A review by abthebooknerd
The First Girl Child by Amy Harmon

5.0

Epic. Wonderful. Astonishing. Amazing. I'm running out of wordssssssss.

I'm SCREAMING. THIS WAS WONDERFUL.



This one took me forever to finish (because life) but oh my god. It was worth it. This entire book was like a slow-burn love story. The story hooks you, and gives you bits and pieces of nuggets here and there to mull over, and then BAM. The payoff hits you like a bolt of beautiful lightning. The world-building was so immense and intricately woven, I adored everything that Harmon did. Her characters were beautiful.

Ghost was beautiful. Bayr was beautiful. Dagmar was beautiful. Alba was beautiful. Ivo was sassy. Dred was beautiful. EVERYONE WAS BEAUTIFUL. I want to just bottle up Amy's writing. This woman is so stunning in her prose. I felt like a creeping goblin as I pictured her writing this, and me, reading everything she wrote with a joyous, unholy screech. It's not fair for someone to be so perfect.

"I make you miserable?"

"Yes." She raised her brown eyes to his, exhaling on the truth, and saw her own pain echoed there. "Being with you...is like holding water in my hands," she murmured.


We'd be here all day if I shared with you all my favorite quotes from this book, but to sum it up: The prose was gorgeous. I loved Ghost's character arc, and her entire dynamic with Dagmar. I loved Dred and his redemption as a father. I loved Alba and Bayr and they're unyielding devotion to each other.

I loved all the things. Pick up this Viking-inspired fantasy. You won't be disappointed!