Review: Quality Viking Romance!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2012
This is a very well researched story and I just loved all the details the author gives us and the way she weaves the culture and stories of the time into this story for us.The main characters are likable, good people and you really do care once you get into the book a little way! I was in tears at several points which is rare these days for a story to affect me. I really enjoyed it and couldn't put it down easily!My only gripe is *SPOILER WARNING!!* how at the very end of the story they just switch faiths to Christianity after the Norse religion playing such a huge part in their lives, forming them into who they are. It's set in the mid 600's (judging from the reference to Empress Theadora) this was WELL before Vikings converted en mass to Christianity so you can't forgive them for peer pressure! It just was a complete let down for me as I had so enjoyed their traditional beliefs and how that formed them. To just switch at the end so easily made them seem flippant and unfaithful. In the end of course it is just swapping one lot of made up stories for another lot of made up stories but that is irrelevant as it's a modern perspective. To switch faiths was a HUGE deal then and it literally ruined the ending for me. I just couldn't respect or like them for doing that! BOO!!!NOTE TO AUTHOR! - Please change the ending so that they keep the faith they have grown up with and loved and that has shaped them. I know ultimitely all in Scandinavia converted but that was many hundreds of years later. Let them remain true to their heritage, please!!Thank you for a great story though :)