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nikkisbooknook's review
4.0
Unlike some previous reviewers of this book, I found it to be a perfect blend of general romance, mythology and suspense. Was it full on mythology, no. But I didn't expect it to be. I t was quite clearly set in the modern day and contained a good dollop of Norse mythology, enough to whet the whistle of a history and mythology nerd like myself but not enough to put off those who aren't into the esoteric.
Erik has a severe case of survivors guilt. He was saved on the battlefield by a beautiful angel but he has to live knowing his friends died. He now essentially lives off the grid making a living as an MMA style fighter.
Brenna has been banished to the Earth realm for not taking all the worthy warriors to Valhalla. but something made her save Erik. Now she has to kill him and right the scales or one of her sister Valkyrie will, then kill her too! But before she can strike at Erik, she is beaten to the punch and she realises that they are both now in the sights of her sisters!
They begin an off the grid journey across the states with a motley but truly loving bunch of veterans from different conflicts.
Wonderfully creative story and an intriguing premise. Can't wait to see what happens next!
Erik has a severe case of survivors guilt. He was saved on the battlefield by a beautiful angel but he has to live knowing his friends died. He now essentially lives off the grid making a living as an MMA style fighter.
Brenna has been banished to the Earth realm for not taking all the worthy warriors to Valhalla. but something made her save Erik. Now she has to kill him and right the scales or one of her sister Valkyrie will, then kill her too! But before she can strike at Erik, she is beaten to the punch and she realises that they are both now in the sights of her sisters!
They begin an off the grid journey across the states with a motley but truly loving bunch of veterans from different conflicts.
Wonderfully creative story and an intriguing premise. Can't wait to see what happens next!
eloiseinparis's review
3.0
Because the lead female character is a Valkyrie this is technically Urban Fantasy. However, there are hardly any fantasy elements to the story. There is a vision at the very beginning, and a appearance of the gods at the very end. The entire majority of this story is two people traveling, making new human friends, and worrying about an impending attack. It’s nice that veterans are so heavily featured in this story, and that is this book’s only redeeming quality. Because while they are on the run, they aren’t attacked until the very end. Which makes this boring, I don’t know if I would continue with this series. It would depend on if the format changed and there is more action and mystical occurrences. This is a 2.5 book to me.
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