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adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed the story. The twists were great! I did struggle a bit with the language (similarly to the first book), but if I look past that, the storyline was great and the epilogue gave me all the closure I needed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cannibalism
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a solid five star read right up until the epilogue
imo the epilogue flew in the face of everything we knew about Freya in this book. She's constantly telling us about "the stench of battle", how she couldn't understand why she ever thought she wanted to live a life full of war, that violence wasn't for her, how sickened she was by raiding, fighting, that she couldn't bear the idea of either her or Bjorn dying and being seperated etc... all for her to get a quiet life and then suddenly be antsy and long for a life of adventure and battle? Huh?
I seriously think the author was just swayed by booktok's hatred of powerful women losing their powers/having babies/settling down at the end of books. This twist did not make sense for this character, and it ruined the ending for me.
Aside from that, this book was just as solid as book one.
I seriously think the author was just swayed by booktok's hatred of powerful women losing their powers/having babies/settling down at the end of books. This twist did not make sense for this character, and it ruined the ending for me.
Aside from that, this book was just as solid as book one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Torture, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism