I almost went with a 2 star for this one. If it wasn't for the last two stories I would have. The first story revolves around a young lad helping vikings take over his city because his father and brother are dicks. Then we have a one shot of a warriors fighting till the bitter end. Then we have a story of 3 women fighting off a horde of angry Saxons after they murdered one of their men. Last story brings us back to Sven as he's much older with his wife and two children.

What I liked: Loved Sven story. While short it added a epilogue of sorts to a character we enjoyed a lot from volume 1. His ending and fight is both gritty, scary, and well told. The story about the three women defending themselves on a base against the horde of men was great. Showed how well you can survive if you work together and wait on tactic instead of battle. I loved the ending and was nice to see some happiness in these stories. The art is still top notch as well.

What I didn't like: I didn't favor the first story much. I never got attached to the young kid despite his parent and brother being total dicks. I also didn't care enough when he became older and that we were supposed to like him? Maybe later but these two part issues didn't do much. I HATED the one shot issue of the warriors fighting. WAY too much talking, neither character clicked for me, and I just felt BORED as hell reading it.

The first half was pretty boring/bad but the second half for sure made up for it. If they were split the first half is around a 1.5 where the second half is around a 4.5. So I'ma settle around a 3. Hoping we get more like the second half, less like the first half.