Received an e-copy in exchange for an honest review<br><br>This actually started out super terrible. And then got super amazing. Example A: the fist page features this dazzling paragraph
'Colder than Hel's Mist' (Torin)<' What's that?' (Raine)'I'll tell you after you guess what I am.' (Torin)
I kept a straight face. 'Rumpelstiltskin?'" (Raine)
1) it started out terrible. Hottie of the week is just not how you attract an audience older than high school. The first time I picked this book up, I read the first page and then closed it and started the next book.
2) The insta-love on Raine's side makes no sense.
3) Why is Torin even drawn to her? Like actually someone explain where that intense attraction came from?
4) Raine is kind of a bitch when it comes between balancing out what to do with Torin and Eirik. She lead them both on quite a bit and couldn't make up her mind about what she wanted.
Anyway, despite the flaws, it still gets 4 stars, because the plot was actually insanely page-turny. I've only read one other series about Norse Mythology and I hated every book (don't ask me why I read the whole series. I'm a masochist.) Reading Runes was a nice change. I got enough information to keep me interested, but still had be delving right into book two for more.
If you love mythology and want a quick read, THIS. READ THIS (if you can get over some of the high school drama.)