Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group/ Ace for sharing this digital reviewer copy of one of the most anticipated books in exchange my honest options. I went back and forth between 4 and 5 stars but eventually I adored the characterization and new version of the mythology so rounded up 4.5 stars to 5 Holly Ragnarok, true Nordic, witchy, supernatural stars! If you’re great fan of mythologies and new, fresh, creative approaches of rewriting, this books truly fits with your expectations quite satisfyingly. This is unputdownable, creative, original reading experience and the mythological world the author reimagined and vivid characterization, modern, smart dialogues she crafted were extraordinary! Even though she becomes friends with Skadi to protect her children from the imminent danger approaching to ruin their lives, she is not strong enough to defeat Odin who is determined to finish the job he started. They have three children: Hei: a future ruler, Fenrir: a wolf child and Jormundgard: a half snake.Īngrboda starts seeing visions tell that her children are in great danger. Their unconventional and forbidden love story just begins at this point.
But she’s been stripped by her powers after her fight against the fire, she’s been retreated to the sacred forest to heal herself and tempting God Loki follows her behind. This is not gonna be her only waltz with the grim reaper. But she defeats the death and comes back. She assisted to the Gods but she was punished by Odin to burn at the stake because she rejected to share her gifts. Loki is the trickster God and most of you visualize him as Tom Hiddleston thanks to MCU! His cunning smiling already imprinted on my brain cells and i cannot erase it with any mind tricks or hypnosis technics (all girls like bad boys so we will continue to love him more than blonde who carries the hammer: no offense Chris! )Īngrboda is complex heroine, powerful, determined, gifted witch of the story. This is a woman’s standing for herself and her motives to do whatever it takes to protect her children fulfill their destinies even though her enemies are the more threatening and powerful beings of the universe! She is determined to declare war against the Gods! Hurray! This is not only Loki and Angrboda’s love story. This is not retelling folks, this is epic, heartbreaking, powerful reimagining of Norse mythology by bringing a new character, adding more modernist approach and rewrite the story around her! It’s unique, riveting, moving, intriguing! This is a woman’s standing for herself and her motives to do whatever it takes to protect her children fulfill their destinies even though her enemies are the more threatening and p Wowza! It was freaking marvelous! Wowza! It was freaking marvelous! This is not retelling folks, this is epic, heartbreaking, powerful reimagining of Norse mythology by bringing a new character, adding more modernist approach and rewrite the story around her! It’s unique, riveting, moving, intriguing! This is not only Loki and Angrboda’s love story.
From the most ancient of tales this novel forges a story of love, loss, and hope for the modern age.more With help from the fierce huntress Skadi, with whom she shares a growing bond, Angrboda must choose whether she’ll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family…or rise to remake their future. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life-and possibly all of existence-is in danger. Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who Angrboda is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin's all-seeing eye. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.Īngrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.