Review: A Reading the Paranormal Review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2013
I *thoroughly* enjoyed this book. Now, it could be because I find Norse mythology fascinating. Because I do. Or it could be because Eleri Stone has created a world that sucks you in and spits you out into a cold, merciless place that will shrivel your very soul. Okay, maybe it's not quite that bad. But the world is intriguing and sometimes horrifying and the people who populate it are made of awesome things. Also, there are swords. That's a win any way you look at it!Grace and Aiden. Oh, man. Grace's fiercely suppressed need to be accepted for who she is was heartbreaking. She's so ... tentative around people. She wants that connection but she's terrified of it. Her past has beaten her down to the point that she can't believe that someone would want her just for being her. It was honestly wrenching to see her continually mistaking Aiden's actions as he tries to do the right thing for disinterest. She simply couldn't comprehend that he wasn't doing things for her so that she would help him.*sniffle*And Aiden. He has all this responsibility on his shoulders and then Grace falls into his life. I will say, that the iron control he has on his want was shiver inducing. The guy can smolder like it's nobody's business. Top off all his responsibilities to his people with the loss of his daughter and a whole lot of pent up sexual tension and you have a powder keg waiting to drop on Grace. Good thing Grace has some untapped strengths.Beyond Grace and Aiden, the secondary characters are fabulous. Fen is just... well, let's just say that I'm super excited for his book.Dark and bloody with plenty of emotional pull, the good folk of Ragnarok, Iowa are full of surprises. I wouldn't have it any other way!-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal