Icefall

This was a different book than I expected. I'd talked to Matt Kirby about it a bit, which is how I scored an ARC, but for all our talk of skalds and eddas, there was very little talk of plot. For instance, I was under the impression (perhaps based on the cover pic) that it was an adventure (as in, t......more

"It seems there is no one I can fully trust, no one without a secret concealed inside themselves." This quote describes half of the book. Everyone has secrets. And this book keeps showing that. The writing is beautiful, easy and fast to read. It never gets boring. The art of telling a story plays a......more

"And how I fear that day, for I know that when I look into my betrayer’s face, I will see someone I thought I knew. And I will still love them." A Nordic king has gone to war. To protect his three children while he is away, he has sent them, with a small household, to a remote steading. Later, just b......more

Solveig, her beautiful older sister and her younger brother, heir to the throne, have been sent to an isolated fort to be safe while their father battles an enemy who wanted to marry her sister. With them are a skald, or bard, some family servants, and some soldiers, including a berserker. Solveig t......more

3.5 Stars Five books I'm currently reading, it is 23:05, and I decide to go into a book blind. All I know is it is middle grade, very wintery, and has Norse Mythology. Well I absolutely do not regret throwing away sleep to read this book. The writing is very simplistic and makes you feel claustrophobi......more