Was this ending a little disappointing/anti-climactic? Yes. Was it still a great book that I'm extremely glad I read? Also, yes.

I didn't realize going into this volume that it was the series finale (I guess because I'm so used to most SFF graphic novel series I pick up going on for more than 3 volumes), and I'm wondering if that was the plan at the time of the author creating the first and second volumes, because everything that disappointed me about this volume could be summed up by the same thing: it wasn't long enough! There wasn't enough time to wrap up all the loose ends in one volume, and I wish we could have gotten just one more.

That said, I still adored this series overall and enjoyed this finale very much, so please don't let that dissuade you from reading Heathen! This series has such lovable characters, beautiful artwork, incredible lore, and heartwarming queer rep that I can't help but recommend it so, so highly. Do yourself a favor and spend some time with a badass lesbian viking ♥