by Giles Kristian
Really enjoyed this. If I had more time I'd have finished this much sooner. Just a solid, solid book. Great Norse Saga and I can wait to read the next ones, and the prequel!
Review to come... but may not happened until after I read #2. :-)
I will admit upfront that books with a heavy bent toward violence, war, and brotherhood of men aren't really my thing. But now and then, I get a hankering for some 'guy' fiction -- like Clive Cussler or Mickey Spillane -- because I want an action movie type of read, and in this case, Blood Eye was ...
Dedication: Raven is for Sally, with whom I have crossed oceansOpening: The hearth is spewing more smoke than flame, seething angrily and causing some of the men to cough as they hunker down amongst the reindeer furs.Raven: Blood EyeFirst in a series and it will be my last; it was with great relief ...
A well written epic story with just the right amount of history and some nice unexpected turns. The only complain I have is that there's no real plot other than the main characters fighting everyone they cross paths with. There's nothing wrong with bloody encounters but by the sixth battle in a row ...
3.5 starsI really enjoyed this one. And I have to confess that I'm horribly ignorant about vikings! I started reading this thinking it as more like action book than historical so I wasn't annoyed with kinda modern cursing...And points for the author for not including Finland in Scandinavia in author...
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