Before my review I would like to thank the author for reaching out and providing a digital copy of the book for my review. 

This is an incredible undertaking and thought provoking read. The story is centered on Oddny and takes places over the span of her early life. The author is incredibly well versed and studied in Norse history making this book a very informative read. 

The footnotes and diagrams were incredible additions. I feel like in finishing the book I have a much better understanding of what viking daily life was like. This book truly is a slice of viking life novel. It's dark and there's a lot of things that a modern reader could find appalling. But it was all part of the culture then. It's such a breath of fresh air to not read a novel (viking based or otherwise) where the MC doesn't have a hero complex. The characters are human and thus flawed. This was an incredible read and I can't wait for book two!