The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne
It feels like it’s been a while since I enjoyed a second book in a trilogy or series as much or more than the previous novel, but this one just worked! Since the previous book had spent quite a bit of time on set up, it meant this one could take advantage of that and give us more action. Of course, as a middle novel, it doesn’t give us all the answers and some of the action also is a way to get the characters […]
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
I don’t track my reading by diversity the way some do, though I am curious what the stats would be. I definitely have a few auto buy authors that are also men, like John Scalzi, but my reading heavily skews towards women … YA fantasy and romance will do that. Still I ended up picking up some fantasy novels by men last year, and figured it was time to finally read a few of them, starting with this first book in a now completed series. […]
Viking Strong by Doug Cenko
Ingrid has everything a Viking wants, a best friend, kittens, a good home. But she would like to enter and win the Strongest Viking Contest. However, the thing stopping her? she can’t swim. She sinks. But she trains and when the day comes, she gets to prove how strong a strong Viking really is. Doug Cenko’s Viking Strong is funny. If you like kittens and cats, there are a lot of amusing parts with them. There are lots of dressing up our kittens, racing our […]
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
BINGO – MYTHIC Angrboda is a thrice burned witch, and a thrice survived witch at that. She once was a seer for the gods, but she was ultimately burned for refusing to tell Odin, king of the gods, of knowledge beyond what anyone should know. After burning thrice and surviving, she escapes to the woods but leaves her heart on the pyre. She finds a cave and makes a home for herself. She strikes up a friendship and trading partnership with a giantess name Skadi […]
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman gathers together tales from Norse mythology and tells them in a way that makes sense to him. He attempts to pull together a cohesive narrative from what few myths have survived which is not many. All of the standards are here: the creation of the nine realms and the World Tree, Loki’s children, Thor’s visit with Hymir, Balder’s death, and Ragnarok. There are a few myths included that I had not read before such as The Mead of the Poets and Freya’s Unusual […]
Before I read it, it felt like I’d been waiting for Norse Mythology my entire life. In the sense that I wanted it so badly the minute that I heard that it was coming. So, oops. It’s fine, but it’s not, like, life-alteringly amazingly incredible. I could have waited another minute before reading it. Taken a breath. Read something else. Taken this to the beach. Which isn’t to say it’s not a delight, it’s just that it doesn’t take a thing and change everything you’ve […]
