A review by cedence
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

slow-paced

2.0

Neutral
  • Adult romantasy set to the viking age and Norse gods.
  • Definitely, a lot of lust, sexual fantasies, and sex scenes. 
  • And battle scenes, burn injuries and deaths from fire and weapons. 
  • And drinking (very viking culture of it).
Pro 
  • Norwegian audiobook narrator that I loved. The Norwegian-English was great. 
  • Enjoyed the beginning. Despite a lot of worldbuilding thrown into the scenes. 
Cons
  • I wanted this book to end on several occasions. Around 40%, 60%, 80% and at the end. It is really slow at many points, a lot of sub-plot things going on in the background that takes ages to get to.
  • While the characters flaws, goals and stakes are well-established, I don't really care for the characters. Even when they're spiraling, we know their thoughts but the moments aren't expanded on enough to pull us into the character. It just happens and then we move on. 
  • I feel like the sex scenes and fantasies and pining is supposed to make this entertaining enough, but I don't really care. 
  • They killed the only woman I liked
  • I don't want to know how many times the words "wet" and "slick" was used in all types of scenarios. There was *a lot*! 
  • Also just, how much focus there is on body odor!! Can we please have a different scent or focus or sense? 
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