Member Review

I’d like to thank Ace Books (Berkley) and Netgalley for so generously providing me an ARC of The Witch's Heart. All opinions are, of course, my own.

The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec was so incredibly good. I wouldn’t call it a retelling of Norse Mythology but rather a reimagining but in a more approachable, modern way.

Angrboda is a witch that has survived a burning by the Norse gods and has escaped to a remote forest. She’s successfully minding her own business until Loki finds her to return her heart to her. She and Loki soon fall in love and start a family.

I thoroughly enjoyed this portrayal of the Norse gods. Traditionally, Angrboda is known only as the mate of Loki and the mother of his three children. But, Gornichec gives her a voice following her on an epic and emotional journey from the start of her love affair all the way to Ragnarok.

I love how it combines all the amazing details we Norse mythology geeks know and new details.