Norse inspired – Cannonball Read 17

Norse inspired marriage of convenience

Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley

October 19, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t have said that I was on Norse or Viking kick this year and yet this is somehow the fifth Viking/Nordic inspired fantasy novel I have read this year (three of them were part of the same trilogy, though, The Bloodsworn). I discovered Elisabeth Wheatley because her book goblin reels/videos kept showing up in my feed, and then I realized she wasn’t just a fellow reader and book lover but an author so I decided to try her latest release (there’s a sequel coming […]

Prophecy, gods and a shield maiden

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L Jensen

June 2, 2025 by Jen K 2 Comments

Ugh. I know the author’s other work is a 5 book series so I had assumed that this, too, was setting up a longer series and then discovered halfway through when looking up the sequel that it was the first of a duology. Based on what happens in book 1, I’m very much thinking this story would have been better served as a stand alone novel. Here is the thing – it’s hard to write a story that has a twist that is going to […]

Lots of climatic battles

The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne

May 26, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I finished this one back in February, shortly after reading the second novel in the series, so my memory is a bit lighter on details. This final novel follows the same five POVs as the previous novel (two were added in the second novel) and thus shows all sides of the pending battle. Elvar is in the middle of some of more interesting and far reaching plot points from a political perspective even if Orka remains the best character. Gudvarr remains that villain you love […]

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