⭐️⭐️ / 2 stars
Thank you to the author for providing me with an eARC of this book via BookOfMatchesMedia in exchange for an honest review!

Lost Long is a story inspired by Norse mythology, about Freyr, who has exposed his powers to Lia and has to wipe her memory before she gets killed.

“The Road to Ragnarök is ready!”

I love everything mythology and love exploring more that the “standard” such as Greek and Roman mythology. I don’t know a whole lot about Norse mythology (aside from Marvel’s Thor or Rick Riordans books hehe) so I didn’t really have a clear picture of what to expect.

For me personally, I just didn't vibe and/or connect to the story and its characters. While the plot itself and the storyline were good, the writing style and execution really fall flat.

Especially at the beginning it felt just really repetitive, with Lia constantly being angry and she and Franco saying the same thing over and over again. I also found it quite weird with the names. At the start everyone went by their "new names" as in Franco, Frannie, Luke etc. But when Franco told Lia about who he truly was, suddenly everyone was called by their original names. It was especially weird how in the beginning it was Franco and Luke calling each other so while fighting and afterwards suddenly going by Loki and Freyr without explanation.

I also wasn't a fan of the growing romance between Freyr and Lia, as it seemed to grow sporadically and not really in a believable way. Especially with the way Lia was constantly angry and a bit hostile towards Freyr, and then suddenly wasn’t but liked him? I also wasn't a fan of the obvious richness of Freya and Freyr and how it was flaunted in the book. It made it seem arrogant somehow.

Overall, the whole book and its characters annoyed me more than that I enjoyed reading it. I do believe it has a lot of potential because I did like the plot.