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"You're mine, Born-in-Fire," he answered, reaching out to take my hand. "And I'm yours, even if only the two of us know it."

3.75 stars

I had some struggles with this one. The storyline was really interesting and the writing was great, but I was having issues with Freya. I had trouble getting behind her as the FMC. She had a hard start in this story, which I completely empathized with, but as the story continued, she was losing the backbone she clearly showed in the beginning.

She had a pretty intense hatred for Snorri, and then all of a sudden she is semi behind what he's trying to do and supporting him. Obviously, she has his threats against her family to take into consideration, but you can see her mindset changing a little.

And then for her to respond the way she does to the betrayal at the end I won't spoil. Just completely at odds with how she should have been thinking imo. Just once, I would like to see the betrayal trope done where the FMC doesn't turn into a hysterical screecher and keeps somewhat of a level head, but we know as the reader that trust will have to be regained as the story continues.

So those issues aside, I'm still exited for where the story is heading and hopefully Freya will level out a bit as we go.