I'm.a bit torn on this. First, the bad: I felt the pacing was a bit uneven and the twists were predictable (which isn't a bad thing necessarily, but the protagonist was so oblivious to what was going on sometimes it made me want to scream). The good: this is a steamy romantasy with a Nordic setting and all the familiar Norse gods and goddesses. Freya is a fishwife turned shield maiden who has hidden her gods-blessed magic powers for her whole life. I was glad to see a protagonist for once who isn't a teenager with no life experience. The cover is absolutely stunning, I hope to see more artwork like this on book covers.