Review: Don't let "erotic" deter you.....good story, not happy with ending
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
First---I would like to say that it is a good story and it was well thought out and executed until the end.I hope that people give the book a chance even though it has erotic in title. Yes, there are sex scenes, but I wouldn't say it is any 'worse' than some if the romance novels I have read. The scenes are tastefully done and add to the plot instead of ' here's another sex scence' for the hell of it.  And yes, as the title suggests, there is a lot of extremely descriptive violence and gore. They are Vikings after all---believing that the only way to their heaven (Valhalla) was to die during battle.With that being said I only gave it a 3 star rating due to 1) basic grammar errors that caused me to reread sentences to ensure comprehension and 2) THE ENDING just SUCKED. and not just b/c it wasn't a happy ending but because I didn't find it believable.Yes I would recommend. Note not a happily ever after ending. You might be pissed.Price point: up to $2. I got it free.SPOILER**** in the end when things work out as they should Erik is killed. My problem with this is that pretty much a one-eyed Viking kills him with one stab. I find it hard to believe that Erik, a bad ass Viking who essentially beheads using an axe, has lost so much skill in 4 months that ONE person ambushes him and kills him. He walks around with a sword and is ever vigilant knowing someone would eventually come after them. A skilled Viking anticipates retribution but doesnt practice being able to take his sword out in time????  If you're going to deny me my happy ending---I'm all for them, life doesn't have nearly enough of them---at least make it a believable scene.