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A review by tien
Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian
3.0
Some time has passed since the end of the first book, God of Vengeance, and Sigurd and his half-crew have been resting and biding their time but as winter approaches, they decided it's time to move. Their need for food, ale, and silver prompted them to go araiding first and then signed on to a band of soldiers whose jarl is laying a siege upon a fortress. Even as he tries to gather his resources, his enemies are not laying still to await him but are putting their own plans against Sigurd to prevent his coming.
Sigurd was concerned about the safety of his sister, however, as she is his only family left and he loved her. For her safety, he sent her to a commune of female warriors, Freya sisters, located at a secret location that Sigurd himself does not know where. While Sigurd's is Odin-blessed, Runa's* Freya-blessed and the gods are watching this pair of sibling as they change the world.
*not sure how to spell her name as I listened to audiobook
It appears to me that Sigurd is not the typical Viking. He seems to have ideas that are significantly different and/or progressive in comparison to the others. Either that or all the other Vikings around him are idiots. I'd think the former as he appears to have some reservation on certain way of killings etc. He is in his first beard yet others see something in him to follow his ways. Sometimes, I find this hard to believe even as his ideas seem to be clever from my point of view.
This second book was quite enjoyable but at the end, I did feel like a lot happened but nothing happened; a second-book-syndrome. I hope the next book, third & finale, will prove this all to be worth it.
Sigurd was concerned about the safety of his sister, however, as she is his only family left and he loved her. For her safety, he sent her to a commune of female warriors, Freya sisters, located at a secret location that Sigurd himself does not know where. While Sigurd's is Odin-blessed, Runa's* Freya-blessed and the gods are watching this pair of sibling as they change the world.
*not sure how to spell her name as I listened to audiobook
It appears to me that Sigurd is not the typical Viking. He seems to have ideas that are significantly different and/or progressive in comparison to the others. Either that or all the other Vikings around him are idiots. I'd think the former as he appears to have some reservation on certain way of killings etc. He is in his first beard yet others see something in him to follow his ways. Sometimes, I find this hard to believe even as his ideas seem to be clever from my point of view.
This second book was quite enjoyable but at the end, I did feel like a lot happened but nothing happened; a second-book-syndrome. I hope the next book, third & finale, will prove this all to be worth it.