DrinkThatTea rated The Heart of the World: 4 stars

The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman (The Isles of the Gods, #2)
When Selly and Leander began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain’s daughter and the playboy …
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When Selly and Leander began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain’s daughter and the playboy …

When Selly and Leander began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain’s daughter and the playboy …

Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of …

When Selly and Leander began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain’s daughter and the playboy …

Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of …

When Selly and Leander began their treacherous voyage to the Isles of the Gods, the captain’s daughter and the playboy …

Selly has salt water in her veins. So when her father leaves her high and dry in the port of …



This was one of those books where I could guess several of the plot twists early on, but I enjoyed the ride and preordered the sequel. Liked the Vikings-with-magic setting and that it avoided taking a few of the easier routes to get Freya out of her predicament. By the end, she has a better understanding of what she is but is still navigating her anger and the type of person she wants to be. There's an underlying steel to her, and part of her ongoing struggle is learning to take more active control of her own life while dealing with the fallout of bad or complicated choices she made.
This was one of those books where I could guess several of the plot twists early on, but I enjoyed the ride and preordered the sequel. Liked the Vikings-with-magic setting and that it avoided taking a few of the easier routes to get Freya out of her predicament. By the end, she has a better understanding of what she is but is still navigating her anger and the type of person she wants to be. There's an underlying steel to her, and part of her ongoing struggle is learning to take more active control of her own life while dealing with the fallout of bad or complicated choices she made.
Content warning Spoiler about a character reveal near the end of the book
Hanging thread to keep an eye out for in the sequel: who is the ghost seer? A god or a specific human? A reveal near the end of this book established it couldn't have been the ghost of Bjorn's mother.

A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy—and to overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her …

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting …