The blades of swords and axes brushing against armor vests.
The fog sat on the field like a veil, but we could hear it. If you haven’t read Adrienne Young I would start with this one! It was so enjoyable and I’ll definitely be picking up the next one, which I hear takes place a decade after Sky in the Deep.I looked down the row of Aska hunched against each other, ducking behind the muddy hill. The thing I love most about YA is all the fanart that people make. The dialogue was natural and oftentimes I got teary-ryed, especially at reunions. The descriptions were beautiful and put you in Eelyn’s Viking world. I’ll just say I was very surprised this was her first book (after reading her latests first) because it was so well written and engaging. It’s hard to tell you all I really loved about the book without giving huge spoilers away.
Of course, there was love in it but Eelyn fights it for most of the novel and when it happens I actually wanted it to happen! It wasn’t gushy, it wasn’t forced, it wasn’t the center of the story, it just was meant to happen so I was happy when it did. This story really was more about family dynamics than love.
Eelyn was such a tough, family loyal seventeen year old that I couldn’t help loving her and her little village of friends and family. Right away I got sucked into the Viking world. When I read this was her first debut novel I had no idea which way it would go. There was a little of that in Fable by this author but then Namesake (the second book in that series) was better about it. I love how they’re written usually and the stories they tell, but I am not a fan at all of when they make the female character smitten, lovestruck, and hopeless for a guy, obsessive really. I was weary about this one only because I have a love/hate relationship with YA novels. They’re so ancient, they have so many legends that they’re almost myths themselves now. I am such a huge fan of historical pieces, especially about people who live in communities like the Vikings did.
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