Picked up the Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec for vacation next week. I loved her first book The Witch's Heart, it's a retelling of the Norse story of Ragnarok told from the perspective of Angrboda, who is a hermit witch living in the woods. Loki and Thor make appearances. I haven't read any summaries of this book because I know it will be fabulous and I want to be surprised, but I expect it's also based on Norse mythology. @bookstodon#Bookstodon#Fantasy#Mythology
@bookstodon I finished this book (The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec) yesterday and loved it. This one is historic fantasy about Vikings, and is actually based on some probably real people (Gunnhildr and Eric Bloodaxe). There's also a trans character! The story is about the friendship of three women and includes lots of witchcraft. The descriptions of life as a Viking are incredibly well done and have inspired me to find more information about Vikings. @bookstodon#Bookstodon
@klefstadmyr@bookstodon I'd never heard of them! I looked them up after I finished the book. Norse history is pretty interesting, I want to read some nonfiction about that era now.
@Jennifer@bookstodon Both of these sound interesting! Witch's Heart specifically caught my eye because I've been so taken with Madeline Miller's retellings from the Greek end of things.
Those seem to have a similar vibe of "here's how things might have looked from the perspective of that woman we have ignored/cut out/diminished over time"
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