“'But not my Breca. His absence had hit her like a sword-blow, piercing deep, almost breaking her. Grief had flowed from her like blood from a sword thrust. But today the wound was seared and stitched closed again, her heart cold and hard.”

In The Hunger of the Gods, the second book for the Norse inspired epic fantasy of the Bloodsworn Saga, we follow our hero’s from the first, with the addition of Gudvarr and Biòrr. We continue after the freeing of Lik-Rifa from her everlasting imprisonment. With the breath of the dragon in everyone’s neck, they feel the need to make their own fate as quickly as possible as the impression of war is imminent.

In January I read the first book and I couldn’t wait for the next. So I read it as soon as possible and adored it yet again. I keep falling in love with this world, it’s creatures (especially Spert and Vesli) and it’s characters. I particularly liked the new POV from Guðvarr, his inner dialogues are very amusing. I also loved the storyline of Varg No-Sense in specific the softhearted Einar Half-Troll. This book excels in character development, but lacked a bit on the pacing. However the mind blowing plot raced towards the end resulted almost in book throwing and uttering swear words. Despite stomping on my heart I loved it. Did it transcend the first? Nope. Was it still epic and mind blowing? Yes, the major plot twist at the end left me searching for answers and wanting more. I expect we get those in book 3 which hopefully will be very soon.