Review: Plunder and pillage
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2012
I very much enjoyed this book.Apart from the paranormal stuff (Collin's childbride has a "gift") it seemed more realistic than your average bodice-ripper.The two main characters are more complex, the author hasn't tried to sugarcoat the lives of vikings and saxons in order to make them more pallaple to 21th readers. The vikings don't wash, they kill, rape, has indiscriminate sex and has slaves -and they don't make any excuses about it - it's their way of life.Random thoughts:There was a nice clash between the christian and nordic belief in how the H and h saw things.The H and h do en up in a monogomous HEA relationship, maybe a bit of sugarcoating.The book was very long and it was nice to see the relationship evolve, instead of happening from the second page.One reader removed a star due to Editing, I was to caught up in the story to notice any faults.The book opens up to several sequals involving the secondary characters, but at the same time the epilogue offers closure in a kind of "and life went on" way, instead of "and they all lived happily ever after" way.If you love vikings and are tired of fainting damsels in distress and civilized barbarians you will enjoy this book very much.