I have a great love for books that use Norse lore as a basis, so checking out this series was pretty much inevitable for me - and I'm glad I did. It's one of the better ones I've come across. Author TG Ayer mines the rich treasure that Nordic myths provide and keeps the main core of the various characters reasonably close to the source material while giving them a unique spin to make them her own. She gives Asgard and its denizens the sense of ancient grandeur and magical wonder they deserve interwoven with the culture and technology of today, giving the series depth and relatability.
Ayer also does a nice job of keeping the story fresh by subverting some of the tropes that are all too common in the Urban Fanfasy genre. There were a number of times throughout the 5-book series where I thought I knew exactly …
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EarthboundValkyrie rated Of Cinder and Madness: 3 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Lord of Shadows: 5 stars
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices)
Lord of Shadows is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Cassandra Clare. It is the second book in The …
EarthboundValkyrie reviewed Dead Radiance by T. G. Ayer
Review of 'Dead Radiance' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I have a great love for books that use Norse lore as a basis, so checking out this series was pretty much inevitable for me - and I'm glad I did. It's one of the better ones I've come across. Author TG Ayer mines the rich treasure that Nordic myths provide and keeps the main core of the various characters reasonably close to the source material while giving them a unique spin to make them her own. She gives Asgard and its denizens the sense of ancient grandeur and magical wonder they deserve interwoven with the culture and technology of today, giving the series depth and relatability.
Ayer also does a nice job of keeping the story fresh by subverting some of the tropes that are all too common in the Urban Fanfasy genre. There were a number of times throughout the 5-book series where I thought I knew exactly where something was heading only to be surprised when it played out in an entirely different way. That's something I appreciated so much, I'm now checking out some of her other series in the hopes that they, too, will provide such freshness (and in the case of Dark Sight - the only one I've finished so far - that's been the case.)
EarthboundValkyrie rated Protector: 5 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Perfekt Order: 4 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Sybil Exposed: 4 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Last dance, last chance and other true cases: 4 stars
Last dance, last chance and other true cases by Ann Rule (Ann Rule's crime files ;)
The title case is an account of the life and crimes of Dr. Anthony Pignataro, a cosmetic surgeon with a …
EarthboundValkyrie rated Freyja, Lady, Vanadis: 5 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Intelligence matters: 2 stars
EarthboundValkyrie rated Cursed: 1 star
EarthboundValkyrie rated Wolves And Roses: 5 stars
Wolves And Roses by Christina Bauer
"Seventeen-year-old Bryar Rose has a problem. She's descended from one of the three magical races--shifters, fairies, or witches. That makes …