Valkyrie - A Book Review

Hi everyone!:)
I had been meaning to make a book review on this book for a while, so I am finally doing it!:D Yay!:)

Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn

 

The summary reads--

Valkyrie: Norse Goddess.

Reaper of souls.

Defender of the weak.

Not someone you want to mess with....

Freya is dreading her upcoming birthday, when she'll officially take up her duties as a Valkyrie escorting the valiant dead to Valhalla. Once there, the soldiers will spend their time feasting and fighting.... It all seems pointless to her. She wants nothing to do with humans or their wars!
However, when Freya is sent on her first mission, she reaps the soul of a fallen soldier who has unfinished business...business that sends her to the mortal world. There Freya is forced to spend time around humans, and she discovers that she might have been wrong about them. She even begins to wonder what it might be like to have real friends.

But the gods have their own schemes, and before she knows it, Freya must choose between the world of Odin, Thor, and Loki, and the human friends she has come to care about. Will Freya discover what it means to be a real hero, or will she simply accept her destiny?

 

Kate O'Hearn is one of my favorite authors since she wrote the Pegasus series (GAH.), so I knew I had to get this book when I saw it in Barnes and Noble, even though I was a little weirded about Valkyries...I mean, reapers of souls? That might be really weird, but it wasn't in the slightest! I was so happy, O'Hearn did that very wisely!:)

This book is pretty much clean, but O'Hearn does (I think) sometimes have swear words, maybe like two in this book, but it was pretty much only the "H" word or "D" word.;) I can't remember.

There are 344 pages, which means it's a pretty good size, but I finished it in a day or two! It was so good! I loved how she focused on a part of Norse mythology that I haven't ever heard of before (And since Loki was in it, I was pretty much in love!XD), and it was so fun to learn more about it!:)

Although the plot is sort of generic, she made it fresh and interesting with higher stakes and intrigue.:) I loved it.

The characters were really realistic and I loved the relationships created.

The main characters are Freya and Archie, a human boy.:) I loved Archie, he was really fun and I loved how he interacted with Freya!:) I don't really have anything negative to say about this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone that loves mythology and/or mythical creatures and a book you don't want to put down!:D

*sniff*

I know I've already said it before, but I loved it.XD

5 out of 5 stars for me!:D

Read it. Love it. Yeah.

-Emma-

Have you gotten any new books lately?:) If so, which ones?