wanted to love this book, a fallen Valkyrie, magic, monsters and the threat of Attila, but I found the pace of the book too slow and I often lost interest while reading. I also felt there was little differentiation between to two voices of Brynhild or Gudrun and sometimes wasn't sure who's POV I was reading.
I did enjoy learning about how the city fell and the politics of dealing with the various empires vying for control and enjoyed the bits with the villains, Odin and Attila, more than the two main characters.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc in return for an honest review.
Brynhild is a fallen Valkyrie who has to arrived on Midgard as a mortal. She feels she needs to defend the people and gives herself over to the royal family of Gudrun, the other POV in this book. Their city faces the wrath of Attila the Hun and through battles they become closer.
I really wanted to love this book, a fallen Valkyrie, magic, monsters and the threat of Attila, but I found the pace of the book too slow and I often lost interest while reading. I also felt there was little differentiation between to two voices of Brynhild or Gudrun and sometimes wasn't sure who's POV I was reading.
I did enjoy learning about how the city fell and the politics of dealing with the various empires vying for control and enjoyed the bits with the villains, Odin and Attila, more than the two main characters.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc in return for an honest review.
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This author is just not for me, and I'm okay with that.
This book needed to be fleshed out more. It felt like nothing was described well, and we moved through things instead of learning about them. I don't like the writing, something just feels off about it. And the romance was pointless. They are apparently deeply in love, but there is no reason for them to be, and we see nothing but a fade to black sex scene. That's basically the only time our 2 main characters are even in the same room as each other.
Just not it.
This book needed to be fleshed out more. It felt like nothing was described well, and we moved through things instead of learning about them. I don't like the writing, something just feels off about it. And the romance was pointless. They are apparently deeply in love, but there is no reason for them to be, and we see nothing but a fade to black sex scene. That's basically the only time our 2 main characters are even in the same room as each other.
Just not it.